Plumbing help - I'm Stumped

[mandown123]

yes it says schedule 80 on it.

 

[mandown123]

I had to go to three hardware stores to get it all, but I got it to work.

I had to get pvc and put the thread adapters on the ends to connect the bulkhead to the ball valve. So I made the two connector pieces and built the return pipe with a 90 elbow and the thread adapter on the bottom. Will work nicely when it all dries, I think.

Thanks to everybody,

tommy

 

[Aquatic Life Direct]

good to hear!

 

[masterswimmer]

Tommy, Tommy, Tommy, shoot me a PM if you have any problems. You've gotten some good information in this thread and some 'less than good information'. Too many cooks can spoil the broth and totally confuse you.

When I showed you how to connect the LocLine when I dropped everything off, I could have walked you through the rest. Remember, when you're connecting threaded parts, you MUST use Teflon Tape to 'seal' the threads.

Just shoot me Q's if you have any other issues.

Russ

 

[pdnyc69]

You have to get the slip in kind. Make sure u cut a 3" piece of PVC. Prime and glue the ball valve. When that dries, dry out the bulk head and prime and glue the piece of PVC sticking out of the ball valve

 

[Yen]

Hi Russ, what is the "less than good information on this thread"? So we all
can learn:splitspin

Yen

Tommy, Tommy, Tommy, shoot me a PM if you have any problems. You've gotten some good information in this thread and some 'less than good information'. Too many cooks can spoil the broth and totally confuse you.

When I showed you how to connect the LocLine when I dropped everything off, I could have walked you through the rest. Remember, when you're connecting threaded parts, you MUST use Teflon Tape to 'seal' the threads.

Just shoot me Q's if you have any other issues.

Russ

 

[masterswimmer]

Hi Russ, what is the "less than good information on this thread"? So we all
can learn:splitspin

Yen

No need to point any fingers at anybody or offend. Like I said, some is good and others are just less than good. We can leave well enough alone.

Russ

 

[mandown123]

I used teflon tape, I knew about that stuff. Thanks all. The tank is filling up. I'll take some pics when it's up.

 

[masterswimmer]

Good news Tommy. Glad to hear it's coming together.

Russ

 

[Yen]

No problem, Russ. Let's just leave it at that.

Yen

No need to point any fingers at anybody or offend. Like I said, some is good and others are just less than good. We can leave well enough alone.

Russ

 

[kimoyo]

You can connect the threaded bulkhead and threaded valve with schedule 80 nipples like these here. In your case you had slip but you can get threaded bulkheads also.

The nipples look like this

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I like them better than gluing because they are easy to change. More chances to leak but if you teflon tape them they should be alright. Unions are very good also. I like to put them after the valve but you can always get true union ball valves.

 

[mandown123]

This is what I did. I think it looks good. I have to get the clear spa hoses and metal hose clamps and throw my fuge under there, but this is the setup. It should work nicely, I have the ball valves so I can get the flow dialed in right.

Thanks to everyone who posted and helped out. let me know what you think.

 

[Galantra]

looking good!

 

[Yen]

Looks nice. Just curious, did you prime and cement the connection for the black ball valve? I saw the purple prime on the red ball valve circuit but not on the black one.

Yen

 

[mandown123]

the ball valves are connected with threaded connections and teflon tape.

 

[Yen]

No, I meant the small pipe between the adaptor and the ball valve, not the ball valve iteself.

Yen

the ball valves are connected with threaded connections and teflon tape.

 

[mandown123]

i didn't prime anything, I just used regular PVC glue and just glued the crap out of it. It looks like it is pretty sealed.

 

[Yen]

For small plumbing job, it's ok, but normally, we should prime it first (either clear or purple) then cement it. It looks good.

Yen