Plumbing through a wall

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  1. JetEngineMech

    JetEngineMech Feather Duster

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    Are there any types of bulkheads available to run the plumbing through a wall? I'm playing with the idea of running a 2nd tank of my 1st one. Sorta like a remote refugium. ;D
     
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  3. Tangster

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    None I have ever heard of.. Now there are pipe collars or thimbles that you can get to make a clean looking fit.. Thats what we use in the plumbing business. Of you can simple use wall ecusions the chrome collars that are used around pipeing coming up through a floor for a radiator or hot water baseboard
     
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    I guess you can use a regular bulk head like the one we use on our tanks...

    I tried it myself but I couldn't fit my hand up far enough in the wall to make it work so I used spa tubing, an union and routered a wood block to frame it up.

    I still have to switch over the return to spa tubing tho...


    btw, are you trying to run another tank just on the other side of the wall or down to a second floor or what??
     

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  5. JetEngineMech

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    Hmm. Those are some good ideas...

    The other tank is in another room behind it...but there is a stairwell in between. The lones would have to go under the 2nd floor stairs/above the basement stairs. Not a big deal I don't think. They'll only be exposed when you go down into the basement.

    But like I said, it's still just an idea for now.