Unusual bulkhead design

[esoxlucius]

If you were desperate you could make a facsimile of the part quite easily.

Use a 1" Tee fitting then on one of the openings of the Tee put a 1" to 1/2" reducer with the "stop rim" of the reducer bored out so you could push a piece of 1/2" pipe all the way through the reducer and through the opposite opening of the Tee. Then join the Tee to a standard slip connection bulkhead. It wouldn't be as pretty but it should be functionally equivalent and reliable. Of course you wouldn't have to use 1" or 1/2" fittings and pipe, you could select what ever sizes that fit your purpose.

well 3/4 inch pipe inside 1 1/4 inch pipe leaves about the equivalent space of 1"pvc for your drain
im having a hard time finding a bulkead but look into low inlet elbows

Things are fine as they are at the minute. But any future increase in turnover would cause me real grief. It would be nice to have that option of higher turnover should i decide to go that way, so rather than wait for that obsolete bulkhead to fail I think it would be wiser for me to get all the parts necessary to change it all round. Just have a bulkhead for a drain and reroute a return line over the back of the tank.

It is indeed a strange bulkhead though.

 

[Oughtsix]

 

[fishhead0103666]

I could very well be far off with this but to me it sounds like you could get a normal bulkhead, get a slightly bigger diameter pvc pipe, cement it over the outside of the bulkhead, cement in an elbow, drill a hole in the elbow, put in a very small diameter pvc pipe through the elbow and up, put some cement on the side of the smaller pipe before you shove it in.

 

[Zanzag]

has me thinking e-drain with return included for those who refuse to run over the top and have 2 holes.

 

[TheWolfman]

I saw this style standpipe posted once before in this forum. It's a popular method in in china I believe. I think F fishdance was the one talking about it.

 

[BigDaddyMagnum]

honestly i also believe you can just make a replica yourself with a little elbow grease and a couple dollars

 

[fishhead0103666]

I saw this style standpipe posted once before in this forum. It's a popular method in in china I believe. I think F fishdance was the one talking about it.

I’m pretty sure I know the post you’re talking about and I think I have it in my bookmarks, I’ll look for it bud.

 

[suckerfish]

Ask Hendre to print and ship you one up. He’s on your side of the pond, just really south! I want a couple too!!!