need help with noisy pipes please

[Dez]

Hey Brett, this is what I did with my skimmer:



It's a beckett, so high flow. Did the trick for me. I had it with just a 90 before but it was noisy and the skimmer instructions said not to submerse the drain, but I don't like salt creep so this is what I did. The valve just allows you to make it quiet. I cut and added a T. You should have room to do that. Just have to guy fine a sched 80 "T" and a grey John Guest fitting, or a red one so that everything matches. Since it's in the sump, I didn't even glue anything.


Hope this helps.

[lastlight]

That is very slick!

I'm going to leave things as they are unless I discover I need more flow in both tanks which I doubt I will. If that's the case I'll shell-out for some more sch80 and try and fit a saw in there somehow. Trust me I'd like to but I'd ALSO like to get salt water in here sometime soon haha.

Thanks!

[Dez]

Aw man, Brett. Don't tell me you plumbed your whole tank using saw. PVC cutters are one of the best things that ever got invented. Just go in there and snip - and it's cut. They are under $20 too. Well.....by the time saltwater is in there it all becomes "white" noise anyway. Get some salt in there!

[lastlight]

Haha I use a hacksaw. Can these do sch80 by hand? If so I may NEED them!

[Dez]

Originally Posted by lastlight

Haha I use a hacksaw. Can these do sch80 by hand? If so I may NEED them!

Yeah, they cut through like butter. They aren't meant for 1 1/2" pipe but I use them anyway. Just gotta get the initial cut, then rotate about 1/8 to 1/4 turn, and then through like butter. I could not imagine hacksawing everything. The pvc cutters give a clean cut without any burrs as well.

Des

[fkshiu]

+1 for PVC cutters. They're regularly on sale at Princess Auto.