Budget for plumbing help.

[Jake_the_reefer]

Hey guys! I'm looking to drill an overflow into a 48x24 50 gallon frag tank by zoo med and have it connected to a sump. I'm currently trying to estimate costs for my project and the only part that I'm stuck on is rough costs for plumbing. How much can I expect to spend on pipes and other bits and bobs such as unions, valves ect. 50-100, 100-200 ect.

 

[Cell]

Depends on how elaborate you want to get. Hard plumb? Gate valve? Manifold? Or just rubber hose, ball valves and some clamps.

 

[Jake_the_reefer]

Depends on how elaborate you want to get. Hard plumb? Gate valve? Manifold? Or just rubber hose, ball valves and some clamps.

I'm imagining something along the lines of this

 

[KStatefan]

It depends on brand also. You can spend $20 - $50 for a true union ball valve.

 

[Cell]

When I set up my fijicube 50G a few years ago, hard plumbed with a manifold, spears gate valve, multiple unions and gate valves, it was easily +$500, maybe closer to $1k. Granted, I purchased everything from BRS and I think there valves are probably on the expensive side.

 

[AnomMatty]

I spent right around $300 through BRS plumbing a 40 breeder into a 20 L sump. There's definitely cheaper routes if appearance is less important than budget. What I did, and would suggest, is sat down and drew out both tanks and how I wanted to plumb it - size of pipes, unions, valves, elbows, everything... and then redid it a few times over a week or so. You can then use your schematic as a rough parts list and get an idea of cost. I ordered 1 extra of each joint/union, and wound up using several of the 'extras' and had a few left over.

You can also affect cost by going ABS vs Sched 80, buying white PVC from your local hardware store, etc.