After months of trial and error to find the right solution, the 2nd hand filter unit is now working. Whether it will do the job as efficiently as my home-,made contraption remains to be seen.
After a couple of false starts, comprising a few leaks, a gate valve that didn't work properly and having to chock the whole thing up another 4 inches, it's swirling like a Dervish.
Most of the pipes that came with the system had been cemented together, meaning they couldn't be taken apart for repositioning. Solvent cement is fine for hidden areas than will never see the light of day again, as it joins pipes with no leaks - but it's permanent.
During the process of obtaining the correct unions and a gate valve, I visited SW Koi in Westerleigh. They had some beauties.
Here's the 1st and 2nd runs of the filter system:
Now it's just a case of monitoring it to see if it satisfies my requirement. There is the hydroponics to consider, but it's too late in the year to do anything on that front and it will have to wait till next year.
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