Hi folks....
Recently my wife and I moved (downsized) from a two story with basement house to a two bedroom one level, no basement with single garage,,,
Soooooo
The fish room that was in the basement had been built by my stepson who was living with us at the time...
Now, I am building the new fish room in half the garage and I will try to post pictures of the build.. from beginning to present to the end...
The cost so far of the build has been for the screws and a wall laser level. Oh and some drill bits with #2 phillips bits....
The wood has come from salvages... The 4 by 4 beams came from an outdoor swingset.. Two by fours have come from all over the place, even the 2 by 6's and two by 8's
I have gotten wood from behind the dollar tree, dollar store, groceries stores and even from a door store that had frames that had some great 3 by 3's that was used for pallets..
Now, I have the basic of the fish room walled up and am starting on the frame for the row of 135 gallon tanks... The support for the back wall is okay... but what I am concerned about is the front support which will be the 4 by 4's treated wood that was used outside for the swing set..
The 4 by 4's are slightly warped and I will be able to twist them a little bit.. Because of the area I live in, I am insulating all the tanks, the room and elsewhere I can...
When the front support of 4 by 4 is in place, it may not be totally leveled...but if I put a one inch thick blue insulating foam on the bottom of the support.... Would that be enough to level out any possible misalignments and prevent any cracks or mishaps??
Just trying to think out of the box....
Thank you for helping and answering
Bill
Recently my wife and I moved (downsized) from a two story with basement house to a two bedroom one level, no basement with single garage,,,
Soooooo
The fish room that was in the basement had been built by my stepson who was living with us at the time...
Now, I am building the new fish room in half the garage and I will try to post pictures of the build.. from beginning to present to the end...
The cost so far of the build has been for the screws and a wall laser level. Oh and some drill bits with #2 phillips bits....
The wood has come from salvages... The 4 by 4 beams came from an outdoor swingset.. Two by fours have come from all over the place, even the 2 by 6's and two by 8's
I have gotten wood from behind the dollar tree, dollar store, groceries stores and even from a door store that had frames that had some great 3 by 3's that was used for pallets..
Now, I have the basic of the fish room walled up and am starting on the frame for the row of 135 gallon tanks... The support for the back wall is okay... but what I am concerned about is the front support which will be the 4 by 4's treated wood that was used outside for the swing set..
The 4 by 4's are slightly warped and I will be able to twist them a little bit.. Because of the area I live in, I am insulating all the tanks, the room and elsewhere I can...
When the front support of 4 by 4 is in place, it may not be totally leveled...but if I put a one inch thick blue insulating foam on the bottom of the support.... Would that be enough to level out any possible misalignments and prevent any cracks or mishaps??
Just trying to think out of the box....
Thank you for helping and answering
Bill
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