OG's 120G build
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Yeah man. The look awesome. I just noticed something today that I really didn't pay attention to before. The rear lip is way wider than the front. I wonder if that's intentional.
They look like a dream box at half the price! I was seriously considering the vertex sumps that come with everything but I wanted to run an alpha skimmer again.
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They look like a dream box at half the price! I was seriously considering the vertex sumps that come with everything but I wanted to run an alpha skimmer again.
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Ok so I got sidetracked and didn't get much plumbing done. Since my fiancs brother came over today I was going to have him go under the house and set up some support for under the tank. I looked at the foundation and it looks like there are big floor joists about 4 feet apart through out the house. The tank sits perpendicular on one joist and that kind of worries me. There's also a support pillar on that joist 4 feet from the wall.
I came up with this idea. I got some RV stabilizing jack stands some wood and load spreaders to run parallel to the joist and would be under each side of the tank
Oh, by the way he wussed out at the last minute so it didn't get done.
Should I continue with this plan or will the tank be ok? What do you think?
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I came up with this idea. I got some RV stabilizing jack stands some wood and load spreaders to run parallel to the joist and would be under each side of the tank
Oh, by the way he wussed out at the last minute so it didn't get done.
Should I continue with this plan or will the tank be ok? What do you think?
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Ok so I got sidetracked and didn't get much plumbing done. Since my fiancs brother came over today I was going to have him go under the house and set up some support for under the tank. I looked at the foundation and it looks like there are big floor joists about 4 feet apart through out the house. The tank sits perpendicular on one joist and that kind of worries me. There's also a support pillar on that joist 4 feet from the wall.
I came up with this idea. I got some RV stabilizing jack stands some wood and load spreaders to run parallel to the joist and would be under each side of the tank
Oh, by the way he wussed out at the last minute so it didn't get done.
Should I continue with this plan or will the tank be ok? What do you think?
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I came up with this idea. I got some RV stabilizing jack stands some wood and load spreaders to run parallel to the joist and would be under each side of the tank
Oh, by the way he wussed out at the last minute so it didn't get done.
Should I continue with this plan or will the tank be ok? What do you think?
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Would the tank be across 2 joist or just 1?
Also, I'm assuming that you have sand or dirt under your house, I wouldn't put the wood under the plastic piece under your jack stand because the moisture in the sand will rot the wood
Easy fast answer, yes make the support. If you want to confirm the easy answer look up simple supported beam problems. I would use a beam bending equation, center support with evenly distributed load. Also, I would suggest not to use the wood a the bases of the jack stands. It will be on the dirt and will decompose fast. Definitely use a base support but not wood. I'm not a CE, so just take this as advice not professional recommendation.
The jack stands are 12 inches tall when they are down all the way. Between the dirt and the floorboards I have 20.5 inches. Right now the tank is only on top of 1 joist and about 2 feet away from the joist on either side that's why i want to put these parallel to the joist its on.
I do have dirt underneath. I'm not worried about long term because we will only be here for another 2 or three years. I might be able to not use the wood at the bottom. The structure measures 23.5 inches tall when fully expanded.
I do have dirt underneath. I'm not worried about long term because we will only be here for another 2 or three years. I might be able to not use the wood at the bottom. The structure measures 23.5 inches tall when fully expanded.
I used these on my 180. I dug down about 6" to solid dirt. Put them on the dirt. I spun across 5 floor joists with 4x6's, then drove a 4x4 vertical between the 4x6 and concrete deck block. Used 6 blocks. Worked great. Cheap and easy.
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