Residential Wood Framed Floors and Aquarium Weights
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One of the questions that is inevitably asked in every aquarium chat room, newsgroup and bulletin board is "just how large an aquarium can my floor support."
That was pretty informative, if a bit long. I have a question that I did not see answered. It is recommended that one put the tank perpendicular to the floor joists and as close to a downstairs load bearing wall as possible. Most of the time we cannot see the second floor joists, so how do we know which way the joists run?
Originally posted by sailmike
...I have a question that I did not see answered. It is recommended that one put the tank perpendicular to the floor joists and as close to a downstairs load bearing wall as possible. Most of the time we cannot see the second floor joists, so how do we know which way the joists run?
Thanks,
Mike
Very good question. Perhaps a builder on the board can help us out? My tank is on the second floor; it was easy for me to find floor joist direction from the blueprints of the house. If I were to just GUESS I would go with the joists being the same for all floors and if you know the direction of one of the floors.
most of the time the floor joists run in the same direction as the trusses run. so just look at the roof and see what direction u have the water run off and ur floor joist should run the same way.
most of the time the floor joists run in the same direction as the trusses run. so just look at the roof and see what direction u have the water run off and ur floor joist should run the same way.
This is a good rule of thumb, but is not always the case. I have framed many houses that the floor joists do not run in the same direction as the trusses. However, the floor joists will usually run in the same direction as the stairs. This is just a refrence however and is not always true. The other bit of information that I would like to pass along is that after twenty years of construction experience I have not found a stud-finder that I would trust completely. That is not to say that there are some that work, just to say that they are not foolproof. I will agree with the statement that you should put the aquarium perpendicular to the floor joists, however unless you are dealing with a 100 gal or more, there will be no short term concerns. Hope this helps clear up any questions.
i never said that it 100% fact. i said "should" and like u, i've been framing 4 quite a few years and i do agree that stud-finders are not always the best things 2 trust. just my 2 cents
Joists always run the OPPOSITE WAY when you walk through the FRONT DOOR. So if you walk in through the door from the south your joists are overhead running east and west. If you walk in from the west, your joists run from south and north.
Joists always run the OPPOSITE WAY when you walk through the FRONT DOOR. So if you walk in through the door from the south your joists are overhead running east and west. If you walk in from the west, your joists run from south and north.
Chubosco, how much water does that theory hold?? cuz if youre right then id be in good shape. my door will be facing west and the wall i will be placing my tank against runs east to west and is the divider between the two condos so im pretty sure that wall goes all the way down to the bottom floor so that would be a load bearing wall. so then my joists should be goin north to south which makes em erpendicualr , exactly what i need right?
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