Remote sump plumbing

Gnomy · Jun 16, 2018

I'm plumbing my sump remotely, either on the other side of the wall in the garage or in the basement. The garage is super easy to plumb, but not climate controlled, 10 in the winter 90 in the summer. The basement would need to be behind drywall on the ceiling. I'm going Herbie style with a 3/4" main and 1" emergency. It is roughly 12' of vertical pipe and 20' of horizontal pipe. Should I maintain the same diameter throughout or move to a bigger pipe in the horizontal section. Keep in mind it will require cutting drywall to address issues down the road.

Dr. Reef · Jun 16, 2018

My whole setup is in a garage in Oklahoma where i summers garage is 120-140f and in winter still water will freeze inside the garage.
If you have a decent chiller and heaters you won't have a problem. I have 300gal system with 1.5 hp chiller an overkill probably 1 hp will work along with 4 x 300 watts titanium heating rods. Though tank can survive on just 2.
Regarding diameters on pipes I would keep 1 size all the way through.

KJAG · Jun 16, 2018

Dr. Reef said:
My whole setup is in a garage in Oklahoma where i summers garage is 120-140f and in winter still water will freeze inside the garage.
If you have a decent chiller and heaters you won't have a problem. I have 300gal system with 1.5 hp chiller an overkill probably 1 hp will work along with 4 x 300 watts titanium heating rods. Though tank can survive on just 2.
Regarding diameters on pipes I would keep 1 size all the way through.

Agreed, would never go 3/4" especially with a remote sump.