I currently have a 200 litre cold water storage tank for a gravity fed system in my loft as pictured below and my plumber is replacing it with an unvented 210 litre cylinder at the end of the loft against the wall.
I am going to prepare the plinth for the tank to sit on along with the walkway up to it for maintenance etc. Looking some advice on the structure of it on the joists to take the weight whilst accommodating the extra height of the cylinder.
I have included a diagram of what is there at present (excuse the drawing, didn't have my crayons handy ;-0).
I am looking for advice on how much will be need to keep to spread the weight of the new cylinder across the joists. There is 37cm between the joists.
There are no accessible solid walls to put it above before it is mentioned but the current tank isn't above one either.
Thanks
I am going to prepare the plinth for the tank to sit on along with the walkway up to it for maintenance etc. Looking some advice on the structure of it on the joists to take the weight whilst accommodating the extra height of the cylinder.
I have included a diagram of what is there at present (excuse the drawing, didn't have my crayons handy ;-0).
I am looking for advice on how much will be need to keep to spread the weight of the new cylinder across the joists. There is 37cm between the joists.
There are no accessible solid walls to put it above before it is mentioned but the current tank isn't above one either.
Thanks
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