drummereef's 180g in-wall build

[drummereef]

Here's the pics of the finished project!


Finished and labeled left side.

Finished and labeled right side.

Front shot.

I also finished installing the split flex for the light rig.

Finished and labeled.

Full shot. The cardboard pieces are just to give me a rough idea on placement of the DC8 and DC4HD.

More to come..... :fish1:

 

[drummereef]

Thought you might want to see some candy shots. Here's a couple with the lights on. :beer:


Not quite this blue in person but looks pretty sweet anyhow.

Once the DC4HD gets mounted the ballast cords won't be hanging down like this. I will cable tie them up on the ballast panel. But they gotta be plugged in somewhere to work right?

 

[asl4me76]

Keep up the work. I'm definitely following along!

 

[serum153]

Your build thread is awesome...taking forever, but everything looks so good

 

[Tyrenlds]

holly sh*t.

 

[Joeskel]

+1 A thing of beauty look forward to seeing water in there:celeb2:

 

[thejuggernaut]

Everythings looks first class...def going by the "build it right, build it once" mentality

 

[platax88]

Everythings looks first class...def going by the "build it right, build it once" mentality

+1

drummereef, what do you do for a living? I hope your attention to detail and patience gets used on a daily basis in your profession.

 

[drummereef]

Keep up the work. I'm definitely following along!

Thanks asl4me76! Stick around, hopefully going to get some water in there soon.

 

[drummereef]

Your build thread is awesome...taking forever, but everything looks so good

:lol: Thanks serum153. If you'd like to donate to the "drummereef build-a-tank fund" I'm sure it would get done quicker.

 

[drummereef]

holly sh*t.

That's what I said the first time I saw the lights on too. :lol:

 

[drummereef]

+1 A thing of beauty look forward to seeing water in there:celeb2:

Me too Joeskel! Just need to make the final connection to the water line for the RO/DI and I'll have water!

 

[110galreef]

I will trim all four sides. Probably can't see it in the pics but there is a small space on either side of the tank too, about an inch or so. I wanted the space on the top taller just for access to the tank. Congrats on the new house! You better put a BIG tank in there.

Plan is for like a 56" wide by like 36" deep (front to back) & like 22-24" tall!
That will be a sweet tank.....They DEEP tanks always seem to look sweet as they just fade back into the back!

 

[drummereef]

Everythings looks first class...def going by the "build it right, build it once" mentality

Thanks thejuggernaut. That's what I'm aiming for at least. We'll see how it hold up over time.

 

[drummereef]

+1

drummereef, what do you do for a living? I hope your attention to detail and patience gets used on a daily basis in your profession.

I'm a professional musician (drummer). Building projects are really just a hobby of mine. My Dad and Grandfather are/were both closet carpenters so I guess I inherited that gene. :lol:

 

[drummereef]

Plan is for like a 56" wide by like 36" deep (front to back) & like 22-24" tall!
That will be a sweet tank.....They DEEP tanks always seem to look sweet as they just fade back into the back!

That's going to be sweet!!!

 

[drummereef]

UPDATE:


Almost finished plumbing the RO/DI, just need to make the final connection at the cold water line. I'll post pics of how I'm doing that when I get a minute to finish it up. But here's what's done so far...


I needed a way to run the tubing for the RO/DI through the wall and up to an accessible point on the cold water line. So, after yet another trip to HD I ended up finding these low voltage boxes. What I liked about them is they have no back so I had full access to run the tubing through the wall.

I picked up a couple of "unbreakable" blank wall plates and drilled two 1/4" holes to accept the tubing. One hole for the supply and one for the waste.

Cut the hole in the wall to accept the low voltage box.

Installed the box. They install just like an "old work" electrical box which has tabs that secure to the back of the drywall by tightening the two screws.

Here is where the tubing will exit the wall on the unfinished side of the basement. Luckily 90% of the plumbing in the house is exposed in the unfinished area of the basement.

After running the tubing and mounting the plate here's what I ended up with.

Full Shot.

Here's how the tubing exits the wall on the other side of the sump room. The tubing runs up through the wall a foot or so where it exits near the joists.

Here's the tubing running along the joist to the supply and drain. Red is the supply and black is the waste water. Still need a door to the sump room. Haha!

I will update the final piece of the puzzle tomorrow as we are going to make the connection at the water line. WATER TOMORROW!!!




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[crvz]

Love the conduit solution. Where did you get the green/white/black wires? I may have to steal that.

I ran the RO line at my last house the exact same way, but I had to run up a few walls and through the attic.

 

[erics3000]

This thread reminds me of Jurassic Park

 

[yoccm]

Hey - just read thru entire thread. Wow - very awesome! I was very interested in your sump design as I am in the market for one for a 240G build I am planning. I saws the following post from you:

Headed out to the LFS to pick up my sump this morning. Dave at ART did a fantastic job. Couldn't be more pleased with the build quality. It's exactly as I designed it. And my skimmer fits like a glove. Again the dimensions are 56x22x14 (LxWxH). Skimmer sits in 9" of water and the bubble trap has 2" spacing between baffles. More pics to come in a bit...


Can I get the contact info on where you got it? Love to check into them building something similar for me.

Thanks