Do I need a check valve?
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In the tubing that runs vertical, you can anchor it from the top of the "T's"sashimimaster;4200539; said:
Glass-Holes.com has it, or can point you in the right direction...
or use soft flexible hose like pool cleaning hose...
zennzzo;4200959; said:In the tubing that runs vertical, you can anchor it from the top of the "T's"
Glass-Holes.com has it, or can point you in the right direction...
or use soft flexible hose like pool cleaning hose...
How would I attach the pool hose to PVC? Maybe I can just put a zig zag in the vertical pipe.
I found some 45" elbows at Lowes. If I attach 6 of them together it makes a zig zag. I'll go to the pool supply and check out the hose there.
take a section of the pipe you're going to run, and get enough hose to go from the bulkhead fitting, to the top of the wet/dry, this will eliminate all the hard fittings that contribute to the noise...sashimimaster;4202331; said:
I thought the contributor to noise was the straight drop in a hard tube? If I have a straight drop in a corrugated tube (pool hose) that eliminates it? I can do the same with the zig zag pvc too right? I'm not too keen on attaching corrugated tubes vertically for long term. I can see that tube getting stretched out over time.
You'll see for yourself what I'm talking about...when water drops down the verts and hits a hard elbo, changing directions, you get splashing noises inside the PVC. The flex hose allows for long gradual bends, that create less noise.sashimimaster;4203142; said:
There are pipe hangers you can use to position the hose, where you want it. I used 1.5" and 2" conduit/pipe hangers available at home depot....here are some pics of hard lines and pipe hangers.
Later changed over to flex lines on the overflows...
I was thinking something like this. I know what you mean by splashing noise. When I'm in the basement and somebody flushes the toilet upstairs I can hear the water as it goes down the drain. I think if I coat the pipes with something like leftover Blue Max or Sweetwater it should dampen it.
