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On Sun, 3 Aug 2003 13:41:14 -0400, "Jim Brown"
wrote:


The Madd Hatter wrote in message
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This project keeps getting bigger and bigger! Now my Dad and I are
thinking about walling and insulating about 8' of the garage.. This
way I can move the majority of my tanks out there (that brings it to
16).. This will make water changes alot easier, and I can eliminate
alot of the extra air pumps that are running around the house, and
free up some living space...

In this case we will only wall in the portion of the garage that falls
upder the room upstairs, so we know the ceiling will be insulated. My
biggest concern w/ regards to insulation would be the floor... Would
rubber matting help?

This is in the shoot the **** stage, so please shoot it to **** if it
looks unfeasible, cuz I only like seeing frozen fish at the grocery
store...


A few things to consider:
Is there a dedicated circuit for the electricity you will be using? Might
be worth having another circuit or two strung out for the fish room.

I'm not sure... there are 3 or 4 outlets in there... The one closest
to where the fish will go is also shared by the Central Vac.. the
other major electronic item in there is the Garage Door opener. I'll
ask my Dad, since he is an Industrial Electrician..

Is the floor level? I imagine it has a concrete floor, sloped so winter
melt will run out. There may be a need for a levelled sub-floor with
insulation.

The Floor slopes towards the driveway.. How would I go about making
this sub-floor w/ insulation? would it be easier to level the rack
using wood or some other material?


Water supply and drain? You probably have a tap in the garage, but where
will the waste water go?

The tap in the garage is right next to the tanks... it is cold only
though.. I don't thin there'll be a probem because I have a door
leading into my laundry close by and I can hook up a hose from there.
Waste water can be siphoned through the side door onto the grass or
right onto the driveway, i guess.


What about heat? You might be best with a very well insulated room with a
space heater. I tried an aquarium one winter in an unheated garage, to
winterize some native fish. Even with a good heater, it barely kept the
water from freezing.

I was planning to use a space heater in there.. I figured it will be a
very small room, and if itas sufficiently insulated, a regular space
heater should keep it heated quite welll. Would I still need to heat
the tanks too?

All things considered, it might be easier to build a fishroom behind the
garage, so at least there will be some sun to help warm it up.

Behind the garage?? What do you mean?

Definitely a project that could be done once all the bugs are worked out.


ALot of bugs at this stage!


Thanx Jim!

Jim