300gal in high rise condo?

[LadyTang2]

I may be relocating from a house to an urban setting where there are mostly high rise condos. Does anyone here have or tried to have a large tank in such a building? I'm sure it depends somewhat on the building management but what have peoples experiences been generally? This would be South Florida.

 

[brett_schn]

Find the building plans. How high up? Personally I wouldn’t risk it but that’s just me. Plus beings fellow south Floridian the power outages suck and it would be hard to keep a 300g tank flourishing without a generator

 

[ShepherdReefer]

Great question.

 

[Weasel1960]

Agree with checking with your building management. Also engineer/architect that designed to verify floor loading and your insurance company. Management will likely need you to carry some sort of insurance on something that large.

 

[brett_schn]

Also will you own or rent?

 

[LadyTang2]

Also will you own or rent?

own

 

[Jeffcb]

Just do it!

 

[Daddy-o]

Dont they all have concrete floors?

 

[harley32907]

In Daytona Beach, no Condo allows this.

 

[LadyTang2]

Dont they all have concrete floors?

I have not chosen a specific building as the move is not definite at this point, not sure on construction materials :-(

 

[LadyTang2]

In Daytona Beach, no Condo allows this.

Something smaller maybe? a 180?

 

[harley32907]

No tanks at all, you need to check the Condo Documents.

 

[Jeffcb]

Concrete floor. Fill it up!

 

[harley32907]

There's no Condo is going to take that kind of liability, 34 yrs as a maintenance tech here in Florida

 

[Daddy-o]

Better to ask for forgiveness than permission?

 

[LadyTang2]

Better to ask for forgiveness than permission?

hehe maybe I'll just have to settle for a 120-150 and still potentially ask for forgiveness.

 

[gentlefish]

Reply from Canada. Friend did this. High rise condo. 100g. Needed permit from homeowners association and extra insurance ( in case of saltwater rain downstairs). Our concrete floors are usually rated to 80ib/soft. Wooden construction homes have more! When I put in a 160g freshwater in a commercial, they strengthened the concrete floor. Only 1 position I am allowed for the tank to be.

 

[harley32907]

Forgiveness? When your tank leaks, or ato goes haywire, we are talking sued, By the owners, by the association, a lean on your property. And if you don't pay, your homeless. They well confiscate your condo.

 

[harley32907]

It's in all bylaws of Condominiums. If you don't pay, we take your place, and sell it. So you can listen to some of these people or not. Good luck.

 

[Spieg]

Highrise buildings are generally very well built. I know of 2 friends locally that have very large tanks on the +30th floor. Extra insurance may not be a bad idea though.