Tank Leveling Advice.........Please.

[viperfish]

My 6' 180 Gal was out 1/2" on my basement floor. It's a wood stand but the method I used can be applied to wood or steel. Here is how I did it with Self Leveling Floor Grout from Home Depot:

- I used a pry bar to lift the stand to level and insert shims (the fewer shims the better)
- Now you're going to have to seal around the outside of the stand to keep the grout from running away on you. I had some nice thick slats from a venetian blind, I ran those around to set a "form" and held them in place with Tuck tape. You can use cardboard or anything else that works.
- Once the form is set the rest is a cakewalk, you just apply the primer to the floor, mix up the compound in a 5 Gal bucket and pour inside the stand. I kept my trowel handy in case the self leveling claim was BS but it worked flawlessly. It will level itself out and the surface is smooth.
- Next day you can pull the form (1 hour later if you buy the quick set stuff) and there you have it, a stand that is supported around the entire perimeter.
- I pulled my shims a day later and touched up the spots with a small tub of pre mixed grout.

The leveling feet idea works as well but there is more messing around (if you aren't a Welder) to acheive the same end result.
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