My new Sump Room

[vdituri]

Originally Posted by Sweet Reef

Theres just gotta be one in every crowd...lol

Hey man, the job was vacant.
I was there. Hmph. Gives me something to do in the down time. lol

[tbittner]

What size tank are you thinking of upgrading too?

And how about water changes? How do you handle that?

[naperenterprise]

Sweet! Looks a little like my rooms But yours looks much better!

This site makes me feel so good, I know I'm not the only mad scientist out here...lol

Great Job on the sump room!

[BarbMazz]

Originally Posted by vdituri

1200 ducks?
Thats alot of poultry!
Think of the mess. lol

Couldn't pass that up. lol

Thank goodness it's not 1200 Bunnies!! It would be even messier! Right, Terry?

[BarbMazz]

Oh! BTW... Great room! I have all my stuff in the basement, too, and it's really nice. I do wonder what's going on down there when I'm not around though.

[tbittner]

Originally Posted by BarbMazz

Thank goodness it's not 1200 Bunnies!! It would be even messier! Right, Terry?

Nah, no mess at all! They clean up after themselves, right?

Oh yeah, another thing we do around here is hijack threads so be prepared to struggle a little bit to get the conversation turned back around. If you need assistance with doing that, PM Sasquatch. He gets LOTS of practice.

[Triggerjay]

Makes my setup look like poo.. Great Job!

Jason

[KimPossible]

Oh WOW, this is nice! I wish I had that kind of space, and it looks like your putting it to good use.
Getting things up off the ground is ideal, it makes everything easy to work with. Not too much bending or back aches....Good job!

[Sweet Reef]

[quote=tbittner;442241]What size tank are you thinking of upgrading too?

Im thinking maybe a 240 or maaaayyybe a 300. Still remains to be seen what I will end up with. Either way its going to atleast double of the 120 I have now.

And how about water changes? How do you handle that?[/QUOTE]

Water changes are done via the container next to the sump...I turn on the RODI valve to the brute which has its own float valve, heater, pump for stirring, and airstone. When the can is full I mix the salt and the next morning I do the WC. For draining..I have a line coming off the return (you can see the p-trap up near the ceiling in the pic) that drains into my main line for the house. I just open the drain valve on the return line while watching the sump level. When it drains out about 4" I shut off the valve and then plug in my WC pump in the brute can and fill the sump back up

Here is a pic I found showing the valve and drain hookup coming off the return line...

[BigAl07]

Tank room looks SHARP! I hope to plan/build mine in a similar fashion one day.

I do have a couple of questions...

A) How do you account for all the excess water that's in the pipes which have to be "held" during a power outage or any type of ""Pump Off" situation? I mean I would think the pipe itself would hold a fair amount of water above and beyond what might be "siphoned" during an outage.

B) Does the water "Falling" that 12' not get some SERIOUS pressure on it? How do you "buffer/control" this pressure.

C)How much noise do you hear IN the basement? I mean it probably doesn't matter but I always equate excess noise to something needing to be "Tweaked".

again GREAT looking sump room.

[BigAl07]

This pic of yours shows your W/C system ( I think) in some more detail too

and so does this one...



Thanks for sharing with the rest of us I'm taking some notes

I'm afraid I'm gonna NEED them.

On a BRIGHTER side my wife "Julie" is THRILLED that I am now thinking about putting all of this in the basement. We re-drew our house-plans so that I had this room on the main level but it was "Encroaching" upon her HUGE walk-in closet. It looks like her closet DREAMS will still be coming true

[Sweet Reef]

Originally Posted by BigAl07

Tank room looks SHARP! I hope to plan/build mine in a similar fashion one day.

I do have a couple of questions...

A) How do you account for all the excess water that's in the pipes which have to be "held" during a power outage or any type of ""Pump Off" situation? I mean I would think the pipe itself would hold a fair amount of water above and beyond what might be "siphoned" during an outage.

B) Does the water "Falling" that 12' not get some SERIOUS pressure on it? How do you "buffer/control" this pressure.


again GREAT looking sump room.

Actually I tested this a few times by simulating a power outage. I had originally planned ahead and left about 5" of room in the sump and fuge to avoid a overflow. I also ran a 1.5" PVC line between the sump and fuge to double protect myself (per Tbittner recommondation) but I was very surprised when I unplugged the pump to simulate a power outage that the only water I had to worry about was the water draining from the display tank, which was minimal since the water level is only running about 1" at my overflow at the DT. The 12' of water in the pipes never "backflowed" Its either becuase the pump wont let it past or because I have 85 gallons of sump water holding it up...the fuge water doesnt count because the drain for that is at the water line.

Noise is minimal...I can hear the pump running and some water gurgling while im in the room. Upstairs...all I can here is a slight hum from the pump...its by no means "noticable" though.

Thanks!

[Sweet Reef]

Hey BigAl...how did you get access to that pic? I never posted it???

[BigAl07]

Access to it? It's in Photobucket and not "password" protected. It's open to the world just like mine is. Hope that wasn't a problem... if so I can go back and edit that out... just let me know.

Allen

[Sweet Reef]

Naaa...I have no issues with it..was just curious is all. I would never put anything on the internet that I had to worry about. Enjoy em!!

Originally Posted by BigAl07

Access to it? It's in Photobucket and not "password" protected. It's open to the world just like mine is. Hope that wasn't a problem... if so I can go back and edit that out... just let me know.

Allen