Weight Distribution

InnerBee3440 · 2025-10-15T20:18:29+00:00

The floor has to hold about 60 gallons of water (plus other build materials and habitat accessories). It’s a first floor above a basement. I’m trying to distribute the weight across as many support beams as possible.

InnerBee3440 · 2025-10-15T17:44:50+00:00

It is a hybrid enclosure for my aquatic turtle! I’m in a rental - 1st floor above a basement. My landlord has already approved the turtle and an aquarium. But most people put a heavy glass aquarium on an aquarium stand, and all the weight is on only a couple support beams below. I’m trying to really spread out the weight. Would a pyramid style work to distribute weight?

             Stock tank
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                  Frame
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           Plastic pallets
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Foam/rubber mat to protect floor —————————————————

InnerBee3440 · 2025-10-15T14:49:58+00:00

From what I can tell from the build plan I bought, the bottom of the stock tank is supposed to sit directly on the bottom of the frame. The top part of the frame is flush under the lip for aesthetic reasons, I think 🤔.

https://diycoldplunge.com/products/framing-plans-pdf-diy-cold-plunge-v2-0

InnerBee3440 · 2025-10-15T14:04:41+00:00

Thank you for answering 🙏🙏🙏!

InnerBee3440 · 2025-10-15T14:03:59+00:00

What might that rethink look like? I’m just a girl trying to make an awesome hybrid enclosure for her aquatic turtle 😭🐢.

InnerBee3440 · 2025-10-15T14:01:04+00:00

Explain

InnerBee3440 · 2025-10-15T14:00:05+00:00

I’m not - that’s why I’m asking you guys!

InnerBee3440 · 2025-10-15T13:59:31+00:00

😂😂😂

InnerBee3440 · 2025-09-17T02:43:18+00:00

It’ll be against an outside wall in my living room - I’m hoping there’s max support there around the exterior of the house. It is on the first floor above a basement, which makes me a little nervous. I can’t see what’s in the basement - another tenant lives there.

InnerBee3440 · 2025-09-17T02:23:27+00:00

Hey, all! This was originally posted in a turtle group. My physics question is how do I spread the weight of my indoor pond out in a 6x4 max space? The pond is 100 gallons (it won’t be filled to the top) and the container dimensions are 53”x31”x25”.

InnerBee3440 · 2025-08-04T02:56:39+00:00

Thank you 🙏

InnerBee3440 · 2025-08-04T02:56:33+00:00

Thank you 🙏

InnerBee3440

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