Overflow pipe done (?).

 






Finished the overflow drain pipe installation. The process was difficult but I believe I have a working drain pipe.

 

I used:

 drill, 

 drill bit extender,

 2" diamond hole saw with triangular shank, 

 sharp chisel and hammer, 

 carpenter's level, 

 sharpie marker, 

 3-in-one oil,

 bulkhead adapter, 

 1-1/4" male thread/slip pvc adapter, 

 8ft x 1-1/4" pvc pipe, 

 drill with sanding disc, 

 conicall stone grinder drill bit and 

 a small bit of dried latex paint dripping.


I ground down the shaft of the hole saw till the drill socket fit. I attached the socket to a socket/hexagonal shaft adapter and then, the hole saw, to the socket.

The small bit of dried latex paint was used towedge the hole saw into the socket. The shank was a little too small.

After drilling through the first wall of the block, I attached a drill bit extender.

Alignment was all but impossible. I used a hammer and chisel to chip away parts of the block's interior walls. The external wall hole was the only important one.

The pipe ended up a little off center which put a little stress on the pipe but the pipe was plastic and long enough, about four feet, to bend some.

I had to disassemble the unit because the piueces were sticking and I needed to preserve the mobility of the setup. 

I sanded the pipe end and slip adapter inside to insure removability. I also oiled the slip. I reassembled the unit without glue, accordingly.


Both gutter drains have been opened in order to test the overflow pipe come the next extended rain.



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