Weight in upstairs room
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I have just filled a largish column fish tank in an upstirs room. It is acrylic, so light; with the 268L of water I reckon it weighs around 290kgs.
It is in a next to the the chimney brest on a piece of board. The alcove is 800mm wide with a joist at each side and one in the middle. The standingboard does not reach the end joists, but it is floor boarded so the must be taking some weight.
The room is 2.5m wide and the joists span along this way. The joists themselves are 6.5 inches by 2.5 inches.
Does this sound OK as I'm getting paranoid.
How much water in an average bath?
It is in a next to the the chimney brest on a piece of board. The alcove is 800mm wide with a joist at each side and one in the middle. The standingboard does not reach the end joists, but it is floor boarded so the must be taking some weight.
The room is 2.5m wide and the joists span along this way. The joists themselves are 6.5 inches by 2.5 inches.
Does this sound OK as I'm getting paranoid.
How much water in an average bath?
If it's a modern-ish house the floors will be designed to take 150kg / m2. It sounds like your tank will exceed that, but given it is near the wall, should not be a problem as the joists will be designed for maximum bending at mid span and shear failure is not going to be a problem. That said, the joists sound very shallow for an upper floor, even with the short span, so perhaps it is not that modern, but given its location I don't see it being a problem even so.
How big are the feet of the stand - depending on where they fall relative to the joists, you may get some local deflection if the feet are pretty small, and I don't know how stable the tank and stand are if it moves away from vertical.
How big are the feet of the stand - depending on where they fall relative to the joists, you may get some local deflection if the feet are pretty small, and I don't know how stable the tank and stand are if it moves away from vertical.
Stegel said:
If it's a modern-ish house the floors will be designed to take 150kg / m2. It sounds like your tank will exceed that, but given it is near the wall, should not be a problem as the joists will be designed for maximum bending at mid span and shear failure is not going to be a problem. That said, the joists sound very shallow for an upper floor, even with the short span, so perhaps it is not that modern, but given its location I don't see it being a problem even so.
How big are the feet of the stand - depending on where they fall relative to the joists, you may get some local deflection if the feet are pretty small, and I don't know how stable the tank and stand are if it moves away from vertical.
The tank is flat bottomed and on a 20mm 600mm square board.How big are the feet of the stand - depending on where they fall relative to the joists, you may get some local deflection if the feet are pretty small, and I don't know how stable the tank and stand are if it moves away from vertical.
Joist sound shallow? I thought they were quite big...160mm deep.
The house is 100yr old.
Cheers
Having said it's allright, I would be a bit more careful with something like that!
I'd assumed that it would be wider than tall. Certainly in the corner it'll probably be O.K. Probably want to be a bit careful though. Make sure the base is larger than the spacing between joists!
All things considered though, it's no different from a hot water cylinder.
I'd assumed that it would be wider than tall. Certainly in the corner it'll probably be O.K. Probably want to be a bit careful though. Make sure the base is larger than the spacing between joists!
All things considered though, it's no different from a hot water cylinder.
wheres the fish?
dilbert said:
Having said it's allright, I would be a bit more careful with something like that!
I'd assumed that it would be wider than tall. Certainly in the corner it'll probably be O.K. Probably want to be a bit careful though. Make sure the base is larger than the spacing between joists!
All things considered though, it's no different from a hot water cylinder.
The floorboards are 25mm thick and run the opposite way from the joists, so 3 joists have the weight. I'd assumed that it would be wider than tall. Certainly in the corner it'll probably be O.K. Probably want to be a bit careful though. Make sure the base is larger than the spacing between joists!
All things considered though, it's no different from a hot water cylinder.
It's only 100kg each. The floor hasn't budged a bit. Celing downstairs, no cracks, skirting still on the same level.
It's still here....for now.
t that's big.
As to Z4's comment, isn't that what the floorboards do? The only reason I put the board beneath was to stop the tank cutting through the carpet.Gassing Station | Homes, Gardens and DIY | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff