Overflow Question!!!!!!!

you could build a lid for the drain side that works for me.

Bill

[mark]

raise the height of the standpipe so the water level rises in the overflow, lessening the waterfall noise

[The Grizz]

Originally Posted by mark

raise the height of the standpipe so the water level rises in the overflow, lessening the waterfall noise

Can't do that as my overflows in both back corner's a only 4" x 4" and the drains are bulkheads drilled into back of the tank.

[fkshiu]

Take some pictures so we can get a better idea of what you're dealing with.

Is the noise coming from the water spilling into the overflow box, or from draining, or from splashing upon exiting in the sump?

[The Grizz]

The noise is where the water spils into the overflows

[globaldesigns]

do some research on Durso Standpipes, not sure about using them in a right angle situation, but that is what I use and my overflows are silent.

Durso Standpipes allow you to regulate the amount of water (water level) in the overflow so the water isn' crashing down at the bottom.

Good luck!

[The Grizz]

That might work if I take out my bulk heads and see if I can work in a 45 degree elbow, then go up but I dont have the room for a top tee and 90.

[mark]

get an elbow on there (hopefully your bulkhead is slip) and some sort of standpipe (for tight space checkout Hofer or Stockman) to raise the water height.

I got a bit more room so using Dursos but the water doesn't even drop an inch.

[slakker]

Originally Posted by The Grizz

Can't do that as my overflows in both back corner's a only 4" x 4" and the drains are bulkheads drilled into back of the tank.

A couple of picture would help... can you some how put a elbow on it to raise the height of the water in the overflow... if the noise is coming from the "water fall" from the tank to the overflow, that's the best (maybe only) way to reduce the noise... ie; stop the waterfall from "cascading" or "breaking" into a actual waterfall...

[The Grizz]

If you are meaning entering the sump I already have a lid because I have 2 bulk heads in the lid that attach to the drain line's