need help finding part or solution to problem...

[Engloid]

I recently had a water "flood" in my basement of probably 15-20 gallons of water. The problem:

I have two 55g plastic drums, set up as sumps. One sits higher than the other, so it gravity feeds out the side (2" bulkhead) into the lower one. Water comes from upstairs, into the first drum, where there is a sock filter there. Of course you live and learn, but the mistake I made in building this is that the sock filter is right in front of the "exit" bulkhead. The other day, the flow out of the drum sucked the sock filter up against the bulkhead, slowing the flow to the second drum...causing the first one to overflow.

What I'd like to find is something I can screw into the inside of a 2" bulkhead, something like the strainers that are on canister filter inlet pipes. That would be the perfect solution, but I am open to any others.

I tried a piece of egg crate, attached with a wire that springs outward, holding the inside of the bulkhead, but it comes loose too easily when changing the sock filter.

 

[TriMax]

It may not work due to spacing, but how about putting an extension on the bulkhead (inside the drum) and that way you would essentially "move" the drain line opening away from the sock. It would work like a strainer but would be better maybe because, with the opening moved, the sock could not "reach" the opening.:bigsmile:

Eddie

 

[kuyatwo]

You can make your own strainer get a 90, a cap and some pipe and drill holes in it


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[Engloid]

You can make your own strainer get a 90, a cap and some pipe and drill holes in it

If I extend it, it will run right into the middle of the sock filter, keeping me from putting in the top of the drum.

I will be getting a bulkhead strainer and hopefully it isn't very long.