Critique my intake plumbing

[Pulcher]

So in my intake I went with a Herbie style intake with a main drain/emergency standpipe. I have 2 ball valves on each side of the intakes before the sump. I know that people recommend gate valves but they are impossible to find locally. Does anyone see any improvements they would make? Also none of the pipes are bonded yet.

 

[aotechs]

It looks good. If you do not bond the stacks inside the overflow, you will always have the ability to modify the pipe height if needed.

 

[kendragon]

So clean. Is that stand aluminum?

 

[Pulcher]

So clean. Is that stand aluminum?

Thanks you and Yes 2”x2” square tube aluminum. I will post more pictures when I finish with it.

 

[JK47]

View attachment 1290184 View attachment 1290182 View attachment 1290179 View attachment 1290181 So in my intake I went with a Herbie style intake with a main drain/emergency standpipe. I have 2 ball valves on each side of the intakes before the sump. I know that people recommend gate valves but they are impossible to find locally. Does anyone see any improvements they would make? Also none of the pipes are bonded yet.

I would recommend not solvent welding the pipe from the elbow to the sump. It isn’t pressurized so shouldn’t be a big deal or leak. That way once you track down a gate valve it can be spliced in easily.

You may decide to get a gate valve down the road if the ball valve doesn’t perform as well. This white valves are really hard to adjust. I have a few of those as well and they are pretty hard to adjust.

 

[mudbuttjones]

i have never found a gate valve locally, but they are like $10 for a 1" and I'm sure under $20 for a 1.5"... trust me when i say that a gate valve is worth it for this kind of setup.

your setup looks very clean and well thought out. my only other recommendation would possibly be the addition of a union under the bulkhead.

 

[Pulcher]

i have never found a gate valve locally, but they are like $10 for a 1" and I'm sure under $20 for a 1.5"... trust me when i say that a gate valve is worth it for this kind of setup.

your setup looks very clean and well thought out. my only other recommendation would possibly be the addition of a union under the bulkhead.

Well since my intake pipes are 2” the gate valve is probably going to cost around $80 which is pricy but I guess are worth it. My only other concerns with my setup is that I read gate valves can’t take a lot of pressure and that main drain will have a lot of water flowing through it. My return will be a Jebao DCT-1500 connected to 1” pvc.

 

[JK47]

Well since my intake pipes are 2” the gate valve is probably going to cost around $80 which is pricy but I guess are worth it. My only other concerns with my setup is that I read gate valves can’t take a lot of pressure and that main drain will have a lot of water flowing through it. My return will be a Jebao DCT-1500 connected to 1” pvc.

The point of a gate valve is to restrict flow. Step the gate valve down to 1.5” and save a couple bucks. Same thing I do

 

[twentyleagues]

Nice and clean.
+1 on the gate valve. Trying to adjust a syphon with a ball valve was such a pain in the butt I gave up on it and just went baklck with the durso style. Now I've purchased two gate valves at 21.99 a pop and have to cut out the ball valves as the durso is to loud.
Also I didnt bond all my pipes at my sump and 1 does leak about a drop every 30 seconds. It's dripping in my sump anyway so no big deal just leting you know it's possible even though under low pressure it can still leak.

 

[mudbuttjones]

the siphon on my bean overflow could handle about 1300gph through a 1" gate valve.

if your dead set on a ball valve, King Brothers (KBI) make a smooth ball valve. from my experience they sometimes leak slowly when they are totally shutoff, but they are by far the smoothest and nicest ballvalves I've used