Will it hold 150 gallons?

[Mrcote1]

Hey everyone, im getting an Eshopps Mariner 130 this week. Its about 150 gallons of water and its going on my first floor above a finished basement.

Unfortunately, the only spot it can go, has it running parallel with the joists, and it will only sit on one joist. Luckily, the spot is right above a closet in the basement that is supporting that joist right to the foundation.

I beefed it up with some blocking cross members and even added a jack post (see pictures). I think im okay with this, but wanted to see if others thought thisbwas sufficient or not? The rectangles in the photos is about the area the tank will be sitting on

 

[ZoWhat]

is your basement's "drywalled in support pole" directly tied into the same floor joist that's running parallel underneath the tank?

 

[ZoWhat]

150g x 8lbs per gal = 1200lbs

1200lbs + stand + LR =

roughly 1500lbs total weight

 

[Mrcote1]

is your basement's "drywalled in support pole" directly tied into the same floor joist that's running parallel underneath the tank?

Yes it is, that column is directly supporting the same joist that the tank is on, and that my jack post is on

 

[ZoWhat]

Yes it is, that column is directly supporting the same joist that the tank is on, and that my jack post is on

Then that's a load-bearing joist. I would feel confident in a load of 1500lbs safely holding longterm along that joist down the support

Longterm I would once a year pull the hanging tiles and look or measure for any "sag" in the joist.

 

[ZoWhat]

Just make sure the tank is DEAD NUTS level from side-to-side AND front-to-back

 

[ZoWhat]

Sidenote.... you could get fancy and construct a large DRIPTRAY to sit in btwn the floor and the basement ceiling

The make a drain line with 1/2" pvc that's channeled from the driptray to a safe drain.

In case of an overflow upstairs... the driptray could catch 99% of the overflow and drain to a safe place.

Could save your bacon on damage done downstairs from a major leak

I have our main bathroom upstairs right over our first floor kitchen. two major bathroom leaks later I made a drip tray "catcher" after replacing my SECOND kitchen ceiling

 

[Mrcote1]

Sidenote.... you could get fancy and construct a large DRIPTRAY to sit in btwn the floor and the basement ceiling

The make a drain line with 1/2" pvc that's channeled from the driptray to a safe drain.

In case of an overflow upstairs... the driptray could catch 99% of the overflow and drain to a safe place.

Could save your bacon on damage done downstairs from a major leak

I have our main bathroom upstairs right over our first floor kitchen. two major bathroom leaks later I made a drip tray "catcher" after replacing my SECOND kitchen ceiling

That would be really nice, this will be my largest tank yet, and my first rimless. On top of that, Eshopps Mariner 130 is such a new tank, nobody knows if it has any defects yet. So may not be a bad idea. What do you construct them out of?

 

[PharmrJohn]

IMO, your best bet would be to spend some money and have a professional come in and let you know. I'm in the exact same boat with my planned 203g. I actually read an in depth article on the issue and it's not as simple as it seems. I'll try to find it and forward it to you. It was LONG.

 

[PharmrJohn]

I'm not sure, but this MAY BE what I read. It seems too short an article tho.

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