will floor support my tank?

[gerry45]

I am moving my tank to an older house with hardwood floors.
the tank is 48x24x24 120 gallon with half inch glass and a 20 gallon sump.
has anyone had problems with all that weight?

 

[devaji108]

try to place it on as many floor joints as possable and next to a suport wall.
I had a 240 and a 120 in the same old house built in the 20's w/ wood floors with out any problems. but I did get renters incurance ..LOL

 

[chipmaker]

YOU want to stay away form joints, and get as many "JOISTS" under it. Hard to say without knowing what your floors constructed out of. I am sure its more than just "hardwood" suspended in air, but is it on 2 x 6 or 2 x 12 or 12" centers or 16" centers or 2 foot centers, and is there a sub floor and what is the sub floor plywood or T&G boards and if so what kind of T & G boards...

 

[jacksonpt]

Think about it this way...
If you took an average adult male who weights, what... 200lbs? Have him stand on your floor with his feet together. That's 200lbs spread out over 1 square foot of floor space. Most tanks weight a great deal more than 200lbs, but they also spread out that weight over a much greater area. As such, rarely do they have the same weight-per-square-foot ratio as a person standing with their feet together.
If your house is sound and in good structural condition, you should be fine. Be sure to run the tank across the floor joists so the tank is supported by as many joists as possible... but that's advice EVERYONE should follow, not just people with older homes.

 

[clown52]

I think he just mentions that it is an older home because he is on a conventional foundation, not a slab. If this is the case you can always go into the crawl space under the house and add a few support collums just to make sure.

 

[clown52]

I think he just mentions that it is an older home because he is on a conventional foundation, not a slab. If this is the case you can always go into the crawl space under the house and add a few support collums just to make sure.