Durso construction

[DJ88]

As it was going to be much to large I have decided to go with 1 1/2" PVC fittings and tubing. To make for even more space saved I have trimmed off part of the 90 and the T fittings to make it even more space efficient.




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[DJ88]

Here is the lower fitting that goes into the bulkhead in the bottom of the tank. As well the top cap which will have a small air valve mounted in it to conto the water level in the standpipe.

[DJ88]

All fittings "put together" and in the tank. So that woud lbe able to use the large tubing and such wiht a smaller overflow box I wanted, I have not glued the top "T" fiting to the standpipe. Hopefully this will allow me to remove the top section as necessary.

[DJ88]

Another shot of the final assembly.

This weekend I will be making the overflow box and will have it mounted by next week.

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[StirCrazy]

hmm looks Good Darren, is the diamiter of the pipe suposed to get smaller as it leaves the tank? that is the impression I have gotten from the designs on the web...

Steve

[DJ88]

I am putting the reduction after the bulkhead. I have spoken with others who haven't tho and it works fine for them.

[Aquattro]

Darren, FWIW, I tried both and found the reduction technique quieter.

[Canadian]

Why didn't you just use a Stockman overflow? You would have been able to use the larger pipe size without any problems.

Did you find some flexible PVC when you bought your fittings?

[Canadian]

And make sure that you do a really good job of making sure that the male threads on the stand pipe and the female threads in the bulkhead remain clean. If you get even a couple of grains of sand in there you'll be hard pressed to ever get the stand pipe out.

[ldzielak]

Darren,

So what is the distance for the hole in the tank, from the edges? How big will the overflow box be?