Anyone an engineer? Tank placement question (townhouse)

[originalozzyo]

I lived in a wood frame apartment for 3 years on the fourth (top) floor and had 155 gallon tank with 30 gallon sump in my living room. This was concrete 1" skim coat over plywood floor and standard spacing 2x10 joists, maybe 8-12" spacing using a stud finder. BCAA insurance said no problem even after I asked them multiple times about a tank this size. I think you will be fine, I was nervous for months until I just accepted it and even forgot about it

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Originally Posted by originalozzyo

I lived in a wood frame apartment for 3 years on the fourth (top) floor and had 155 gallon tank with 30 gallon sump in my living room. This was concrete 1" skim coat over plywood floor and standard spacing 2x10 joists, maybe 8-12" spacing using a stud finder. BCAA insurance said no problem even after I asked them multiple times about a tank this size. I think you will be fine, I was nervous for months until I just accepted it and even forgot about it

I had a 180 in an old wood frame apartment. Before I even really considered the weight to be an issue. I didn't even try and figure out the floor joist direction. Had it set up for 5 years with no issues, never thought about it until someone mentioned the weight once...I still didn't really think much of it...but this was like 10 years ago. I think with age I got paranoid hahaha.