tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7096897291661942250.post3570314705377422915..comments2024-03-27T10:42:06.379-05:00Comments on SAND AND WATER TABLES: Fountain---or Leaky PipesTom Bedardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04427750320077815023noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7096897291661942250.post-71326755804925345252013-07-08T17:36:12.855-05:002013-07-08T17:36:12.855-05:00Hi Tom
I don't actually have any blogs on blo...Hi Tom<br /><br />I don't actually have any blogs on blogspot: I just had to sign up in order to sign in to comment on your blog! My personal home page -- on which I write bloggy stuff -- is http://stumbles.org.uk/John. (And my rather prosaic plumbing site is http://yaph.co.uk/.)John Stumbleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04019330196397041999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7096897291661942250.post-6758428575025780902013-07-08T09:44:05.931-05:002013-07-08T09:44:05.931-05:00Thanks for the detail info. John, if I want to fo...Thanks for the detail info. John, if I want to follow your posts, how do I do that? Right now when I try to follow on bloodspot, I get an error message. Tom<br />Tom Bedardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04427750320077815023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7096897291661942250.post-43408789355375779202013-07-08T06:12:36.769-05:002013-07-08T06:12:36.769-05:00Looks fun!
I don't think you need bother with...Looks fun!<br /><br />I don't think you need bother with plugging anything to stop water filling up the lower pipework: once it's filled up, and as long as it doesn't leak, it won't affect pressure available at the holes at the top to squirt water out.<br /><br />And for UK readers the materials available here are 21.5mm solvent-weld overflow pipe (not to be confused with the slightly smaller diameter plastic conduit used by electricians) and matching fittings: unfortunately there can be slight but significant differences in diameters between different makes so buy from the same supplier or make sure they all fit together snugly. They are readily available either in their shops or online from Screwfix and Toolstation as well as from proper Plumber's Merchants and (much more expensively) from the DIY "sheds" such as B&Q, Homebase and Wickes. Toolstation are better for mail-order as they do free delivery for orders over £10 whereas with Screwfix you have to buy about £50 worth for free delivery. With either of these suppliers you'll have to buy a pack of ten 3 metre lengths of the pipe but it's still cheap and perhaps there are other creative things you can find to do with the left-over lengths!<br /><br />Note that over here we don't have the reducing fittings (with a larger diameter as well as our main pipe diameter) which we can see in Tom's 7th picture. There are other fittings one can use to connect our overflow size pipe to larger diameters but many domestic funnel nozzles will fit into overflow pipe directly: if not a bit of improvisation is called for!<br /><br />Any PVC/ABS solvent cement will do to join these pipes, although you can often push pipe into fittings well enough to hold water, so you could for example have the sections with holes in free to rotate so you (or the children) can angle the jets up and down.<br /><br />You don't need to saw this pipe: apart from the "proper" (and expensive) cutting tools a sharp pair of by-pass secateurs will do: simply rotate the pipe a bit as you start cutting to get the blade to slice into the plastic and then you can quickly slice through the whole tube!John Stumbleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04019330196397041999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7096897291661942250.post-26536195894099276872012-01-05T15:56:58.733-06:002012-01-05T15:56:58.733-06:00Those are kind words. Thank you.Those are kind words. Thank you.Tom Bedardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04427750320077815023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7096897291661942250.post-62864544761374420762012-01-05T04:01:46.602-06:002012-01-05T04:01:46.602-06:00Can I simply say what a aid to seek out someone wh...Can I simply say what a aid to seek out someone who truly is aware of what theyre talking about on the internet. You undoubtedly know the right way to deliver an issue to gentle and make it important. Extra individuals must learn this and perceive this side of the story. I cant believe youre no more popular because you positively have the gift.pvc pipe connectorshttp://catalogs.indiamart.com/products/plastic-pipe-fittings.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7096897291661942250.post-23503619169003124762011-08-11T20:18:02.218-05:002011-08-11T20:18:02.218-05:00Michelle, that is a 2 " piece of 1/2" PV...Michelle, that is a 2 " piece of 1/2" PVC pipe. Depending on the size of the funnel, it either goes over the short PVC pipe or in it. What you see in the red funnel is that piece. The silicone caulk helps form a seal and give it more stability. In addition, I do duct tape around the outside of the funnel to make it as secure as I can. That 2" piece of pipe, in turn, is connected to an elbow, which is connected to a T by an another a 1" piece of 1/2 " pipe. Look closely at the picture of the boy both pouring and catching the water and imagine no duct tape. You have an elbow coming off of the T. The other part of the elbow points up and that is where the 2" piece goes. The funnel then goes over the section of the small pipe coming out of the elbow. One bit of advice: Put it all together before you start gluing. Email me directly if you have more questions. You can find my email in my profile. Good luck.Tom Bedardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04427750320077815023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7096897291661942250.post-4230081044737867112011-08-11T13:39:46.627-05:002011-08-11T13:39:46.627-05:00Tom,
My husband and I were wondering what you put...Tom, <br />My husband and I were wondering what you put in the red funnel, with the water proof silicone?? It looks like a skinny tube of some sort, but not sure. We looking over your plans and hope to build one this weekend, but not sure what that is :)<br />Thanks, <br />Michelle @ kozykidslc.blogspot.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7096897291661942250.post-55970389767681512762011-08-08T17:22:33.940-05:002011-08-08T17:22:33.940-05:00Yeh, I may not have thought of it either if I had...Yeh, I may not have thought of it either if I had done a better job of plumbing all those years ago.Tom Bedardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04427750320077815023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7096897291661942250.post-4193907420793851742011-08-08T17:11:14.683-05:002011-08-08T17:11:14.683-05:00Wonderful! Ive used PVC pipes at my school, but ...Wonderful! Ive used PVC pipes at my school, but never thought to puncture holes in them for fountain making! Just wonderful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com