Overflow advice

[banditpowdercoat]

Originally Posted by mark

big flood when the weak bond to the ABS lets go, use glass.

Ive siliconed ABS overflows in and no issues. on 22" water heights too. Heck, look at alot of corner Overflow tanks. Whats the overflow made of? ABS, and siliconed to the glass......


Also, only flood issue would possibly be on a power outage IF the silicone let go. But let me tell you, where I live, I get 10-12 outages a year, some for hrs at a time. Never one did my tank have an issue. If you have a standpipe style drain in the overflow you won't drain the whole tank anyways..

[mark]

I've siliconed a piece of acrylic to the corner of my sump to hold my ATO but know I could easily pull it out by hand. If it was glass to glass be looking at a fight with razor blades. Also in the corner you have the support of the sides and bottom edges, this was described as sitting in the middle if the tank. Not saying it wouldn't work but there's better ways to do things.