Acrylic sump thickness

Duzzy · Sep 16, 2023

Hi all,

for DIY sump what thickness acrylic would be necessary. I’m fairly handy with DIY however I’ve never worked with acrylic but believe I have the skills, but I’m unsure on thickness I’m guessing between sump size is approximately 900mm x 500mm x 400mm roughly.

Regards Duzzy

The_Paradox · Sep 16, 2023

Need to know where baffles are going. If there are several on the long side, I’m guessing your longest span would be the front to back 500mm? If that’s correct you should be looking at 6mm or thicker acrylic.

K1utch · Sep 18, 2023

OP is right I personally like the look of THICK acrlyic sumps 10mm. If you have a lot of baffles you could get away with thinner but it will bow a little. It really depends on the design. Pic or cad of the drawing?

Duzzy · Sep 18, 2023

K1utch said:
OP is right I personally like the look of THICK acrlyic sumps 10mm. If you have a lot of baffles you could get away with thinner but it will bow a little. It really depends on the design. Pic or cad of the drawing?

Don’t know how to do cad I’ll draw it on graph paper as best I can today. I’m thinking 10 mm i think it may be easier to work with.