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Post by gotareef on Apr 13, 2014 14:41:04 GMT -5
Pretty much stays the same been trying to figure it out for about a year as I got equipment together. build a new floor under the tanks |
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Post by speedyron on Apr 13, 2014 16:41:22 GMT -5
exactly thats why i was asking if floor was changing or not
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Post by speedyron on Apr 13, 2014 16:43:02 GMT -5
id cut it out the size of the stand build a form and pour a pad
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Post by ryansweatt2004 on Apr 13, 2014 18:22:34 GMT -5
I bought a cheap adjustable support column to use for supporting my floor and cedar shingles to shim the low spots. Works great. this will work unless you have an old house with a crappy foundation. my parents house was like this. the house moves with the seasons. if you support the floor in a spot and the wall drops or raises it is out again. this is the reason you need to re shim it all the time. its the house moving not just the floor sagging This is why I said get an adjustable column. Mine has about 4 inches of adjustment. All it takes is an adjustable wrench to readjust the floor if it changes. They are cheap too. I think I paid like $40 for mine at Home Depot. |
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Post by speedyron on Apr 13, 2014 18:57:54 GMT -5
the floor is in the basement built on top of the cement. no room for a column. joists just laying on the cement
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Post by ryansweatt2004 on Apr 13, 2014 18:59:40 GMT -5
Yea that makes it difficult then.
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Post by scoobnoob on Apr 13, 2014 19:02:06 GMT -5
The finished room is in the corner of my basement the part that sags is the corner. I would not have any access to an adjustable column unless I put a hole in the floor the hole would also be where the tank rest in order to place the tank in the corner. Financially I can't afford a new floor. I designed the system to be taken down and have the two tanks run separately for when I move in the next 3-5 years. Maybe I should just wait until then if this is really that bad.
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Post by scoobnoob on Apr 13, 2014 20:57:38 GMT -5
Maybe tearing it out 3ft and building a box and pouring concrete is the way to go. This is so frustrating I just want to enjoy the hobby but know it'd be worse if one of the tanks go. I'm a social worker and thus I lack much home repair/carpentry skills, I never really learned much growing up in regard to this type of thing. Would anyone more knowledgeable than I be willing to stop over and offer some input either before or after the cultivated frag swap?
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Post by jasonandsarah on Apr 14, 2014 4:49:00 GMT -5
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Post by scoobnoob on Apr 14, 2014 5:29:31 GMT -5
So I need to remove the trim. Pull up the carpeting, drill a hole to give the saw a place to start 3 ft out, hope there is no support beam underneath. Remove the peice of floor roughly 3ft x 9.5ft. Remove any support beams build a box to pour the concrete that does not exceed my wall trim so that its leveled with what remains of the finished floor wait for it to dry and pray to god its flat.....that's all right?
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Post by scoobnoob on Apr 14, 2014 5:32:17 GMT -5
Roughly 26.5 cubic ft of concrete to pour
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Post by scoobnoob on Apr 14, 2014 5:35:22 GMT -5
That's roughly over $200 in concrete alone :0(
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Post by ryansweatt2004 on Apr 14, 2014 5:57:48 GMT -5
If it were me. I wouldn't waste my time with building a new floor. Especially if you plan to move in 3-5 years. I would get your tank as level as possible "1/16" of an inch out is fine. Then fill it with water and check how stable it is. Once there is weight on it it shouldn't feel as wobbly. Worst case scenario you can secure the stand to the wall for added assurance. Just shim the low spots and be done. It's so much less hassle and so much cheaper.
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Post by gotareef on Apr 14, 2014 7:19:58 GMT -5
build a platform out of 2x3 and plywood, set it on the floor and level it....
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