Plumbing Help

[derrick orosz]

Thought I posted this the other day but can't find it so guess not...

I know everyone says it's easy but I've never done it. I get the concept of what I need to do but don't want 150 gallons of water on my floor. Is anyone willing to come over and help my plumb my new tank??? Pretty plzzzzz

Obviously there will be a case of beer or something in it for your help.

Thanks TFT

 

[Sewerat]

First step is do you have a plan? Got parts already, not all but the hard to get required stuff, bulkheads, gate valve? Any specialized elbows or fittings you may need?

Lowes usually has a decent local supply of 90° , 45°, pipe, glue, primer, male and female threaded fitting. Some either repair couplings and or union joints? That should get you roughly what you need. Draw up your thought plan, make a few rough measurements and grab dupplies

 

[Kevin Tran]

I am not good with this kind of thing either, gezz lost my chance of some free beer

 

[EricTMah]

Like Sewerat said. Have you at least planned out the plumbing yet and gotten all parts needed?
Elmira fish farm has a boat load of fittings in stock. Usually a one stop shop for all plumbing needs.

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[derrick orosz]

Like Sewerat said. Have you at least planned out the plumbing yet and gotten all parts needed?
Elmira fish farm has a boat load of fittings in stock. Usually a one stop shop for all plumbing needs.

Sony Xperia Z3

So I have planned out what I think I need to do and when I bought the tank from @Themaddhatter he gave me pretty much all the plumbing and fitting he had from it so in think I have everything I need except for someone who knows what they are doing to help me out

 

[EricTMah]

You'll still need to lay out everything he had and sketch up what you invision it to be to see if you need any additional parts.

Nothing is worse than figuring out half way through the job that you're missing pieces

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[pulpfiction1]

dry fit what you have,rearrange as need be until its what he had set up if thats what your trying to accomplish,take some pics as you progress and post them here,that way we can get a glimps of what your trying to do

 

[heath]

In my experience if you think that you need 6 of something buy 10, there is a place outside of London that sells everything that you need at wholesale prices, elbows are .63 each... something else that I was told was to use 45 instead of 90's, you will get better flow and it works...

 

[Bigfish]

I can help you out. Never had a leak yet! I always buy way more fittings than needed and return the left overs. It's important to chamfer the pipe ends and use primer! Msg me if you want a hand with the plumbing.

 

[derrick orosz]

I can help you out. Never had a leak yet! I always buy way more fittings than needed and return the left overs. It's important to chamfer the pipe ends and use primer! Msg me if you want a hand with the plumbing.

sending PM!

 

[Themaddhatter]

Hi Derrick, are you setting it up with the sump under the tank too?

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[junior-reefer]

I'd love to help but I've also never plumbed one.. Hope to plumb mine this weekend if I get glass in time...


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[derrick orosz]

Hi Derrick, are you setting it up with the sump under the tank too?

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Yeppers

 

[Nighthawk26]

Frankly chamfering the pipe ends is more important than the primer when gluing properly. Amost never hear people comment on that. Good call on @Bigfish for that.

 

[Sewerat]

Ya I've never chamfered, never had a leak, but also don't/can't dry fit as if I do I can't get apart again and then it leaks salt creep. Not a necessity but a must have tool. Lowes sells a pipe cutter shear for about $40. Btw I need a new one.

 

[Nighthawk26]

^^ And to your point, I have a TON of plumbing and not one joint uses primer.

 

[Bigfish]

Even just running an exact knife around the cut end is enough to remove any burrs and put a slight chamfer on the pipe. Makes dry fitting easier as you can get the fitting apart easily without the burr there to wedge it in. Primer is cheap and good peace of mind in my opinion. I used to do hot tub repairs and found out the hard way that priming the joint makes a better bond! Different scenario as there is way more pressure on hot tub plumbing, but I prefer to try and do things right once, rather than potentially having to fix problems later.