Moving sump to Garage.

[jorge-Thalia]

Bu the way now that i finished the cabinets i installed and exhaust fans in Attic deawing air from top of tank preventing moisture to build up or water dripping from lights everywhere.

 

[jorge-Thalia]

I am still having issues wrapping my head around this. So you have a pump sending water from garage up stairs and then to tank, tank drains to sump under tank and is then pumped upstairs to garage? Both sumps can hold all volume of either or both sumps? If so only issues you'd have is no flow in one sump (assuming you have wave pumps in tank) and possibly burning up a pump that has run dry unless it has auto shut off most do, and possibly ato issues when pumps get out of sync.

Correct, flow i added a wave maker to sump.
Also i used the best equipment and pumps and monitor everything through my phone,even the water flow passing the pipes with hydros,check valves on each lines etc.
And i have no engineering experience at all so IDK how pumps equal but all i know its working Perfectly fine.

 

[jorge-Thalia]

 

[Klem]

You could just put the sump in the attic since temp isn’t an issue up there?

 

[jorge-Thalia]

You could just put the sump in the attic since temp isn’t an issue up there?

The idea is to have easy access not harder up in attic.

 

[doubleshot00]

Is there no way to have the tank on the same wall as the garage then just go through the wall? This is my plan when i get a larger tank.

Your idea just gives me wet floor vibes.

 

[jorge-Thalia]

Iwish…that was my first goal but wife turned down the option due to living room styling lol

Is there no way to have the tank on the same wall as the garage then just go through the wall? This is my plan when i get a larger tank.

Your idea just gives me wet floor vibes.

 

[jorge-Thalia]

Another update….
Best decision i ever made…. For extra protection i added 1 water sensor on each sump if water reaches the sensor on sump below tank will shut down the pump on garage and viceversa on the garage sump.
This will prevent to much water on either side….
I’m extremely happy with the Outcome and also i proved myself nothing is impossible…..
There is a lot of technology on this hobby nowadays that will let you do anything you want.

 

[jorge-Thalia]

Another update on this project.
So far 2 Months and everything is perfectly fine.
Extremely happy with results and how easy is to have everything in Garage.
If you are thinking on doing it just go for it….
You won’t regret it….

 

[BreezyMM]

This is great! My only advice would be to check and double check your backups to ensure that your sump in the living room does not overflow during power outages / pump failures / etc.

I did something similar but I was able to go through the wall so I can gravity feed the garage sump. It is so nice having your sump in an area that has a lot of space!

This:

very quickly turned into this:

 

[coreytrv]

@jorge-Thalia I love that you did this, I'm in the same boat, and am trying to set up a remote sump, on a closed loop filter system now.

I do NOT have the ability to have a sump undernearth the tank, but I do have an attic sump setup for a protein skimmer.

Here's my plumbing diagram. The protein skimmer sump is filled from the main filter return manifold, and gravity drains to the tank.



What sensors / pumps did you use to monitor flow / automate shutoff?

 

[Jury]

Another update on this project.
So far 2 Months and everything is perfectly fine.
Extremely happy with results and how easy is to have everything in Garage.
If you are thinking on doing it just go for it….
You won’t regret it….

Any further updates, Jorge? How are things going?

 

[me & my baby]

To me this is screaming dont do it . you will be relying or two pumps to keep the water to keep water in the tank and out of the floor. Pumps fail its just a part of it . There has to be away to route the plumbing through the house to get it to the garage .Can you provide a sketch of the areas from the family room to the garage.

 

[A_Blind_Reefer]

To me this is screaming dont do it . you will be relying or two pumps to keep the water to keep water in the tank and out of the floor. Pumps fail its just a part of it . There has to be away to route the plumbing through the house to get it to the garage .Can you provide a sketch of the areas from the family room to the garage.

The dude hasn’t been on here for over a year (it’s an old thread), I doubt you’ll be getting any response……but you never know