Back to work on the fish room..

[Prater]

Some of you know that I started about three years ago on an aquarium room/Office that is 12' by 20'. I had a foundation poured and a 6 inch floor with double rebar for bearing the weight of a large tank. I have water and a 4" drain to the sewer. I was sidetracked with a new job and it ended up a storage room.

Well I am back to cleaning it up and finishing the walls. I just ran four circuits to the back wall. These will be seperate from the main breaker on the house as I have a second 100 amp connector that will run from the meter to a new breaker box in the room.

Does not look like much now but I hope to have the room finished in January or February and then decide on my exact tank. Not to mention where I am going to put all the crap that has accumulated over the past couple of years.

I was wondering if anyone has ideas about a room like this or any cool ideas while I am in the building stages...

 

[papagimp]

yeah, I have an awesome idea, go to lowes and buy one of there massive wall mural paper with the ocean scape reef scene and do up the walls like that! =o) (it's on my plans for my fish room, once I move someplace big enough for a big tank.) and a nemo night light.

 

[cmc0814]

Haha, I'm excited for you guys! I think it is hilarious that we are dedicating so much of our time, money, and ultimately lives toward this hobby! I think they spray some sort of gaseous cocaine when we come in the fish stores. I'll go in just for water, and I'll walk out 3 hours later with 200 dollars worth of fish, corals, etc....I don't know how they do it....

-Chris

 

[papagimp]

Ya know chris, I think this hobby and the costs involved may be the breaking point that gets me to ultimately quit smoking. I can't afford two addictive habits, and collecting corals and fish is far more fun than slowly poisoning myself over the next 20+years.
And in an actuallity I probably spend alot more on cigarettes than corals (and I buy ALOT of coral frags)

Prater: when you get your fish room done, we all wanna come over and see it!

 

[Prater]

Adam, everyone is welcome once its done. May be a while though...LOL

 

[dugg]

You already have the floor drain installed? If not, don't forget the P trap, or it won't just be fish you're smelling in the room lol. I had a friend installed a floor drain in his garage without a trap, and he was the proud owner of an OKC sewer gas release vent lol. Had to cut the floor back up to fix it. Don't even try and pull a permitt. They get very touchy downtown over floor level drains.

 

[Prater]

Dug, the p-trap will be installed with the plumbing. i did not plan to use his as a floor drain. it is actually a cleanout that happened to be where the florr was going.

 

[dugg]

Did you install a new cleanout on the outside of the house with a backflow preventer?

 

[Prater]

I have two cleanouts outside the home. Dont know if they have the preventors or not. I am sure the plumbing company took care of that.

 

[papagimp]

It's like there trying to speak english but i havn't a clue what their saying?

 

[Travis L. Stevens]

All you need to know is if you don't do a couple things just right, you can have sewage come up through the drains.... *bluuugh*

 

[Prater]

This is going to take forever. I need to get the ceiling in soon, but weather is keeping me from working with power tools outside. So instead I figured I would start getting the water line ready. When the room was built on the backside of my house it enclosed an exterior faucet. I am replacing this line with an interior shutoff to be distributed through my RO/DI unit then to storage. Here is a pic after I removed the brick and exposed the joint for removing the spigot...

 

[Prater]

If tomorrow looks dry I may try to get the sheetrock for the ceiling. If so I will need some help. Anybody available tomorrow evening?

 

[dugg]

I will be free all day if moral support counts lol.

 

[BigScott]

ill help just call.. i got a strong bac..

 

[Prater]

Thanks Guys, Especially you Dugg

 

[poke75]

Putting a new clutch in Tylar's (oldest son) Nissan 4x4 this weekend.

trade ya

 

[Prater]

Steve, Doont you have enough kids around that you should just be supervising?? LOL

Find some Bravo trim pumps yet?

 

[Prater]

Thanks for the offers, but I did not get the sheetrock yet. maybe later this week.

 

[Prater]

I did get a chance to fix the water line. After removind the old pipe and repairing what was there i added the new water cuttoff that will go to the sink and RO/DI unit.

Here is a pic with the brick temporarily placed back where they go. I want access for a week or so to check for any developing leaks.