I got over the slump of not really working on the 150. I had to finish the ruff plumbing and make sure every thing was going to fit before finishing the stand. Next I will completely disassemble the plumbing and remove the tank, sump and prop tank, finish the woodwork and sand and finish with a few coats of polyurethane.
I was on my 2nd 2†ball valve and after a union and few adapters it was still way too long to line up the pump under the return in the overflow. Tired of the Home improvement superstores not having the right plumbing parts and trying to make what they carry fit the application so I decided to go to P & R plumbing supply. They have everything you could want, I told them what I needed to do and the guy went and got all the right parts like it was nothing.
I started from the bottom of the overflow and plumbed the drains and hung a supply pipe so I could line up the pump. All the drain and supply plumbing is 1 1/2†PVC.
The main drain will be fed from a 2†Durso standpipe and the drain for the prop tank will be fed by a straight pipe with a 2†strainer. This should keep the water level in the overflow box stable and I won’t have to try to balance the flow on 2 Dursos and cram them in the overflow box. I may have to add a gate valve to the prop tank line to control the flow because the overflow on the prop tank has a 1 1/4†Durso and a 1†Drain. They will join at a collector which is just like a 2†Durso stand pipe in reverse, it is fed from the 1 1/2†pipe from the main drain and a1†pipe from the prop tank, the bottom will be about 2†below water level and it will have a hole in the cap to allow the air to escape. It should be as silent as the standpipe.
Next came the pump, this was easy with the right stuff. I got a 2†true union ball valve and a 2†MPT pipe to connect to the threads on the bulkhead and the Dart. I lined up the pump with the pipe and measured how much I needed to cut down the MPT pipe. I made 2 cuts, put the pump and union ball valve back into position. One more dry fit to check for alignment and then marked the location for the hole that needed to be drilled in the sump to accommodate the 2†bulkhead. I removed the sump drilled the hole and installed the bulkhead. I put the sump back into place; dry fit again to check for final alignment, then glued the pipe to the unions, taped the threads and installed the union ball valve and pump.
I cut the parts for the 2†Durso standpipe the 2†strainer and the 1 1/2†supply pipe then checked for fit. The Durso had to be cut down an inch in between the T and 90 to fit because I forgot to get the street 90 and then it needed to be installed backwards to clear the Euro-bracing.
I guess now that all the plumbing is done Ill have to get going on the rest of the woodwork.
