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Bring on the FISH!
I think I may have a structural problem with my tank stand. I was making plans to put 3, 20 gallon tall tanks in my tank stand. I have the tanks drilled and was thinking about starting it this weekend since I have some time. I was examining the real-estate and found that the floor of the stand is not very thick and will probably bow considerably with 50 gallons of water weight on it. I don’t think this is going to be safe and unfortunately I never gave the thickness of the cabinet floor much thought before putting everything together or I would have at least put braces under it.
I have a couple of ideas and wanted some opinion of some carpenters on what to do because the tank is not coming down at this point for making changes.
My first thought was to drill 3 or 4 holes down the center and install some dry wall bolts with large butterfly wings or what ever you call them and screw the screw down to the floor to add support to the floor of the stand and cut off the bolt left sticking out of the floor and filling it in with silicone. This sounds like a good way to support the floor but not sure how drilling holes in it will really affect the integrity of it.
Another thought was to drill several much smaller holes and fill the entire base in the floor of the stand with expanding foam. This will hopefully support the entire floor in the stand.
What do you think and any other ideas are welcome.
I have a couple of ideas and wanted some opinion of some carpenters on what to do because the tank is not coming down at this point for making changes.
My first thought was to drill 3 or 4 holes down the center and install some dry wall bolts with large butterfly wings or what ever you call them and screw the screw down to the floor to add support to the floor of the stand and cut off the bolt left sticking out of the floor and filling it in with silicone. This sounds like a good way to support the floor but not sure how drilling holes in it will really affect the integrity of it.
Another thought was to drill several much smaller holes and fill the entire base in the floor of the stand with expanding foam. This will hopefully support the entire floor in the stand.
What do you think and any other ideas are welcome.
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