65G take on a wooden floor?

[fishfarmer]

I'm planning on putting a large rubber welcome mat under the stands of my tank and sump. I'm thinking if I didn't put a mat down, I would still have the stand on the wood. I would think mat or not, water could seep between the wood and stand. The stand of my 55 has a floor to it as well so I wouldn't be able to get under that at all regardless of the mat. The stand of my sump doesn't have a floor so I could offset the mat to protect the floor under the tank, but leave the floor under the sump free(the sump would be probably be easier to move in case of spill).

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[Mike and Donna]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by D-Nak:
[QB]It's a common misconception that the weight of a fishtank is equal to the weight of 3 fat guys or a bathtub full of water. This type of weight is temporary weight and doesn't cause much stress on the structure of your house. What you need to be concerned about is the sustained, permanent weight of your tank which covers a relatively small surface area.
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Sorry...have to disagree with that one. There are only two fundamental kinds of loads in mechanical engineering...static and dynamic. Three fat guys or a piano or an aquarium, whether for 5 minutes or 5 years is static load. Dynamic load (e.g., the 3 fat guys jumping up and down, which will still be supported by the beams, joists and floor boards in a house built to code) puts enormous short-term stresses on the structure. Yes, if the load is beyond the structural capacity of the room, they can walk arm-in-arm across the room in relative safety. But if they are standing guzzling beers and eating nachos, there is not a lot of difference between them and the fish lounging around in the reef tank.

(Then again, my engineering courses were taken about 30 years ago...)

 

[montie]

all you have to do is find out the size of the beams and what flooring is used, then phone up your local council (uk before anyone disagree's heh), they will have a building inspector dept, those guys/girls will tell you exactly how much your floor will be able to take.

 

[AnotherGoldenTeapot]

A small tank like that will not be any problem at all.

 

[schubert]

I have a 75 gallon with a 30 gallon sump/refugium on my main floor. So far no real problems (2+ years), however my oak floor has discoloured around the tank from small spills. No matter how hard I try I still get the odd drip of water on the floor.

 

[ujohnk]

Hi Seaweedmonster,
When you say it is a wooden floor is it floorboards or 8'x2' chipboard sheets.If it is chipboard sheets i would be very carefull about spilling water on this. I work as a carpenter in the Uk and a lot of the work i do is repairing flood damage. The chipboard does not last long with water on it.
John

 

[Anonymous]

I've never done this before myself. But what if you ran a bead of silicone caulk between the perimeter of your rubber mat and the floor?

 

[dmm32]

Wow,

I have 180 on a wood floor, its still there.Just add some support underneath if worried, but you should be fine.


David

 

[rabbie]

My floor is beams>floor boards>A 5mm layer of what looks like MDF or compressed wood stuff> Finished of with Lino with carpet on top of that.I had some job trying to see which way the floor boards went But there is no way on earth that I can see what size the main beams are. The ones In the roof space are 1.5"x4" beams.So I'll just have to try it and see.

 

[ujohnk]

Hi
It should be okay if it is floorboards.
mdf stuff will be hardboard
John