Epiphyte
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Potentially stupid question, but best be safe than sorry.
I have an ADA stand which is flat bottomed, or flat-ish, basically sitting on a rectangle of 3" wood with a central brace, although the tank stand itself is one open area.
My floors in my mid-19th century home are incredibly uneven, so the tank needs shimmed. This is a lot easier with some 50mm screw in TPVC feet I have. I am confident that 6 of the feet (one in each corner, two mid-tank) are strong enough to handle the 200-300kg of the tank and stand, but is converting the flat bottomed tank (assuming designed to withstand the loads spread over the whole 750x450 area) to one with feet (load concentrated in 6x 50mm feet) going to produce loads on the 3" wood sub structure that could be dangerous?
I'm sure it's fine but I'd like to know what others have done, I really wouldn't like to find 150 litres of water on my floor one morning
I have done it already, the tank needing a 10mm shim in one corner, but thought I'd check before I commission the tank
I have an ADA stand which is flat bottomed, or flat-ish, basically sitting on a rectangle of 3" wood with a central brace, although the tank stand itself is one open area.
My floors in my mid-19th century home are incredibly uneven, so the tank needs shimmed. This is a lot easier with some 50mm screw in TPVC feet I have. I am confident that 6 of the feet (one in each corner, two mid-tank) are strong enough to handle the 200-300kg of the tank and stand, but is converting the flat bottomed tank (assuming designed to withstand the loads spread over the whole 750x450 area) to one with feet (load concentrated in 6x 50mm feet) going to produce loads on the 3" wood sub structure that could be dangerous?
I'm sure it's fine but I'd like to know what others have done, I really wouldn't like to find 150 litres of water on my floor one morning
I have done it already, the tank needing a 10mm shim in one corner, but thought I'd check before I commission the tank