Tank Size For Upstairs

[creg]

whats the biggest tank i could have upstairs on floorboards safely, house was built in 1930`s if that means anything

 

[micko]

Sorry, it doesn't really mean much as the state of your ceiling joists are what keeps your upstairs, upstairs!

Its an impossible question to answer as there could be woodworm, dry rot, or any number of things in the timber. Even if I seen a picture of a joist if wouldn't be good enough to give you an answer as I wouldn't be able to say if they were all like that or not. There's a lot of limiting factors I'm afraid.

Depending on where you live in the world, most 1930's houses were brick/block with the same on the internal walls so I'm guessing all walls downstairs are load bearing walls, am I correct?

 

[moochy13]

ive got a 130L upstairs, im in a 60's house. though as mentioend above, this means diddly squat. however i couldnt notice any flex in even the floorboards under my tank. would probably also depend where in the room it is. mine is under a window of the outside wall, butted up to the wall as much as possible. im no building engineer, but id assume theres more strength where my tank is than there would be in the middle of the room.

 

[creg]

Sorry, it doesn't really mean much as the state of your ceiling joists are what keeps your upstairs, upstairs!

Its an impossible question to answer as there could be woodworm, dry rot, or any number of things in the timber. Even if I seen a picture of a joist if wouldn't be good enough to give you an answer as I wouldn't be able to say if they were all like that or not. There's a lot of limiting factors I'm afraid.

Depending on where you live in the world, most 1930's houses were brick/block with the same on the internal walls so I'm guessing all walls downstairs are load bearing walls, am I correct?

i knew it was a very vague question.

i live in england.

i have no clue which walls are load bearing either, except one lol. ive had a 180 litre next to a 95 litre up against this wall no problem.

i saw this tank today and it just had me thinking whether my upstairs could take the weight http/www.usedsandwell.co.uk/classified-ad/Very-Big-fish-tank_21258767

 

[micko]

The same sort of question was asked a while ago on her and I said the same as I said above. Couldn't give them any answer, they wanted a smaller tank though. They was I would do it is inspect the joists. 620ltrs is an awful weight so I'm really unsure about it.

A load bearing wall is a solid wall that supports your timber joists, this would obviously be downstairs that your looking the load bearing wall. Go downstairs when you've decided where you wish to put it, if your looking to put it against the wall that the exterior wall is then all the better as that is a solid wall.

To make it a bit easier, could you tell me if your downstairs interior walls are solid walls or plasterboard?

 

[Craig89]

I've got a 260l tank in my room and I'm changing for a 350l so snuffling possible

 

[creg]

interior walls are definately solid, i wouldnt risk a tank that big anyway but i may get a 300l ish one soon

 

[micko]

If you think about it, your bath (I know mine does) should hold a lot more than 300 ltrs, plus your weight. So as long as you have it in tight to the wall it shouldn't be a problem.