Christy's 180 build

[christyf5]

Currently I'm running an CS6-2, on the new tank I'll be running a RS-250

[cprowler]

Cool, good to see your staying in the Euro-Reef club.

[christyf5]

Originally Posted by cprowler

Cool, good to see your staying in the Euro-Reef club.

Yeah, I must say, I'm a pretty big Euro-Reef fan

[cprowler]

Yeah me too, you should see the size of me.

[hillegom]

Originally Posted by christyf5

Hey, thanks. I had my husband explain some of it tonight. He said that he was going to go with 3 2x6s which had a certain width and because the 3 2x10s had a different width when put together that for some reason both sets of 3 had to be the same width?

I think he knows what he's doing, its just me that doesn't

Sorry, when I read this I thought the 2x6s were going horizontal. They are actually going vertical, so now I understand perfectly as well

[christyf5]

Yes sadly my lack of knowledge of construction terms can be ineffective at times. Yhe word I was looking for at the time was "stud" but it escaped me (besides, at that time I still don't think I knew what was going on let alone what I was talking about )

[christyf5]

BC Ferries ruined my reef meeting today, but the day wasn't all lost. Got some more progress on the fishroom!

Ok so we got the teleposts up to support the ceiling while we ripped out the guts of the load bearing wall. (my husband loves making faces for the camera)



Backside of the wall (the actual fish room)



Matt had a good ole time with the sledgehammer




Open sesame!



Shoring up the studs (the 2x6 part )



Getting the header in (the 2x10 part )



Tada!!! And the ceiling didn't even fall in!

[Skimmerking]

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

HEADER's i like it I like It

[cprowler]

Cool...you must be get'n excited.

[christyf5]

yeah I am, we've got most of the plans for the stand firmed up. I may actually get it on the stand next weekend!!!