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![]() Great Start
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![]() The life of being on call!I know it well....Stupid phone...Good thing my rates are ridiculous after hours.
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![]() I'm with you, I like the challenge of plumbing.
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![]() Heck? Grizz. If u were closer man we would tackle that beast and plumb. It
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![]() Well managed to get all the plumbing dry fitted down the the gate valves. All that's left is to drill a few holes in my sump for the return pumps & plumb from the pumps to the gate valves.
Stay clear..... this Bear bites off limbs!!
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![]() Plumbing pics!!!!
After dry fitting all the returns I removed the drain lines to better access the returns to glue them up. ![]() Then proceeded to glue all the returns except the 1 inch gate valves as I want to do a little adjustment to them. ![]() ![]() ![]()
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![]() Ordered my new skimmer last week from Ray @ Reef Supplies, should get here in the next 2 weeks ( I hope )
Reef Octopus Pro SSS-DC3 ![]()
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![]() All righty then here we go with a small update...........
Lined the bottom & back with the same material used for shower surrounds...... ![]() Drilled 3 holes in each end of my sump tank for the pumps and put in the bulkheads & slide it under the tank. There are no baffles yet as Im waiting for my skimmer to arrive on the 15th............. ![]() Installed 1st return pump & plumbed it the the second set of return holes from the left, all dry fit ATM. From the pump is a 1 1/2" swing check valve, then a 1" SCWD, a few 45* elbows, a union, gate valve and a few more 45* elbows ........ ![]() Second return pump plumbed to the first set of return holes from the left...... ![]() ![]() ![]() Gate valves on the inside of the bulkheads so close off the flow if I need to service the pumps........ ![]() Right side pumps plumbed same as the left side just not finished due to the fact I ran out of 45* elbows and so did my supplier so I have to find 11 more to finish the return pump plumbing & still have a little tweaking to do...... ![]() Full view with the drain lines finished with each of the main lines running to the sump separately except for the emergency drains...... ![]()
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![]() HOLY MOLY!It's coming to life!nice job!
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