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gday all
we found this garden drum (60l) in our local landscapers fo $10then i drilled and installed 2 25mm bulk head fittings and 2 20mm holes in the lid threadinside the drum i used 2 45degrees bends to help the water flow easier

this is the internal section that makes the water change direction and the solids drop to the bottom or the drum

inlet and outletall parts installedthats the filter finished

just a simple install

Nice work

the water is forced up and then down and back up again most of the soild waste drops away and ends up on the bottom of the drumscrew the lid on all done
cheers brett&vicky

Hi,

Thanks for showing how you did your radial filter.

How do you get the solids out of the filter?

Have you got a bottom drain for it?

Cheers,

Mon

Edit: Ignore my question. Just seen the tap at the bottom of the container.

there is a little tap on the bottom of the drum (13mm) but i have this pump that i connect to a garden hose and water the normal veg patch
next time i clean it out i will take some photos and post them
cheers brett&vicky

i got the idea from rob bob on youtube here is the link a great vid http://youtu.be/RVzNcU8EnwU cheers b&v

How did you manage to get the nice flared section on the PVC? and what level compared to water level is the through support pipe? (I may be able to use this as I have a lot of floaties)

Nice build Brett & Vicky.. Think I might need to go to a larger drum as well... What size pump are you running the system with?

gday sleepe
well the flared pvc i got from work being a butcher we had this pvc pipe to push hams into netting
but im think someone will tell us how is done
and the outlet is not glued so i can swivel it around it has about 25mm or 1 inch below the support pipe

gday bnbob
we are running a 7500l per hour pump into 25mm pipe and 19mm black pipe to the grow beds it works fine and now the radial filter lots of flow
cheers b&v

Nice work. Kinda similar to mine except I used uniseals through the drum.

I used Uniseals, as well, but the main difference to mine is the orientation of the internal water cone. I installed mine inverted, reasoning that a wider base would produce the best settling of solids, but now I am wondering who has got it right? Maybe it doesn't matter but, then again, maybe it is critical.

What is your thinking on this, Brett&Vicky?