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der_wille_zur_macht · 06/20/2017, 07:24 AM

Can you just put some pipe hangers in the beams and route the pipe under them?

That said, assuming the beams are structurally sound (not junky wood, not full of knots) and the stand was typically over-designed, I personally wouldn't have a problem putting a carefully located hole in them for a single 1" line. If the 2x6 is adequate for your long run without a center support post, it's way overkill for the shorter end beam. And the only real purpose for that center brace is alignment and bracing of your long beams, there's no real weight bearing capacity there.

06/20/2017, 07:24 AM	#3
der_wille_zur_macht Team RC Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NY Posts: 17,749	Can you just put some pipe hangers in the beams and route the pipe under them? That said, assuming the beams are structurally sound (not junky wood, not full of knots) and the stand was typically over-designed, I personally wouldn't have a problem putting a carefully located hole in them for a single 1" line. If the 2x6 is adequate for your long run without a center support post, it's way overkill for the shorter end beam. And the only real purpose for that center brace is alignment and bracing of your long beams, there's no real weight bearing capacity there. __________________ Inconveniencing marine life since 1992 "It is my personal belief that reef aquaria should be thriving communities of biodiversity, representative of their wild counterparts, and not merely collections of pretty specimens growing on tidy clean rock shelves covered in purple coralline algae." (Eric Borneman)