90 gallon on second floor?

[Espino963]

Hey everyone! I’m closing escrow next week and torn between a Waterbox 70 gallon and a custom made 90g. Unfortunately my condo is on the second floor and I do not know where the beam is. When I got the home inspection done, I asked the inspector and he wasn’t able to help me.

The condo has no restrictions on fish tanks on the second floor and my insurance well covers my tank. Would the top right corner be the strongest point to put my tank? The condo was built in 1990 and I’m assuming it could hold 1500LBS in that corner. I will also be removing the carpet and putting waterproof laminate flooring throughout the living room and kitchen.

The wall next to the door is 50” wide and perfect for the 45”x 20”x24” tank I’m looking at. Not to mention the tank stand has a flat panel therefore it’s not just 4 legs holding all the weight.

Hopefully your experiences/feed back can help me out.

Thanks in advance

 

[Espino963]

Bump

 

[ReeferSteve]

I don’t know if you’ll get anybody willing to answer this question for you without knowing anything about your flooring structure. If you are worried about it, you could call in a structural engineer or someone similar to look at it for you.

 

[dbowman5]

Hey everyone! I’m closing escrow next week and torn between a Waterbox 70 gallon and a custom made 90g. Unfortunately my condo is on the second floor and I do not know where the beam is. When I got the home inspection done, I asked the inspector and he wasn’t able to help me.

The condo has no restrictions on fish tanks on the second floor and my insurance well covers my tank. Would the top right corner be the strongest point to put my tank? The condo was built in 1990 and I’m assuming it could hold 1500LBS in that corner. I will also be removing the carpet and putting waterproof laminate flooring throughout the living room and kitchen.

The wall next to the door is 50” wide and perfect for the 45”x 20”x24” tank I’m looking at. Not to mention the tank stand has a flat panel therefore it’s not just 4 legs holding all the weight.

Hopefully your experiences/feed back can help me out.

Thanks in advance

hey, you didn't say which way you were planning to orient the tank, since you said the 45" tank would fit the 50" wall I'm guessing you were planning to run it corner to door. you said that you were removing the carpet and laying laminate, why not use that as an opportunity to drill small holes or use a studfinder to find the beam/joists under the floor. your building may have plans on file somewhere from when it was built. once you find the structure you might be able to move down the wall away from the light source i would think that the joists may run across the room to the interior wall on the left. good luck

 

[Devaji]

hey, you didn't say which way you were planning to orient the tank, since you said the 45" tank would fit the 50" wall I'm guessing you were planning to run it corner to door. you said that you were removing the carpet and laying laminate, why not use that as an opportunity to drill small holes or use a studfinder to find the beam/joists under the floor. your building may have plans on file somewhere from when it was built. once you find the structure you might be able to move down the wall away from the light source i would think that the joists may run across the room to the interior wall on the left. good luck

my thoughts to. I am sure there are blue prints on file some where ask around. ask the HOA who the architect was they may still have them on file. maybe the city??
and if not do as said above.

I would be very surprised if that floor could not hold the tank. but what the heck do I know better make sure

 

[Pickwun]

Your flat base isn't holding any significant load from the DT. That's coming straight down the 3 sides. The base supports your sump, but if the floor can't support that then you better not be walking on it.
You might want to read up on laminate floor loading though. Since they float it's generally not recommended to lock down an edge with that kind of load. The easiest solution is to lay the laminate around the tank instead of under it.

 

[Espino963]

Thank You guys for the responses. I'm going to ask the HOA for the blueprints and see what i come up with, i am entitled to them so I don't see why they wouldn't give them to me. Once the carpet comes up, i'll drill some small holes and see what i find.

Worst case scenario i'm going to have to settle for the waterbox Marine 70 which is about 69 total gallons.