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Wall unit installed and tank goes on stand

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maroun.c
, 07-20-2011 at 06:52 AM (1335 Views)
Time for some upgrades.
After weeks of stretching the WAF to the limit with the the tank and afterwards with the sump in the middle of the way:


Wall unit was delivered

following day they came to assemble it





Inside space and ease of access was better than I expected.




At this stage I had to leave to the airport for a 3 days flight.
came back to the following completed. they had to stop at this stage as the side colsets and stand covers would interfere with the tank move.



Finally the day the tank goes up on the stand. Luckilly we had a great tool to help lift it up.


Aligning the tank with the stand.

And up it goes.





Once on the hydrolic table someone had to volunteer to go under it to jack it up!!!










At this stage one would think the worst is over, still as if I didn't have enough trouble with this build so far. While tunning the cabinets to have a perfect fit on the tank, the opening cover on the tank got tropped and hit on the tank to my bad luck.
Not sure if I should say tragedy happened or tragedy was just avoided:



Luckily it was only the top brace that was damaged and the front pannel was intact.
contacted teh builder and he should be in tomorrow to take it off and replace it.
The worst is that the plan to fill the tank on thursday will have to be postponed till end of next week to allow the silicon on the brace to cure. The Stand covers had to be redone as well so I'm left with this for a week or so.

On the bright side of things the builder came and inspected the tank and he decided to just fill the chipped glass with Silicone after sanding it as it did not affect the integrity of the tank according to him and the risk of chipping the front glass while taking the brace off was more risky. He did install a brace on top of the chipped one so that it will stop the chip from expanding but he assured me that this was only to satisfy my OCD and that there was no risk involved in leaving the tank as it was...

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Updated 07-20-2011 at 07:03 AM by maroun.c

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  1. DJ in WV's Avatar
    Looks like it is going to be sweet when you get it all done. Hope you done have anymore mishaps
  2. DJ in WV's Avatar
    btw really like the design of the room from what i can see
  3. diablo30xp's Avatar
    awsome build
  4. matt_longview's Avatar
    Beautiful.

    Job well done!
  5. melev's Avatar
    I love your new woodwork, Maroun. That's unique, and makes it look so much nicer than standard cabinetry! Thanks for sharing your build with us on RA.

    Is there anything you can do to avoid further incidents with the cabinet door? Some type of gas powered hinge that prevents a sudden impact?
  6. maroun.c's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by DJ in WV
    Looks like it is going to be sweet when you get it all done. Hope you done have anymore mishaps
    Thanks. I hoe the same as well. Actually no one would apprach the tank from now on unless the tank is covered with styrofoam.
  7. maroun.c's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by DJ in WV
    btw really like the design of the room from what i can see
    Thanks,
    Room design is still to change as this is just the furniture from our previous appartment and it should change to something along the styule of the tank cabinets so that in the end the whole living and dining rooms and tank look more like a single element.
  8. maroun.c's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by melev
    I love your new woodwork, Maroun. That's unique, and makes it look so much nicer than standard cabinetry! Thanks for sharing your build with us on RA.

    Is there anything you can do to avoid further incidents with the cabinet door? Some type of gas powered hinge that prevents a sudden impact?
    Thanks Marc,
    Actually the cabinet door didn't just close on the tank, it got detached while tehy were fixing it and it fell on the tank.
    Gas powered hinges (Pistons I guess) are available and will be installed as soon as the cover is fixed and reinstalled. We ordered 4 of those (2 for this door and 2 for the upper door to access lighting) with each rated for 75 KG so much more than the actual load.
  9. melev's Avatar
    OMG - how awful to have that fall on your new tank! Sorry to hear that. Well, glad it was mended.

    I too have a single mar to my front panel, where I scratched it during the aquascaping. I can't avoid seeing it, I guess I'm a perfectionist too. That sounds better than OCD, right?
  10. larry.beck's Avatar
    Beautiful setup Maroun!
  11. maroun.c's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by melev
    OMG - how awful to have that fall on your new tank! Sorry to hear that. Well, glad it was mended.

    I too have a single mar to my front panel, where I scratched it during the aquascaping. I can't avoid seeing it, I guess I'm a perfectionist too. That sounds better than OCD, right?
    Yep, Luckily it was only the brace and it didn't involve the front glass in anyway eventhough it came very close.
    Always thought perfectionist and OCD were just 2 different ways to name the same thing
  12. maroun.c's Avatar
    Thanks Larry.