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Originally Posted by Tarolisol
Come on people you seriously think a house floor cant take at least 3000 pounds with proper placement. My jacuzzi tub is 200g and does not have any extra support its sitting overtop of my dining room.
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Bathtubs are placed over additional support when built, so they can easily take the 400-600 pounds of weight. From what I've read, the limit for "anywhere" placement is a 55 gallon tank. Anything above that needs to be either placed against a retaining wall, or have additional support added. Personally, I'd call in a structural engineer if I was going to put a 180 gallon tank on a non-main floor.
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This is a rediculus statment. A 55 gallon tank, ive had people who weight more then a 55 gallon tank walk all over my house. I bet you could park a car on the second floor of almost any new home.
A water bed can have 360g of water a grand piano can weight over 1000lbs and it sit on 3 tiny wooden legs. |
It's all how the weight is distributed. I don't think it will go through the floor, but there is nothing wrong with over-engineering it for a piece of mind.
I'm pretty sure you understand how serious that could be if it went through a floor.. potentially take lives, bring the whole house down, break a gas line causeing explosion, water mixing with electricity burning your house down.
I think i'd rather pay the $60 for a couple supports.
