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As far as Durso's go they are a miner fix to a larger problem. People are to friendly with trying to send too much water through their overflow. If you have the right size plumbing then they are dead silent to start with out all the crazy mods. the drop from overflow to water level should be the only noise issue you should be tackling otherwise your pump is too big.

Thanks NightShade! I think that it would work out good for my system. I bought all kinds of tubing fittings and tubing for another project i'm thinking about doing. I could just insert a control valve at first to maybe eliminate any problems. :-)

Once again you come through in a pinch.

Thanks

Hat, The durso's do have a vent in them, just a small hole drilled in the cap, or in my case in the top of the "T". You just have to walk a fine line in hole size too big of a hole and it doesn't suck enough water and then you could overflow/or other problems, too small and it can siphon too well and have a sucking/flushing sound. If you find you have a hole too large I would get a piece of rigid airline and insert that into your cap, then get a flexible piece of airline and a control valve. . .then you can fine tune your system.

Hey, not to steal the blog..heh..but my internal overflow has a long fall and makes noise. I can just add a Durso system to mine? All there is to it is the pvc piping it looks like from the site posted right. The pic on the site shows a pic but there is a vent at the top right? Its hard to make out in the pic.

The gray stuff can often be found in the electrical section at Home Depot. And black fittings can be purchased online at Savko.com

Good idea soaking the glued plumbing. That removes the toxins prior to the final install.

Looks great to me.

Your method worked - that's what counts. In this hobby, there are a variety of ways of tackling almost any topic. Myself, I would have raised the water level in the overflow box like Nightshade & seapug suggested.

The real problem comes with the distance the water has to fall. If space is limited or you can't put a riser tube in the drain to raise the water level you can use gurgle busters-- basically just a vented pvc cap that sits on top of the drain tube in the overflow. Very simple, they only cost a few bucks and work very well.

I use a double intake durso in my system so that water only has about an inch to fall in my system. You can actually see it pretty well in a picture while I was doing a system water test.



You can get another look and instructions on making them over at http://www.dursostandpipes.com/

I must say, this build, in your living room, bare footed, is pretty AWESOME! Great job!

No kidding fess up, please

Where did you get your fittings from? All I can ever find around me is just plain old white

You guys did an awesome job on the sump. are you not doing an external pump? If so the only thing I would have done is drill holes before assembly. But that is looking good.

Awesome!! Congratulations!!!

Very nice pics indeed. I wonder what the clown looked like after the goal was reversed.

Great pics! Were the clowns in the second pic watching a World Cup match? The one on the right looks like he/she is screaming "GOOOOAAAALLLL!", lol.

That is a lot of water to lose in one day.

Originally Posted by Jessy

Yay! It's holding water Congrats

Thanks Jessy.

Stay Tune.......

Yay! It's holding water Congrats