Calling all plumbers (advice please)

[Bud8Fan]

any chance of fitting a tube inside the break ???

or leave it and mount above the tank and let the water go right into the tank.....

Nope, tank in living room, all filters in mud room next door.

It has a threaded slip fitting that goes inside it. Maybe I can get lucky and I can find piece of pvc pipe that fit it just right.

 

[duke33]

Hope it works for ya, those things are spendy.

 

[Bud8Fan]

$170 at Big Al's + shipping. That's why I hope I can fix it.

OK, I just found a piece of 1" SCH40 in the garage. It will fit snuggly about 1/2 into the fitting that broke off. It appears to be tapered so I don't think I'll get it all the way in.

 

[Bud8Fan]

Thanks for the feedback everybody!

Here is a shot head on into the filter and I also included the threaded slip fitting so you know what I'm talking about.

I think I'll try the heavy glue route and pray for the best. Once it dries can I goop some more of it around the outer seam to make it stronger or does it only work to bond?

 

[jtaing858]

go to homedepot....look for plastic epoxy or ask an associate thats wut id do

 

[johnptc]

Thanks for the feedback everybody!

Here is a shot head on into the filter and I also included the threaded slip fitting so you know what I'm talking about.

I think I'll try the heavy glue route and pray for the best. Once it dries can I goop some more of it around the outer seam to make it stronger or does it only work to bond?

1) you may be able to get a new housing and move the guts

2) rough with coarse sandpaper before gluing

3) i would wrap the outside with fiberglass tape and epoxy for strength like west system epoxy

 

[Bud8Fan]

I'll try #2 and #3 first.

Thanks again everybody !!!

 

[arl]

I'd use PVc glue to join them together then build up the outside along the break with my "all time favorite" GOOP!!

 

[born2lovefish]

I talked to a plumber friend of mine a few months back about using PVC glue on parts for an aquarium and he said it would be fine since it is on drinking water lines. Locktight(spelling is off) makes an epoxy that is strong enough to hold metal to metal. I used some last summer in the factory and it worked well. I would use the PVC first and then put a coat of something else over it and make sure the 2nd coat goes past the first to get a hold of the housing plastic. You also might need to lightly rough up the outside surface of the housing to get the glue to stick right, since the housing plastic is slick.

 

[247Plants]

Maybe its just the safety guy in me......but I would look into getting a new housing.

One thing I have found in my experience is when something like that breaks, it seems it is 10,000 times more likely to fail in the same spot.

Maybe Im not a risk taker, but that is a big tank and holds lots of water....and a spill that big is a mess anywhere...