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Posted by RickS on June 10, 2005, 11:30 am
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No issues on my father's 225 gallon on Pergo for several years now. Last
year, I put a 400+ gallon on mine (over cement as well) with no issues so
far.
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Posted by Peter Pan on June 10, 2005, 9:12 pm
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Pergo has a 20 or 30 year guarantee ( I can't remember which one) against
any damage. if it does get damaged, they will replace it.. but that means
having to move the tank...
> No issues on my father's 225 gallon on Pergo for several years now. Last
> year, I put a 400+ gallon on mine (over cement as well) with no issues so
> far.
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Posted by Frank on June 13, 2005, 10:32 pm
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I am also going to be placing a 125gal tank on a pergo type floor but here's
my question.
125 gal + 30 gal sump = ~1300lbs
Add 125lbs of L.S. + 250lbs of L.R. = 375lbs
Add Glass Tank + Wood Stand w/ Hood = ??lbs
Total Guess = 1800lbs
With 1800 lbs I wanted to be able to move the tank if it was necessary. I
built a platform with 8 heavy-duty casters which support 375lbs ea. which
equals 3000lbs. Will the 8 casters create 8 little impressions in my pergo
floor? Should I increase the Casters to 12 which equals 4500lbs?
Thanks
Frank
> No issues on my father's 225 gallon on Pergo for several years now. Last
> year, I put a 400+ gallon on mine (over cement as well) with no issues so
> far.
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Posted by Kevin & Donna Sanders, M.D. on June 13, 2005, 11:35 pm
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When you lay your pergo floor start on the opposite side of the room so that
if you need to ever replace any tiles under the tank they would be the first
tiles you take up. The next piece locks into the last piece. I have seen
them buckle when they get soaked for a while such as when the icemaker line
leaks under the refrigerator or the sub floor buckles which reminds me you
might want to use exterior plywood under and around the tank (its
waterproof)
Kevin
>I am also going to be placing a 125gal tank on a pergo type floor but
>here's
> my question.
>
> 125 gal + 30 gal sump = ~1300lbs
> Add 125lbs of L.S. + 250lbs of L.R. = 375lbs
> Add Glass Tank + Wood Stand w/ Hood = ??lbs
> Total Guess = 1800lbs
>
> With 1800 lbs I wanted to be able to move the tank if it was necessary. I
> built a platform with 8 heavy-duty casters which support 375lbs ea. which
> equals 3000lbs. Will the 8 casters create 8 little impressions in my
> pergo
> floor? Should I increase the Casters to 12 which equals 4500lbs?
>
> Thanks
> Frank
>
>> No issues on my father's 225 gallon on Pergo for several years now. Last
>> year, I put a 400+ gallon on mine (over cement as well) with no issues so
>> far.
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>>
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Posted by George Patterson on June 14, 2005, 4:02 pm
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Frank wrote:
>
> With 1800 lbs I wanted to be able to move the tank if it was necessary. I
> built a platform with 8 heavy-duty casters which support 375lbs ea. which
> equals 3000lbs. Will the 8 casters create 8 little impressions in my pergo
> floor? Should I increase the Casters to 12 which equals 4500lbs?
Yes, you'll get dents in the floor. Each caster is going to have about 1" of
surface area; maybe less. If you have 8 of these, and each is actually 1" of
surface area on the floor, you'll have 225 pounds per square inch at those 8
points. I suspect that the surface area is actually less than 1" square, and
you'd have even more point weight.
If I were trying to do the same thing, I think I would build a more traditional
stand and design the platform in such a way that I could jack the stand up and
slide the platform (or platforms) under it if I needed to move it.
George Patterson
Why do men's hearts beat faster, knees get weak, throats become dry,
and they think irrationally when a woman wears leather clothing?
Because she smells like a new truck.
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> year, I put a 400+ gallon on mine (over cement as well) with no issues so
> far.
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