Floorboard/builder experience request.

[devonwoody]

We are considering putting an aquarium (corner triangle shape)in a corner of room, the tank would hold 220ltrs.
The flooring is 1" softwood boarding laid on the usual 4x2 plus brick piers.

Is this sufficient to be safe with this volume of water?

 

[Karl]

I should think you'd be ok - 220 litres = 220 kilo's. + tank (say 30kilo) = 250kilo's. 3 average build people. So get four of you to stand in the corner and if the floor doesn't collapse, you're safe!

Make sure the footprint is spread about though.

Cheers

Karl

 

[StevieB]

220 litres of water is 220kg. Equivalent to 3-4 people (or two of me ahem), do you think your floor could not hold that amount of weight?

Steve.

 

[TonyW]

Probably not much help but:

I believe that a litre of water weighs just over 1kg (depends a little on temp). Therefore you are looking at around 220kg + weight of tank (guess here) 30kg making total weight 250kg. Had to look this up but in old money this is equivalent to 39+ stone.

Sounds like a lot of weight particularly if the tank stands on small feet as opposed to a completely flat bottom that will support all the weight.

Cheers
Tony
Bit slow on the typing here but looks like we all reached similar conclusion

 

[devonwoody]

Thanks above, the tank stand(cabinet) appears to have a flat bottom so even weight distribution sounds OK. The tank/cabinet extends 72mm each direction out of corner so it should span a floor joist.

(I have got accident insurance on buildings included so I reckon I should be OK then. )

 

[Digit]

I use to breed tropical fish DW and I had a lot more weight than that on a conventional boarded floor. But as advised above, spread the footprint!

Roy.