Should i brace my floor

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Alright,

I need some legitimate advice and or knowledge thrown my way.

Bought a house with a crawl space. Im not sure if need to brace it or not.

The tank is a 150 gallon 6 footer.
I mean under the floor i see 2x6s... im just not sure.
Im guessing 3k on weight
 

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I am no engineer and not even a builder (disclaimer I’m just guessing here) - but to me I have seen larger tanks supported by same or less.

But if it’s something you can easily do: why not? The cost of wood is far less then peace of mind. If you own the home and you feel like you should then I would.

personally I probably wouldn’t even have questioned it and installed the tank. But that’s just me- and maybe not the best approach lol.
 

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I am no engineer and not even a builder (disclaimer I’m just guessing here) - but to me I have seen larger tanks supported by same or less.

But if it’s something you can easily do: why not? The cost of wood is far less then peace of mind. If you own the home and you feel like you should then I would.

personally I probably wouldn’t even have questioned it and installed the tank. But that’s just me- and maybe not the best approach lol.

Yeah, thats the issue im not sure if it will and i was gonna just gonna do it lol but i think peace of wind with 4 2x6s on pavers may be the solution. We just purchased it so im free to go at it if need be.
 

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I didn’t get thru the whole viedo- but maybe this can give some insight:

 
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Was that place just built? Wood looks like it was done yesterday. 2x6x8 vertically 700 lbs. shorter even more if you could balance the weight on its end. If the first picture of second row is 2x6s for the support beam for the walls, then there’s a lot of 6x plus where you want to place your tank. Also a corner support is more than would be along just a straight wall since it’s supporting 2 or more walls in different directions. Being close to the wall and the “footing/support” of a wall, that’s the strongest point of a joist span since it’s resting on the footing/beam unlike it would be in the center of the span joist. I’m not a builder either but the 12-20 minutes I spent doing your homework I came to the conclusion if it were me, it would be a go. After I checked the quality of craftsmanship.
Still not satisfied? Pick up a 2x6x8 which will give you 4 pieces 2’ long and be able to attach them to 4 of the joists that will be under your 6’ tank minus one which I don’t think would matter. Or do two 4’ lengths.
 

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