jpc763
Active Member
For all of you structural engineers out there...
I currently have a 55g (70g system) with oak cabinet & hood on the 2nd story of my house. Structurally it is fine. Based on saltwater weighing about 8.5lbs per gallon and assuming 100lbs of other stuff, I figure it weighs about 700 lbs.
I am interested in upgrading to a 125 (70g system) in the same (or similar) location. Making the same assumptions (but doubling the weight of the other stuff), I am now up to 1600 lbs.
Can a standard home handle that kind of weight? The room in question is over the garage and there is a steel cross member running perpendicular to where I would place the tank.
Thanks, John
I currently have a 55g (70g system) with oak cabinet & hood on the 2nd story of my house. Structurally it is fine. Based on saltwater weighing about 8.5lbs per gallon and assuming 100lbs of other stuff, I figure it weighs about 700 lbs.
I am interested in upgrading to a 125 (70g system) in the same (or similar) location. Making the same assumptions (but doubling the weight of the other stuff), I am now up to 1600 lbs.
Can a standard home handle that kind of weight? The room in question is over the garage and there is a steel cross member running perpendicular to where I would place the tank.
Thanks, John