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Old 04-03-2012, 09:51 PM
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the problem was a turbosnail that was blocking the water at the ballvalve... one turn of that thing and TING! everything was back to normal! damn snails... I'll be looking to make an egg-crate fix tonight!
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Old 04-03-2012, 09:55 PM
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the problem was a turbosnail that was blocking the water at the ballvalve... one turn of that thing and TING! everything was back to normal! damn snails... I'll be looking to make an egg-crate fix tonight!
If your main line gets clogged which can happen easily because it has a partially closed valve then the back up must be able to handle resulting flow. Eggcrate is not a solution, the back up drain should be sized better or the flow should be reduced.
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Old 04-03-2012, 10:28 PM
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ask big tang... he's the one that plumbed my tank!
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ask big tang... he's the one that plumbed my tank!
Then you should ask him to fix it cause it's not right.
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awesome.... anyonew want to come re-plumb my tank?
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apparently my overflow is too small..... sucks to be me I guess
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apparently my overflow is too small..... sucks to be me I guess
What do you mean? You have two drains correct? What size are they?
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