Has anyone here ever used wide diameter pvc and made a sump out of several pieces, so that each individual piece contained different media, yet they were all connnected? Would this even work? When I say wide diameter I mean like 12"
anyone with ideas
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When you get up to that size, PVC pipe is very expensive. On the us plastics website 12" diameter grey PVC is $27.87 per foot for schedule 40 and $46.03 per foot for schedule 80. And you have to buy them in 10 foot increments. the largest caps I could find were for 6" pipe, sch 40= $23.24 and sch 80 = $61.27
Yes, I've made several. Like awk says they are cost prohibitive and you have to do some tricky things with water flow. Machining Lids to fit is cheaper than purchasing them too.
The one or multi-tank method is by far cheaper and more convenient.
Now if you have full access to a machine shop and an uncle (that likes you) in the commercial plumbing business you've got it made.
Dr Joe
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The one or multi-tank method is by far cheaper and more convenient.
Now if you have full access to a machine shop and an uncle (that likes you) in the commercial plumbing business you've got it made.
Dr Joe
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would ABS be any cheaper?
http://hillsupplies.com/cgi-bin/search/subproducts.pl?qs=2180&sb=commodit&d=06&ft=1
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even if it wasnt 12" say 6" you could just double the number of pipes and still get the same effect.
You can make a sump out of whatever items you can imagine as long as they're fish safe.
Like everyone else said though, the pvc thing wouldn't really be cost effective.
Like everyone else said though, the pvc thing wouldn't really be cost effective.