Diy bulkhead fitting

It is a straight forward process to build your own bulkhead fitting, diy bulkhead fitting. A trip to the hardware store will yield all the parts you are looking for. Gasket used for sink repair.

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!

Diy bulkhead fitting

Forums New posts Search forums. What's new New posts New profile posts Latest activity. Members Current visitors New profile posts Search profile posts. Log in. Search titles only. Search Advanced search…. New posts. Search forums. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Thread starter saltn00b Start date Jan 10, While there are a lot of household and industrial applications for them, you won't find bulkhead fittings at Home Depot. I will show you below how you can easily and inexpensively improvise PVC bulkhead fittings from common parts from the hardware store. You are becoming a regular McGiever aren't you

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All content here is available for continued 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. If you need a pic let me,I got a few 1" ones here. It is useless to resist. We will assimilate you into our collective. Resistance is futile.

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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.

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Visit alpine's homepage! Or do yourself a favor and get a real bulkhead The have a larger surface area. What's new New posts New profile posts Latest activity. The 1" piece in the electric dept has the same problem that the plumbing section male piece has, and wont screw in all the way without mods. The National Pipe Thread standard provides for a tapered thread in order to facilitate sealing. I had originally thought about using male and female PVC pipe connectors. MH lights, etc Gasket used for sink repair. Posted October 6, This is so that the threads don't leak.

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I used an old one that I had found in a junk drawer. Posted October 5, This means that you can screw them all of the way onto one another until the two pieces abut one another. You are becoming a regular McGiever aren't you It is a straight forward process to build your own bulkhead fitting. Oh, I was joking with you It does not matter if you put the male piece inside or outside of the tank, You want to put the o-ring or gasket on the male side though. I thought that was you talking and you were showing how to do it. They were found with sink repair parts. The gasket is on the inside of the tank, with the wide portion of the "L" up against the glass. What's a 'reasonable price'?!?!