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[Enin]

Most conrete used in house foundations is 3000 or 4000psi. Most foundations are 4-6" thick. A gallon of water weighs about 8lbs. That means the tank would probally weigh around 4000lbs full of only water. This shouldnt create a problem because the weight is spread out over more area than 1". Just thought i would add.

[jhenry]

I Agree but this helps your point code on conctrete slab for a single story house is 8" and 10" for two story house

[jhenry]

And six inches for garages

[electricblue]

Most conrete used in house foundations is 3000 or 4000psi. Most foundations are 4-6" thick. A gallon of water weighs about 8lbs. That means the tank would probally weigh around 4000lbs full of only water. This shouldnt create a problem because the weight is spread out over more area than 1". Just thought i would add.

I don't think there will be a crack concrete issue, the problem might be the house unleveling. We had our foundation done a decade or so ago and the guy said even after a proper job it can become unleveled again because we receive a lot of rain. We built a storage in our backyard and left it sitting kind of high, after a while it began sinking into the ground so we have used a car jack to lift it up and add a few blocks more than once.

[soybeanbaby]

I don't think there will be a crack concrete issue, the problem might be the house unleveling. We had our foundation done a decade or so ago and the guy said even after a proper job it can become unleveled again because we receive a lot of rain. We built a storage in our backyard and left it sitting kind of high, after a while it began sinking into the ground so we have used a car jack to lift it up and add a few blocks more than once.

you can do that with a car jack?? right now my home have some beams that are rotting in the below the front of the house... you think i can change it using 2 car jacks?

[soybeanbaby]

that was a sweet tank. thats crazy to hear though and never thought of it. used to love going in there when I lived north of dallas.

have you been to their old location? i was only at their new location for approx two months then i moved back to houston... their new location is nice too

[soybeanbaby]

i dont know much about foudation, but all i know when i was working there at dallas north their 440gal tank was sitting in the middle of the old store. i can see the crack towards the register i was working at. so if you do get a huge tank check what your foundation can hold...

[jhenry]

Jim you better hurry I'm ready for it I'll be going to pick it up Sunday if you don't get it by then

[Zebvance]

Do it!

[cichlid1409]

have you been to their old location? i was only at their new location for approx two months then i moved back to houston... their new location is nice too

no i havnt been to dallas in years. i'll try and check it out next time i go.

[ssrprelude]

Jim you better hurry I'm ready for it I'll be going to pick it up Sunday if you don't get it by then

get it bro, I'm going bigger

[jhenry]

Just talked to the guy I'm going to look at it on Sunday.

[Airjammer]

FYI No matter how big of a column of water in diameter, it is only .433 PSI per foot of depth, so a tank 30" would be 2.5 X .433= 1.0825 pounds per square inch of surface area.

[jhenry]

FYI No matter how big of a column of water in diameter, it is only .433 PSI per foot of depth, so a tank 30" would be 2.5 X .433= 1.0825 pounds per square inch of surface area.

And why did we get this little tid bit of info?

And how does it pertain to what we are talking about?

[TaTeR ToT]

And why did we get this little tid bit of info?

And how does it pertain to what we are talking about?

That's kind of a drastic response, let's keep it together here people its just fish.