Diy bulkhead fitting

All content here is available for diy bulkhead fitting discussion at the new forums. Just go to your local home improvement store and go to the electrical isle and get the gray electrical fittings in the size you need. Then get two o'rings that fit the threads snugly.

I couldn't find any bulkheads for a reasonable price so I went to home de s pot and bougt some PVC parts and made my own The reason you can't just use a male connector and a female connector as a bulkhead is because the male threading is actually gets thicker as it gets screwed in no obvious dirty jokes please! This is so that the threads don't leak. Well what that means is that if you took the male connector, and stuck the threaded part through a hole in your tank, then took a female part and screwed it onto the male part, it would not screw up tight against the tank and not make a good seal! So what I did was I too a slip 90 degree elbow any slip part would work and sliced off a piece of the adapter to use as a spacer that fits perfectly over the make adapter threads! What I actually did was install a bulkhead into my outer weir overflow box.

Diy bulkhead fitting

It is a straight forward process to build your own bulkhead fitting. A trip to the hardware store will yield all the parts you are looking for. Gasket used for sink repair. The gasket should just slide over the threads on the male coupler. Short length of 1. This is glued into the bulkhead fitting that is on the outside of the container. Start out by choosing the container the bulkhead fitting will be installed in. Next drill a hole for the bulkhead location. The hole should just be large enough so the male threads just pass through the hole. If the hole is too large 3. Insert the coupler with the male threads through the hole from the inside of the container. Place the rubber gasket over the pipe threads sticking out of the hole. Screw the female coupler onto the male coupler. Glue the pvc pipe into the coupler.

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Diy bulkhead fitting

This is how to install a bulk head fitting on a rain barrel without silicone, without leaks, and ready for your water valve. This can be done on sealed barrels that have the two inch bung holes. I used an open top barrel to show how it works. Be sure to get a fitting that will fit through the bung hole. Also, I bought one fitting at Home Depot, but when I got home and read the label it had a warning about it containing lead. I didn't want that in contact with my water, so I took it back. I recommend asking about lead content when you buy one. The tools, the fitting, some string, and a pipe wrench or crescent wrench big enough to fit on the nut. I used a hole saw to make the hole in the barrel, and it turned out the hole was just a bit too small for this fitting. It was perfect for the last fitting I used, but I bought this one at a different store, and it was ever so slightly bigger, so I used a file to enlarge the hole.

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Stretch an orange washer over the male slip. It is a straight forward process to build your own bulkhead fitting. SeaMountain Posted October 8, Vincerama Posted September 28, Posted March 17, MH lights, etc Place the rubber gasket over the pipe threads sticking out of the hole. Originally posted by joedirt00 Save yourself the time and trackdown this guy. And there you have it. Search forums. Gasket used for sink repair. But they just don't have a large enough foot print for glass aquariums. The problem is not that the threads don't fit into the hole in the tank, the threads don't go all the way into the female adapter yes, yes, ha ha , so once the male and female adapters are screwed together, they are not snug and will not seal the hole in the tank wall. We will assimilate you into our collective. When I bought them I found them at Home Depot.

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You could probably mess around with which side you put the spacer on. Originally posted by toefu I finally tried this out, but didn't want to put any effort in it. The female adapter was screwed on from the outside. I mean, you have a point, 7 bucks is a drop in the bucket compared to the hundred or thousands dumped into the hobby. IN the next few days, I am going to replace my overflow drainage with a larger capacity one two half inch dursos with a single one inch stockman so I'll take a pic when they old "bulkhead" is out. Make your own bulkheads! Oh, I was joking with you I had originally thought about using male and female PVC pipe connectors. You must log in or register to reply here. For a cheap DIY bulkhead go to your hardware store and from the electrical section get a short Threaded Nipple and 2 threaded adapters.