awesome project going on here. i have played with this idea for a long time, just using a lighter construction method. yea, its way late but i only caught that this whole thing is sitting on a 4" slab. if this is the case have you verified that its adequate? something this heavy usually needs to bear on a grade beam or thickened slab.
building a 1000 gal concrete block monster tank
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Welcome. This is already discussed earlier in this thread, but it has a new 4" slab I poured which it's sitting on an existing 4"-6" slab on grade, which is sitting on a 24" footer. It's centered on the house's long axes which has the 24" footer running under it. Also as a side note, I had all of the concrete and blocks sitting on a 4" slab outside, both on pallets, so all of this weight was sitting on a 8' x 8' area and didn't comprimise the little 4" slab even with that point load.big mother trukkin cat;752721; said:
in summary, this thing has about 32" of solid concrete on grade under 90% of it. You think that will hold it?
i wasnt concerned about the weight of the cmu, just the volume it will hold. yea, i guess i missed that along the way, though. i only remembered seeing something about a 4" existing slab and thought uh-oh. on a side note, im not that new around here.....been a member of predatoryfish for five years but never bothered re-registering after all the drama. anyway, it looks like ill be following this thread for a while.
wall thickness? are you talking about structural angle iron? .125x.5x.5 angle is what they make 3 ton jackstands out of... everyone knows they hold a lot more.. ..however.. I prefer .1875x1.5x1.5 ..thicker sure, but I never worry and it looks super heavy duty.IITUFFTOBEATII;605037; said:
by the way.. ASTM A36 is just hot-rolled mild steel.. nothing special about it.
So far everything is a go. I've got everyone due here at about 3:00pm EST. I've got 4 guys coming. Hopefully it goes quick. I'd love to be able to test fill it next weekendzennzzo;756158; said:Maybe a vid of the glass install tomorrow?
Stay tuned...Good Luck Bro, and I'll be tuned in for surewizzin;756789; said:So far everything is a go. I've got everyone due here at about 3:00pm EST. I've got 4 guys coming. Hopefully it goes quick. I'd love to be able to test fill it next weekend
Hell ya Phil I am excited to see this get going... I am very interested in seeing how the top of the glass is going to be held in place... because I have room for something along the same design as you have....
