that is true but in a house all that weight is distributed evenly cuz of your floor but when you have a tank that size you have to think bro you can put 30000 pounds of weight on a single 2x12 from where it connects to the ibeam to abut 2 feet away from the beam. the further away from the beam the less weight it can hold. my tank is 18 inches wide 72inches long and it weighs 1400 pounds with water sand rocks now if you where to put it in the middle of your 2x12s even with it being on 6 of them it would break and most houses 2x12s are set by 16inch increments tis also depends if your house even has ibeams some dont come with ibeams and have 4x12 down the whole house every foot, my father is an engineer. you just want to be safe man my tank sits 3 feet away from ibeam and on 4 2x12s i went to homedepot and got supports that can be adjusted and they are rated at 15k pounds of support each at max height. i set it right in front of my tank on the 1st of the 4 2x12s and the second also infront of the tank about 3inches on the 4th of the 4 2x12s this allows me to be able to set over 150k pounds in that spot without any worry or 2nd thoughts all that for 80$ is wat i spent so well worth it 80$ insurance for a lifetime is amazing...
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I agree it depends on how the house is built, and where you are positioning the tank in relation to the floor joists and the ibeam.
That being said. check out the strength of what certain wood can do. It is much much stronger than you give it credit for.
http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/wood-beams-strength-d_1480.html
http://www.awc.org/calculators/span/calc/timbercalcstyle.asp
The floor jacks are also very dependant on individual builds. They wont work on my floor since my basement is a raised floor. It would just punch a whole through it.
Also if you were to put 150k pounds on that spot, you would crush the 2x12's. Your jack would still be there, but that spot in the floor would be ruined.
Not trying to say the floor jacks are worth it. Because I think they are, cheap, safe insurance on it. But is it absolutely need if you know what you are doing? not at all.
That being said. check out the strength of what certain wood can do. It is much much stronger than you give it credit for.
http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/wood-beams-strength-d_1480.html
http://www.awc.org/calculators/span/calc/timbercalcstyle.asp
The floor jacks are also very dependant on individual builds. They wont work on my floor since my basement is a raised floor. It would just punch a whole through it.
Also if you were to put 150k pounds on that spot, you would crush the 2x12's. Your jack would still be there, but that spot in the floor would be ruined.
Not trying to say the floor jacks are worth it. Because I think they are, cheap, safe insurance on it. But is it absolutely need if you know what you are doing? not at all.
It is only touch over 2 tons (4000 lbs) not 15 tons (30000 lbs). With that said It may be on 1 maybe 2 floor joists and runs with the joists, and in the middle (between 2 foundation walls) no I beam thats on the other side of the basement. But I think I will support the floor in aleast 2 points (just for my head lol).