Basic plumbing question

[thirty6]

The drain bulk head running from dt to sump, should i use the grey corrugated tubing or try my luck at home depot and try to dry fit the bulkhead in the store to plastic tubing?

Or something else?

 

[Macropora]

What size bulkhead and what are you trying to achieve? Why not use PVC pipe?

 

[skene]

I always enjoy using the ribbed... for her pleasure.

Use the rigid PVC, then attach the ribbed tubing that way you have flexibility on the plumbing in your sump for relocating the plumbing in case you are using filter socks in a holder. It sucks when you have regular hard pvc and then try to get the filter socks out of holders.

 

[cmantis]

What is the ribbed tubing called or for? I might have to use that it would make things easier. I got spaflex but it won't have enough bend.

 

[thirty6]

Im simply running tubing from display tank (underneath) to sump/ sock holders

 

[thirty6]

Skene- does that corrugated pipe/tube slip rt over the rigid pvc? They are 1" bulkheads

 

[cmantis]

Look at plateboys setup:

I like how it has the ends that can clamp onto pvc. I found this at lowes:

I have to bend from a center external overflow to the left side of my sump and have 2 drains on each of two tanks which are one above the other. So if I could bend them out of the way of each other and around that would make it easier then a bunch of pvc 45s.

 

[thirty6]

Ahh cool. Whats that whitebpvc with sawed sections in the sump on plateboys setup, spray type bar?

 

[skene]

yeah thats a spray bar.

 

[cmantis]

I don't know how I would connect that tubing to pvc though that is what I am trying to figure out.

What is a spray bar for. My buddy used one but I thought he told me it was to adjust the drain.

 

[cmantis]

Ok went to home depot today and this is what I came up with (what do you guys think?):

Flotec Sump Pump Discharge Hose Kit

I figure that I can cut it in half as each end as a connection on it. Since I am coming from 1" pvc I can't use the supplied fittings but bought two 1 1/2 x 1/14 barbed reducing couplings. The 1" PVC slides into the 1 1/2 side and the other into the hose.

 

[skene]

Really... you couldnt have just gone to a petstore to buy one of these...?

For 6ft its only about $15.... that way there is no extra waste.

 

[cmantis]

Hmm didn't even know they sold those. This was $10 for 24' feet and another $1.50 for the connections so I will get two out of it.

 

[thirty6]

It was def. Cheaper at home depot. My lfs doesn't have anymore grey under 6' , so i might wait or do hd thing. The problem is i can ever find the barbed fittings at the hd I go to and god forbid you ask an employee for help: like asking the wife for a piece!