Asylumdown's 275 Tank build

[asylumdown]

Met with Kevin, the project manager, and the interior designer yesterday to discuss the finishes around the aquarium. The dining room side is going to be a clean white wall with a tank hovering in the middle. They'll put a wooden panel in front of the stand and build the entire wall around the aquarium out of mdf that's been treated with a marine level of water-proofing. The tank will be rimmed with a thin strip of stainless steel to hide the returns of the wall panels. Should look hot. The access panels will be as low profile as possible with the goal of making it look like they don't exist.

The office side is where most of the business of maintenance will occur, so the access needs to be equally scaled up. They will be building a frame for a large set of vented/louvered cabinet doors for access to the sump area, with solid panels acting as doors above. Originally the doors above were supposed to be louvered/vented to help deal with heat from the MH, but with the fan running at all times, we wanted to create a bottom up vacuum of air that would also evacuate humidity from the sump cabinet. The fan's a 90 CFM, so it will hopefully be able to evacuate enough heat from the canopy to prevent things from getting dangerous.

[asylumdown]

The house is fully insulated and should be getting drywalled at this very moment. Took these pics on Friday:




Just in case any of the drywallers were confused as to whether or not they should stand on the vertical surfaces of of the sump/stand's protective box, we left them a handy sign.

[phi delt reefer]

$100 says you catch one of those idiots standing on it with a smoke dangling out his mouth when you swing by for a surprise look in the near future

[asylumdown]

Not a whole lot has changed, but the house is 80% drywalled now. Can't believe how much of a difference it makes, actually being able to look at closed walls, finally feels like a house. Mudding and taping starts next week, then it's time to order the actual tank!

[asylumdown]

perhaps these photos of an empty space where a tank will eventually be are a little gratuitous, but I'm excited as hell this is happening, so I don't care!

The fan's been incorporated in to the ceiling:


From the office looking toward Kitchen/Dining room:


From the dining room looking in toward the office:


And just cuz it finally looks like a room, the kitchen and dining room (nothing to do with the tank, I'm just excited)

[lastlight]

Originally Posted by asylumdown

perhaps these photos of an empty space where a tank will eventually be are a little gratuitous, but I'm excited as hell this is happening, so I don't care!

Not at all nobody will understand that as well as us! Been through two house builds and a few tanks builds. I envy you that feeling is really tough to beat. Sweet anticipation! Things are looking great btw.

[asylumdown]

Originally Posted by lastlight

Not at all nobody will understand that as well as us! Been through two house builds and a few tanks builds. I envy you that feeling is really tough to beat. Sweet anticipation! Things are looking great btw.

Heh, thanks. As soon as the drywall boards went up, it suddenly started looking like an actual house. I'm in Ontario for the next week, and while I'm here they're putting on the cedar boards and soffit on the outside and prepping the house for stucco. It will be a totally different structure when I get home!

They also apparently poured the concrete in the backyard yesterday, which is pretty thrilling as there is going to be a pretty large water feature in it as well - I haven't worked it out yet but it might actually hold more water than the aquarium.