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I’m a licensed architect- depending on the age of the house, the original builder may have plans.
Looking at the pictures, the beam and wall most likely have joists running perpendicular to them, and most probably 16” on center.. if you place the tank as shown, you will be running the parallel to the joists. You don’t want to do that. The best place for your tank is over the steel beam, or no too far from the beam, running parallel with the beam. You can also do a simple deflection test- get a thumb tack, and tie a string around it, hang it from the ceiling in the basement, and cut it off 1” above the floor. Start putting water in your tank, and watch the string. If it moves more than 1/16” you are going to have joist deflection issues.
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