Crawl space support

[NaH2O]

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[roscoe]

Oh sorrrrry! My bad.

 

[NaH2O]

Its no problem. I just wanted to post why, so no one was saying, "hey, where'd that thread go?.....I swear it was here".

 

[Craiz]

I added extra support for my 210g. Luckily my situation was pretty simple. I put the tank across the joists and next to a load bearing wall. There is a huge support beam just below that wall that supports the center of the house. Instead of doing the boxing as described, I doubled up the 6 joists under my tank with short joists that span the area where my tank will be. I then added an extra beam and four posts to support the new joists (and the existing ones. It only cost me about $100 and a few hours to install. The install time will vary widely depending upon your crawl space and what is already in or around the area where you will be doing the install.

The piece of mind is worth much more than the cost of installing the support. I haven't checked mine in a while... I think I'll do that this weekend. A little paranoia also works as a good insurance policy

 

[roscoe]

Nice. Keep the suggestion coming. Thanks everyone.