I believe that every tank should have water alarms and liners in the stands. I had a sheet metal shop build a drain pan for the interior of my stand with 3 water alarms in it. One of them is even Wi-FI so it lets me know if it detects water and sends an alert to my phone.
I made the pan just barely smaller than the interior of my stand and it has 2 inch tall sides. It will not hold all of the tank water but it will hold enough to alert me if any of my fittings develop a leak or if my sump overflows till the point of my overflows weir height. It has already saved me a few times. The metal doesn't touch anything electrical of course, all my surge protectors are mounted to a 2 x 4 inside of the stand.
The Wi-Fi alarm that I use is a Honeywell lyric water/freeze detector.
thanks!
i have cords the base of my sump, and in theory the breaker would trip...but i might be tempted to try acrylic.
in hindsight, it would have been at least good to poly and caulk the bottom part of the cabinet.
the sump overflow during a WC...that can be tricky!
That look awesome Ryan! I actually have a master bath with the same granite top. It has a white cabinet. I think the dark looks much better. Looks like I have a project to do on the next school break this month! Thanks for that! I'll send you a before and after pic.
"You can't trust water: Even a straight stick turns crooked in it." -W.C.Fields
You want it Lol? Next step in this process is I'm selling it lol. When I talked to the guy he told me the stand was 48x18 which fits my tank but unfortunately it's just ever so slightly to small to fit my sump. Oh well at least I got it for a hell of a deal. Back to the stand build. Now that we have beautiful mid 70s weather for a couple weeks should give me the time I need to finish my build and get my tank drilled and ready to go. Got my super sweet baffle kit also so will rebuild the sump
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Well that stand turned out to be a tint bit small so will need to sell it now that it's refinished. Decided to go back to the custom build. Thank God for the mid 70s-80 weather we have had for the past few weeks here.
Here is the new build. Red oak with first coat of stain 1102018121816.jpg
Thought about using the same paint finish but was too afraid to lose this beautiful grain
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