Structural load question - Tryin' not to break my house

[BryanDuggan]

Maybe I'm being overly cautious, but my homeowners insurer probably would like me to be.

3 tanks side by side in my office, which is at the front wall of my house. Not on slab, I have a basement.

30G cube with 10g sump (plus LR)
40B with 20g sump (plus LR)
~15g turtle tank (plus one turtle I'd love to give away)

So ~900lb of water plus LR and the tanks etc.

Bad idea? Move one or more tanks to a different wall?

 

[Tyler]

I think it depends on which way the beams under the floor are going and how old the house is. A newer one should be able to handle more weight than one built in the 60s.


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[etmanning1]

+1, if they’re on multiple joists they will definitely be good, but I wouldn’t be too worried about ~100g anywhere.


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[Mrx7899x]

Yeah your ok

 

[BryanDuggan]

Great, that's a relief. It's across probably 8 joists.

Sorry I've been posting so many questions, really excited to restart up my reef tank and either a fowlr or a frag tank (still deciding).

 

[Sunny]

I did a lot of research when I added the 350G and now the 600G on first floor. The gist is that if your house is not eaten by termites or mold you can get away with putting a 75G to 100G tank almost anywhere in the house.

I found this article very helpful, written by a structural engineer.

http://www.african-cichlid.com/Structure.htm

Good Luck.

Sunny

 

[BryanDuggan]

That's a huge weight off my mind (bad pun intended). Thank you.