Any one have a 110gal or larger in a mobilehome???

[R.Allard]

So yea i bought my tank and didnt really think of the weight
on the floor :oops: .
I have a new doublewide and it has 2x6s every 16in on C but
im worried about the dead load weight.
Icalled the manufacturer and they told me 40 lbs per square foot but i dont think thats right...
So far this is what i have come up with....

Tank...200lbs
Stand..119lbs
water...950lbs aprox W/water in sump
rock.....125lbs
misc.....150lbs pumps,lighting,plumbing Etc.
Total...1544lbs aprox..

The total square area of the foot of my stand is aprox..67 sq in that touches the Floor.
so im lookin at 23.045lbs per (SQUARE INCH)

Anyone ever run into this problem? any sugestions???

Thanks R

[captexas]

:-D

I would definately find a way to support that section of the floor. The floor may hold up for awhile, but eventually it will start to sag.

If you don't have the tank in place yet, you can install something under the doublewide below where it will sit to help support the tanks weight. Maybe put some cinder blocks under the floor joists or add a few pieces of 2x4 or 4x4 attached to them running from the ground up to the decking.

Good luck

[djdubdub]

That cant be right R....

A 200 lb man standing on one foot is exherting (sp) 200 lbs on 1'...

LMAO!!! Just kidding... Really though, a 200 lb man is probably exherting 200 lbs on .25 square foot... So their math makes no sense... What about a fridge... 3' x 3' = 9'... 400lb fridge = 44.44 lbs/sq ft.... It would go through the floor....

Maybe 40lbs/ sq INCH??????

[captexas]

:-D Has to be per square inch! Like you said, a fridge would go through the floor. If not that, definately the water heater when full.

[djdubdub]

or add a few pieces of 2x4 or 4x4 attached to them running from the ground up to the decking.

This might not work if the ground get "moist or soft"... Unless you anchored to ground w/ cement...

I also looked around (out of curiosity) and someone wrote Oceanic to see if their 200gal would be ok... They recommended floor jacks for support...

Good luck...

[captexas]

Floor jacks would work best, but they are of course more expensive. And then they could even settle into the ground.

The best situation would be to pack the ground down really well and add some lime stabilizer to it. Then build a small cement slab on top of that to support your floor braces.

My advice would be to make sure the ground under where the tank will sit is level. Then put some treated plywood down and then put floor jacks under the main joists under the tank. As long as there is skirting around the mobile home and water doesn't flood under it, the ground shouldn't settle much.

Hope that helps

[R.Allard]

Thanks Everyone,
for your imput
I think what im gonna do is put 4x6s parralel with the 2x6 joists under the front and rear edges of the tank inbetween the metal I beams of the home.
then ill put more concrete blocks under the I beams where the 4x6s
sit on the I beams.
Then im going to put 3/4 marine plywood over that .one 4x8 sheet should take care of it i hope :?
then comes the new wood floor,were goin with pergo in our livingroom,dineingroom and kitchen.
OH WHAT WE WILL DO FOR A TANK!!
any other ideas would be great ,i havent started yet and its gonna be a week or so before the sand shows up so i still have some time .....
R.

[stan]

I have worked in construction all my life, I assume you have the aquarium close to an exterior wall, that should give support to the back legs, I would put a couple of solid concrete blocks under the front legs on the ground, with small hydrolic jack you can get for about $10 at Wal-Mart, put a 4x4 running the length of the aquarium plus enough to reach the next floor joists on each side and cut a 4x4 support at the approximate locations of the feet of the stand, cut to fit tight between the concrete blocks and new 4x4 under the floor joist.

[R.Allard]

:grin: OK HOUSTON WE HAVE IT FIGURED OUT!!!!
I talked to a person at a Mobile Home place here in the little town of
Kerrville Tx.. and he said this is what ya do ....
go ahead and put the 4x6s under the tank (front and back leading edges)
and go over it with 3/4 or whatever marineboard ya want and then put
4) 6000 lb adjustable floorjacks 1 under each corner of the tank under the 4x6s thatll give me 24,000 pounds of security along with being
over the I beams at each end.
The nice man at leimullers sold me all 4 adjustable jacks for 33 bucks.
so were one step closer to gettin water in this project!!!
we start riping up the floor on friday if the weather is right.
just wanted to Thank everyone again for the advice .... :grin:
THANKS R. :-D