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"G Pearce" wrote in message ... Hi Bill - I don't know if I'm missing something here, but the bulkheads I use are threaded all the way through - can't you use a male connection on the "pond" side so the nut and rest of bulkhead is "outside" the pond? Just a thought - Gale :~) I ran into a snag plumbing the skimmer, I didn't have the piece to join the bulkead to the elbow. I'm not really crazy about having the bulhead protruding into the pond (nut in pond), but I don't see much choice based on the fittings available. I want to be able to unscrew the skimmer in winter, so I don't want to go the pipe boot route. Plan A was to put the nut outside the pond and the flange inside the pond, so that bulkhead was almost flush with the pond. I bought some cheapie bulkheads for this that are slip/thread and a wee slip after that. But I didn't plan on the Skimmer outlet being so far down the liner (damn that JJ); it's something like 2' below the pond's surface. Plus the bulkhead would be sticking out a long way from the elbow, which will present slumping issues with this much backfill and my steep sides. So Plan B was to go with a thread/thread bulkhead facing the other way and a spigot to MPT adapter. Hence the missing part, I don't have the adapter. Ideally, they'd make a threaded bushing that I could screw the bulkhead into, but I've never seen such an animal. |
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