I live in a house built 26 years ago. It is a terraced house.
My lounge goes from the front of the house to the back of the house, so the total length is 30feet. The floor boards run in the direction of the room, ie from front of house to back of house!
As its a terraced house, both walls are party walls shared with my neighbours.
At the moment, I have a 200kg tank sitting on the floor boards agaisnt a party wall, again running the lenght of the room. The footprint of the tank's stand covers about 3 floorboards.
I want to upgrade to a 4 foot tank, and this will come in just under 500kgs. What weight can my floor take?? The floor boards seem to me almost like tounge and grove, and from the outside, i have airbricks, so i think the floor must be resting on joists, which in turn are suspended from the ground!
My lounge goes from the front of the house to the back of the house, so the total length is 30feet. The floor boards run in the direction of the room, ie from front of house to back of house!
As its a terraced house, both walls are party walls shared with my neighbours.
At the moment, I have a 200kg tank sitting on the floor boards agaisnt a party wall, again running the lenght of the room. The footprint of the tank's stand covers about 3 floorboards.
I want to upgrade to a 4 foot tank, and this will come in just under 500kgs. What weight can my floor take?? The floor boards seem to me almost like tounge and grove, and from the outside, i have airbricks, so i think the floor must be resting on joists, which in turn are suspended from the ground!