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Attach Bulkhead Fitting

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How to install a Waterfall feature in 2 hours and 20 minutes Steps 1-6

What happens here

With the basin set, install the bulkhead fitting. This involves placing the rubber gasket on the inside of the basin and the plastic gasket on the outside. Thread the collar nut onto the fitting and tighten it with channel locks to create a watertight seal. Apply Aquascape Black Silicone, a fish-safe sealant, to the threads for extra security and a leak-proof connection. When planning the plumbing, prioritize having ample flexible hose length, as being even slightly short can compromise system efficiency. The fitting is a 1.5-inch NPT threaded to 2-inch slip adapter and uses reverse threading for the collar nut.

Goal: Securely install the bulkhead fitting for a watertight connection to the flex hose.

Tools and materials

  • Bulkhead Fitting — Creating a watertight connection for the flexible hose
  • Channel Locks — Tightening the collar nut for the bulkhead fitting
  • Collar Nut — Securing the bulkhead fitting in place
  • Flexible Hose — Connecting the pump to the waterfall spillway
  • Plastic Gasket — Providing a watertight seal for the bulkhead fitting (outside)
  • Rubber Gasket — Providing a watertight seal for the bulkhead fitting (inside)
  • Aquascape Black Silicone — Creating a watertight seal on the bulkhead fitting threads and joints

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efficiency and the margins so Chris you are in starting the install on the plumbing the other two guys are doing finishing the backfill setting that up now you decide that you're gonna run this hose you leave that low right I'm just the reason I have a back filter on this is because I have to get the bulkhead fitting which is gonna maintain my watertight seal coming out of the reservoir itself and attaching through the pipes okay let's get detail the bulkhead fitting works one way and that another way is that right so the bulkhead fittings that come not already attached to the spillways the waterfall spillways that we sell have a rubber in a plastic gasket okay so there's the plastic one which is very rigid it's thinner and then you've got the rubber one which will actually go on the inside of either the liner or of any mechanical component so this is it comes to this rubber gasket is going to compress on the inside as I tighten this collar nut down on the outside and we'll create that watertight seal see this is a little bit thicker mm-hmm I always put this on the outside right so as I'm tightening this this will be the side that's going to attach in here so follow my hands now this is a reverse thread fitting so it's not like your normal righty tighty lefty loosey okay and the reason that that is is that when I am threading in this this MPT it's not going to loosen up that collar nut because I'm actually going to thread that to the right I get this as hand tight as possible and then I come in and go anywhere from a quarter to a half turn with my channel locks now and what did you just do so we're just took an extra piece of our underlayment fabric we've put it over on top and that's because we don't want to get dirt dust debris and stuff inside of there when we're doing the construction process around the perimeter okay so what are you using on that now what gasket is this white one so this is this is the inch and half NPT that comes with the with the kit actually it's it's two inch threaded down by inch and a half slip and that's our the black silicon that comes in the install kit so it comes with the glue right the Christy's red hot glue back escapes black silicone so I'm going to apply some silicone to the front threads and the silicone does what again making that that watertight seal is that silicone cures in the threads so one thing guys it comes in the kit you have somebody that you don't have access to it it's got to be safe for fish so use a…

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