Any Structural Engineers in the house?
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r4rlee
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I work in construction and from what i see i feel that you will be fine i live in a 1930 building and i have a 136 gallon tank with a 20 gallon sump under it and no problems try putting 50 5 gallon buckets of water stacked on top of each other to cover the space for a week and that will tell you if it will hold
So I got off the phone with the LFS and they said they won't insure the tank going to the basement because it's going to be sketchy. I don't blame them.
So backup plan is to put it upstairs. It's a 6' x 30" footprint, 200 gallons on an aluminum stand.
In the picture you can see the tank is going to be running across a steel beam, it's not perfectly centered, probably more 60/40 centered on the steel beam. I talked to the LFS guy and sent pictures and he said it was a strongback beam and I don't even have to worry. I wanted to get some second opinions. I'm also looking into hiring a structural engineer to come out, but I have free time so why not. Additionally, the steel beam has a support pillar running 4 feet from where the tank is going to be placed. What do you all think about the situation?
House was built in 2003 as well.
Thanks!
sfin52
So many pedestrians so little time
I'm sure r2r has one as a memeber. Just start a thread sure one whould pop in.
Sod Buster
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Get all your buddies over that weigh over 200 for a pizza party and have them all jump around on the spot when the intoxicants are all consumed. You'll have the tank weight plus three big guys all looking into the tank at the same time later on. 6" I beam will be fine.
My experience with most SEs that will work residences is that they LOOOOOVE to spend other people's money... usually for no reason. You can look up the weight capacity of the beam, joists, etc. and figure this out yourself, or you can call one, pay them and then they will nearly always recommend a bunch of over engineering. If you get a SE that says that you are good, you might be the first one.
Calculate the weight. Then divide by 200 pounds, or maybe 175-180 pounds if you want to be conservative, and think about the engagement parties, baby showers or just watching the big-game which had more people than this in a room jumping around.
Spread out your PSI on the stand bottom (no feet) and I would do this in a heartbeat.
Calculate the weight. Then divide by 200 pounds, or maybe 175-180 pounds if you want to be conservative, and think about the engagement parties, baby showers or just watching the big-game which had more people than this in a room jumping around.
Spread out your PSI on the stand bottom (no feet) and I would do this in a heartbeat.
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JachPot
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The stand is the standard nuvo one. It sits flush against the ground all the way across. I ran into an engineer on Facebook and he said I'm totally fine, so did the LFS. I'm still getting quotes to see, I'm not paying $500 lol
