tank support

[ClustersBabyMama]

Any of you all live in a doublewide? If we move, we might have to find one big enough to hold our growing family and affordable for the time being, we have a 55 gal, and 2 29 gals.. do yout hink the floors have enough support?? Wouldnt want to move in one and the floor cave in due to too much weight LOL

 

[konrad05]

Depends on where you're putting the tanks and how old the house is I guess. If you have some friends, invite about 3-4 over to stand where you want to put the tank and that's about the weight of a 55 gallon.

 

[ClustersBabyMama]

lol if i have osme friends? lol thanks

 

[Discomafia]

Yea, but let them know beforehand that you're going to use tham as guinea pigs, cos' if the floor really isn't strong enough, then....

 

[Tolak]

The floor should hold just fine, as long as it doesn't get wet. A guy I work with had his hot water heater spring a leak a while back, it went right through the floor. 6g's in damage, thank God for homeowners insurance.

My wife's friend's son has a mobile home, busted a water pipe under the kitchen yesterday. It sprayed the underside of the floor, the whole kitchen has to be pulled out, and the floor redone.

Apparently the structure of mobile homes will hold the weight, but they really do poorly when wet.

Tolak

 

[NickT]

use your better judgement.... ive seen doublewides that woldnt support a 10g. my friend has one (i think its from 1976) that the floor saggs everywhere in.... im a big guy so it scares me to walk around in his moble home. i woldnt want to even attempt a 55 in that place but my uncle has a 55 in a newer manufactured home with no problems. stomp around and jump in the place your going to setup the tank.if it feels weak dont setup there.... and if you can pull up any carpeting in thatspot to check for water damage\warping of the floorboards.
if the moble home was made in the 90's you mostlikely shold be fine.

EDIT: dont place teh tank in the "seam" (part where both sides connect) they tend to settle a little differnt on one side sometimes. and you dont want your tank siting at a strange angle.

EDIT AGAN!: also like in a house, the floor has beams under it. try to set the tank acrosss as many beams as posible for optimum weight distrobution.

 

[ClustersBabyMama]

use your better judgement.... ive seen doublewides that woldnt support a 10g. my friend has one (i think its from 1976) that the floor saggs everywhere in.... im a big guy so it scares me to walk around in his moble home. i woldnt want to even attempt a 55 in that place but my uncle has a 55 in a newer manufactured home with no problems. stomp around and jump in the place your going to setup the tank.if it feels weak dont setup there.... and if you can pull up any carpeting in thatspot to check for water damage\warping of the floorboards.
if the moble home was made in the 90's you mostlikely shold be fine.

EDIT: dont place teh tank in the "seam" (part where both sides connect) they tend to settle a little differnt on one side sometimes. and you dont want your tank siting at a strange angle.

EDIT AGAN!: also like in a house, the floor has beams under it. try to set the tank acrosss as many beams as posible for optimum weight distrobution.

yeah, more than likely if we do get one it will be a "newer" one, in the late 90s or so, i used to live in one that was a 95, the floors seemed fine, then again we didnt have a 55 gal tank in it either lol