I'm sure this is a common question for some. I live on the second floor of an apartment built in the 70's. I have a 29G tank. I plan on upgrading to a 75G. Is there any way I can know for sure that my floor can support all that weight?
Usaully (in most proper building practices) the bathtub is perpendicular to the floor joist if this helps anyone..I asked this same question a while back, and it's hard to be 100% sure.. But my research basically told me a few useful things such as: it's preferable that the tank is on an exterior wall (these are load bearing walls, unlike interior walls that separate rooms), and perpendicular to your structural supports for the floor (harder to tell on the second floor since you can't just go in the basement and look up).
It should be fine, what's down for flooring? Hard wood?
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Carpet huh? What kind of stand would we be using? 2 things off the bat.. military housing "may" be more temporary (probably not the case, just a consideration)so cheaper materials may have been used. Pressed or particle board subfloor is "ok" but if you have 4 small points of contact and they get wet it can be an issue if that makes sense. Chances are you can just throw whatever you want up and it won't be a problem, I like to over build/over think things sometimes. Especially when it comes to a thousand pound.box of water no one wants to have to tear down and move once established because of an oversight
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