Do you seal your emergency standpipe?

[Pedal Dangit]

I'm just finally doing a tap water test though my bean drain system. Everything is quiet and leak free less my emergency drain. I designed it so I would hear if water is coming out the emergency drain, and it leaks down into my sump from several inches above water line. The problem is it is leaking slightly at the base (internal leak) of the standpipe since it is just pushed into the bulkhead fitting. very annoying ;Sour I tried pushing it tighter, but no better. The problem is compounded by the fact that my emergency drain has a turn that slowly fills up and then dumps a table spoon size into the sump all at once. Like a surge effect.

Does anyone seal this connection somehow? I don't want to glue it, want to be able to remove it easily if needed.

 

[saltyhog]

Wow, never had that problem and all three of my BA drains are just pushed in the bulkhead. Is there a rough place or irregularity in the pipe or bulkhead? Maybe try to make a duplicate of the emergency drain and see if that will stop it? PVC is cheap.

 

[Geebs19]

All of my pipes in the overflow are just pushed in. Shouldn’t need to seal them to the bulkhead.

 

[trido]

Agreed, never sealed them either. Im sure in time the pipe will seal with detritous and stop leaking.

 

[ScooterV]

Maybe some burrs or somethings on the end of the pipe? I not only didn't glue mine, I filed down the rough edges and took a sander to it and slightly sanded all around the end so I could slid it in and out easy. I had an extremely slow drip at first but even that stopped after just a few weeks.

 

[Pedal Dangit]

Maybe some burrs or somethings on the end of the pipe? I not only didn't glue mine, I filed down the rough edges and took a sander to it and slightly sanded all around the end so I could slid it in and out easy. I had an extremely slow drip at first but even that stopped after just a few weeks.

I just pulled it out and I can feel variations in the pipe with my finger like it was cheaply made. Instead of a round pipe it is slightly wavy if that makes any sense. I tried sanding it smooth but found that would take forever. Maybe I will try some different pipe. Or hopefully just see if it clogs up with gunk after I get rocksand saltwater in the tank. I will see if I can make a short video of the surge. I kinda laugh about now as it isn't all that big of a deal in the scope of things

 

[drtrash]

Little silicone sealant and be done

 

[ScooterV]

Little silicone sealant and be done

That would seal it, but I'd be worried about any need to remove it at any point and breaking that seal could damage the bulkhead fitting. Then again, I can barely reach mine even if on a ladder and laying across the tank, so I get paranoid

 

[Tft12]

If you want something relatively sealed but still easily removed or modified you would probably be better off using threaded rather than slip fittings. You could change your bulkhead to a threaded one or you could glue in a threaded adapter using PVC solvent. Those would be my suggestions.

 

[ca1ore]

No, no, no ..... no silicone sealant, terrible idea. Make sure there are no burrs, then put a couple of wraps of teflon tape on the end that inserts into the bulkhead. Do it so that about 1/4 of the width of the tape 'overlaps' the end so it doesn't slip. I do this all the time for a slip seal that's easily removed.

 

[saltyhog]

I just pulled it out and I can feel variations in the pipe with my finger like it was cheaply made. Instead of a round pipe it is slightly wavy if that makes any sense. I tried sanding it smooth but found that would take forever. Maybe I will try some different pipe. Or hopefully just see if it clogs up with gunk after I get rocksand saltwater in the tank. I will see if I can make a short video of the surge. I kinda laugh about now as it isn't all that big of a deal in the scope of things

That sounds like either a poorly made/quality control with the pipe or possible it's not schedule 40(or 80 depending on the bulkhead you've got). A picture of the pipe would help but I would just remake the standpipe with new material. Our local HD sells 2 or 3 foot pieces of PVC in all sizes so the total cost should be minimal.