Rev's 400+ Gallon Basement Inwall

d2mini · Jul 17, 2016

Rev, which way does your floor slope? My be good to know in case of a flood.
Whenever I flooded my garage (more times than I care to admit ;) ) it flowed under the garage door and down the driveway. lol

Zero Nitrates · Jul 17, 2016

Buy a wet dry vac and save the cash for zoas

GXPKY · Jul 17, 2016

I like my containment idea...I ran 6 inches of tile up the walls, making the room a bowl so to speak in case of flood, door to garage is lowest opening and it's concrete floor...all electrical will be 3+ feet from the floor.

Could add a sump under the sink and a small pump and float valve would pump water into the drain your sink uses I'd assume. Saves a ton of concrete removal....just cut and add a small covered basin.

revhtree · Jul 17, 2016

d2mini said:
Rev, which way does your floor slope? My be good to know in case of a flood.
Whenever I flooded my garage (more times than I care to admit ;) ) it flowed under the garage door and down the driveway. lol

Not too sure but I am sure I will find out! HA!

GXPKY · Jul 17, 2016

Edited previous post...might be an idea

kingrl2 · Jul 19, 2016

You could always come back later with cutting the concrete and installing the drain if you decide you need it.

revhtree · Jul 19, 2016

kingrl2 said:
You could always come back later with cutting the concrete and installing the drain if you decide you need it.

That's what my wife said too and definitely makes the decision easier!

GXPKY · Jul 21, 2016

Problem is waiting till the deciding factor occurs lol...then it might be too late...I just know I've flooded several times and I said heck with that this time.

ATO hose ended up coming loose and rather than pumping water into my tank it instead pumped around 40 gallons of rodi into my floor was the fun one.

najer · Jul 21, 2016

Following. Nice build. :)

anit77 · Jul 21, 2016

I installed a 1/2 bath with sump myself. It's not that hard. Rent a concrete saw, buy some gravel & pvc... then rent a couple migrants for the sledge hammer work, concrete removal and digging the hole for the sump.

Even with the slop sink you're still going to need to pump the water above grade...

revhtree · Jul 25, 2016

Thanks for the encouragement everyone!

I picked up some 20g breeders at Petco yesterday in the $1 per gallon sale. I got 4 of them to start for things like QT, Xenia Tank, etc..

Any suggestions on what I might need more tanks for in the fish room and what sizes? I have a sump and refugium covered.

revhtree · Jul 25, 2016

Also what do you guys think about a tank room that has walls like this? :D

reynoldsj84 · Jul 25, 2016

Looks awesome.

BRB · Jul 25, 2016

revhtree said:
Also what do you guys think about a tank room that has walls like this? :D

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