Will it?

[Losi]

Please detail any thoughts!!

 

[Def]

Depending on the age of your building, it should be ok. I had this exact discussion with CFC, I'll leave it to him to tell you what he has in his flat .

I'm on the top (4th) floor, and when the marine tank goes in I'll have somewhere around 140 gallons along one wall alone. Should be fine. Only thing I'd say is to lay a large, single flat piece of HDF or similar dense & strong wood as a platform for the tank. That way the weight is distributed across the floor more evenly, rather than the pressure being centered on 4 legs/stand points etc...

 

[Losi]

Thanks, the stand is or will be a flat base one, I havent got it yet but that is one of the requirements.

CHeers

 

[Talisman]

Should be no problem at all. If its a second floor flat in a larger building then flooring is norm RSJ's and reinforced concrete.

Normal buildings ground floor can vary between concrete and floorboarding, and the second floor always floorboarding.

This floorboarding sits on 6" x 2" joists with the floorboarding running the opposite way of the joists. This provides a massive amount of support as the joists are spaced at about 300 - 330 mm.

That means your tank will sit on floorboard spanning about 7 - 8 joists (depending which way you put it) or running straight along a joist.

I would suggest you pull the carpet back and look at the floorboards. If they look nice and dry and solid to to a knocking, then there not rotten, and there fore you will have no problems at all.

Bear in mind your bath will be sat on floorboards and will prob take more weight (not implying anything ) ) with the bath full and you (or you and your partner) in it.

Hope this helps

 

[Losi]

B###dy hell! Are you a builder??

Thanks very much for the advice, as far as I am aware the floors are concrete and the building is only about 12 years old.

Six footer here I come!!!!!

 

[Talisman]

if its concrete hun, you have no worries at all.


nope not a builder, but i am very very handy


but if you need a plumber im your man lol

 

[karrihug]

do your rent? or own? if you rent, check your lease. my daughter lives in a 5th floor with concrete floors, but her lease specifically says no aquariums or water beds. apparently someone had one or the other burst and while the structure was ok, the water seeped down to the floors below and caused some water damage.

 

[kev]

I think he'll be asking you to fit a new bath so Him and his missus will fit in it!!

Its amazing what somepeople know!

 

[Talisman]

youd be amazed at what rubbish floats around my head. but ask me what day of the week it is, or what i ate for tea yesterday and im screwed

 

[rvm]

I have the same problem. I'm on the first floor of a flat built about 12 years ago as well. It will almost certainley be Block and beam flooring meaning that there are reinforced concrete beams running from one side to the other with concrete blocks between them. I spoke to a Structural engineer who seemed to think that my tank was just about OK to go on the floor, but recommended that I try to find out which way the beams go and place the tank so that it is perpendiculare to them. that way there are more beams under and therefore supporting the tank.
Another thing he suggested was to put the tank along a load bearing wall (external walls should be load bearing).
Mine has been set up for about 3 months now, and it hasn't gone through my floor yet!!!

 

[Fawke]

I agree should be ok.

If you have slats/supporting struts beneath the floor/floorboards, then as well as the extra piece of wood - make sure the tank runs accross the struts, not with them.

I used to have a 5' in a victorian house on the 5th floor. I also positioned it above a wall too....

Good luck