Putting filter system in my Breezeway. Need Ideas on easy access.

morairtym · Sep 10, 2019

So I have not posted in a while, I moved about 3 months ago and its getting about that time were I want to move my tank before it get to cold out side.

I have the location picked out in the new house. At the moment I have been working on a sort of sump box in the breeze way that connects my house to the heated workshop.

The plan of the sump box was to have an easy access spot for maintenance so far its not working out as planned...

I have removed the siding they left on the house in the breeze way where the sump will go and cut some lumber to dimensions to start framing it in. Problem is I am not sure how best to keep it insulated and still have easy access to it. I was thinking about just having a lid on the top. But if its insulated and made out of 2x4 its going to be heavy.

So plan B was to have an access panel or a few on the front no sure how that is going to help at this point.....

I could make doors but then I want them to be sealed and insulated its an interesting problem.

The whole point of this was to make it easier not harder to work on lol. It may be easier just to take out the windows and insulate the whole breezeway at this point....

Billdogg · Sep 10, 2019

How cold will it get where you live? I live in Central Ohio and I wouldn't consider an outside anything for my tank. It just gets too darn cold in the winter, and way too hot in the summer.

morairtym · Sep 10, 2019

Billdogg said:
How cold will it get where you live? I live in Central Ohio and I wouldn't consider an outside anything for my tank. It just gets too darn cold in the winter, and way too hot in the summer.

Very cold, Northern MI.
Like I was saying its a crazy idea, I am insulating to an R value of around 25 which should be more then adequate.

Next year I plan to insulate the breezeway so there is no brisk walk from the house to the shop, unfortunately that also means relocating the air intake for the natural gas heater but that is next years problem. Ideally I would like a sump room but the only place I could put one inside is under the stair case. I figured with it in the breezeway any water spillage is slightly less of a problem. The only problem to my plan is access. There is not enough room to frame in a whole room.

I'm almost half temped to scrap the plan but I have already started the project, and at this point I would need to fix the insulation, patch a hole I made in the wall, and putting the siding back up. I have attached a crude drawing of my layout.
The Basement room is large but the fireplace takes up a fair bit of space. The sump looked like a good idea on paper lol.
Its about 31" deep and 92" long give or take.

Black are all walls, Blue are windows, and the outside storm door, Orange are doors. The red thing is a brick wall used as a planter that goes about 35" up.

morairtym · Sep 10, 2019

I need to get started on moving the tank soon. My mixing station only makes 40g of saltwater at a time. I really need a nice and simple temporary tank lol.

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Jay Z · Sep 10, 2019

I don’t fully grasp the situation without pictures. From what I’m seeing anyway to add a temp wall for the winter with a normal door on it, that would allow you to heat it and give easy access.