Leaking bulkead solution?

[Dreadful]

diamond bits need water to stay cool to not dull extremely fast. i have a long shallow tub i had filled with water to drill it the first time. this time wont be so easy as it's laid in mortar and stuck to the plywood. not to mention its in an extremely awkward place AND my sump is under it lol

[babnika]

Could you get one with a removable shank. Put the shank on opposite side add a very long extension feed threw hole already there then pull up from up top & feed water down from the top as well just a thought

[Dreadful]

well..

it was a lot of fun! but i think its good now!

since there wasnt much space between bulkheads i decided to just cut out an entire peice around them:



as you can see i didnt have a great assortment of tools so i just drilled a bunch of holes with the same bit.. not pretty but it works

i then painted the bottom of my aquarium black so the light wont shine through from the sump.. >_>



NO LEAKS this time.. my plumber friend came over and helped. I also made the plumbing disconnectable in case i need to clean it in the future!

the only problem i am having now is the noise level! i thought herbie setups were supposed to be quiet! there's a terrible suction sound happening from my emergency return line!

[Proteus]

Much better

And as for the noise on emergency drain who cares as its only for emergency. Shouldn't be used other than that

Now that I look at pics why are two drains tied in together. This could be noise problem. Emergency needs to be seperate.

[daplatapus]

Yeah, it looks like you have the emergency and main siphon drain tied together. You're main siphon is probably sucking air from the emergency drain. Those 2 pipes need to be run completely independent of one another and terminate under the water in your sump.

[lastlight]

really glad you redid the plumbing! I've used the drill bit method of making larger holes so many times it's embarrassing... and i use a regular small bit to make the big holes lol. But it works =)

At least fixing the herbie isn't going to be terribly hard. then it's on with the show.

[reefme]

Using gate valve for better control.

[sphelps]

Originally Posted by daplatapus

Yeah, it looks like you have the emergency and main siphon drain tied together. You're main siphon is probably sucking air from the emergency drain. Those 2 pipes need to be run completely independent of one another and terminate under the water in your sump.

What he said. It will always echo up the back up drain when tied together, nothing much you can do about it, the pipes have to be completely separate.

[Dreadful]

now that i actually think about the way i did the drian it totally doesnt make sense at all.. if the clog happens anywhere under the T the system will still flood! how stupid of me LOL

at least all i have to do is cut and cap off the end and run a new line for the drain seperately.. shouldnt be too bad i guess