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Cabinet builders

  • 12-06-2013 10:21am
    #1
    oldat31
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    Hea all, Im looking to get a cabinet built to hold a 5 foot fish tank/ It would be 1 and a half foot from the wall and 5 foot long, can anyone tell me what sort of price range Im looking at and if they could recommend anyone?


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  • #2
    Calibos
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    Paddy147 arriving with pics in 5...4...3...2...1

    ;):D


  • #3
    Calibos
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    Please Note. I expect DIY Guru Paddy147 to post in this thread not because he posts advice in most DIY threads but because I know he has a large Cabinet mounted Fishtank. :D


  • #4
    Carpenter
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    oldat31 wrote: »
    Hea all, Im looking to get a cabinet built to hold a 5 foot fish tank/ It would be 1 and a half foot from the wall and 5 foot long, can anyone tell me what sort of price range Im looking at and if they could recommend anyone?

    Have you a picture of what it will look like .


  • #5
    oldat31
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    Carpenter wrote: »
    Have you a picture of what it will look like .

    No but a basic cabinet with room under it for a sump tank and doors.. Something simple.


    Here is an image as the tank stands now, and its an IKEA unit its standing on so my nerves are gone with it... If I remember 5 ltr of water is 1 stone so 450 ltr of water breaks down at 90 stone.. So it needs to be sturdy!

    tank_zps58b9a507.jpg


  • #6
    oldat31
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 167 ✭✭oldat31


    No body.... I thought I would have got my hand snapped off in here for the nixer!


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  • #7
    Calibos
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    oldat31 wrote: »
    No body.... I thought I would have got my hand snapped off in here for the nixer!

    Post the question in the Woodworking forum


  • #8
    Carpenter
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    Are you going to get it painted----sprayed after or do you need it done as part off the job also where are you based.


  • #9
    oldat31
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 167 ✭✭oldat31


    I want a black unit like in the photo. Maybe just cover it in vaneer.

    Im in tallaght.


  • #10
    Carpenter
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    OK Pm me if you want to have a chat about .


  • #11
    Alun
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    oldat31 wrote: »
    If I remember 5 ltr of water is 1 stone so 450 ltr of water breaks down at 90 stone.. So it needs to be sturdy!
    If you insist on doing it in 'old money' then 'a pint of pure water weighs a pound and a quarter', and 1 litre is approx. 1.75 pints, so 5l is 8.75 pints which is 10.94 pounds, so you're a bit under there.

    It's much easier in metric ... 1 litre of water weighs 1kg, so 450l weighs 450kg or nearly half a tonne, not including the weight of the tank itself!!


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  • #12
    oldat31
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    Alun wrote: »


    It's much easier in metric ... 1 litre of water weighs 1kg, so 450l weighs 450kg or nearly half a tonne, not including the weight of the tank itself!!

    Shhhhhh Im already worried baout it on an IKEA unit...lol


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