Looking for ways to quite the drain

[jarhead]

I have 2 1" drains going into the basement sump and afraid that all the bubbling and gurgling noise is going to cause a lot of complaints from my wife and kids since the sump room is right below the bedrooms. It's not as noticeable during the day, but at night, it's another story. Submerging the pipes causes the bubbling noise; raising the pipes above the water causes the splashing noises. Please tell me if there is a way to quite it down a bit.

 

[Robin Goodfellow]

hi.
Did you try to slope the drain so that the water is not hitting the surface as hard?

 

[Anonymous]

I have my pipe sitting a couple inches above the water surface, where it hits a wide piece of acrylic sheet at a 45 degree angle. There is alot of macroalgae where it hits the water surface, and this quiets it a bit as well. Another option is to drill a few air holes in the pipe a bit above the water level and submerge the pipe. This should allow the air to escape and prevent the splashing noise. I did this before but changed it because the holes were spraying water out at weird angles.

 

[LA-Lawman]

try submerging the pipes and then bringing them back up with a "U" so the water fountains at the surface. you will get great agitation but little noise... think of a slow water main leak.. that kind of action..

just have the open part of the "U" at the waterline in the sump!

HTH

 

[BigE]

My drain isn't going down to the basement but only 4 feet and it was making tons of noise. I installed a Spears gate valve in the sump at the end of the drain line and am able to adjust this so it is at a perfect level to keep a constant water level in the line and there is absolutely no noise what so ever from the drain line.
I did some research on this before I installed it and got some negative feedback here and there with people saying it increases your chances for floods but in my experience any adjustments that are needed from algae growth are quickly corrected by changing the gate valve or better yet... cleaning the algae. Plus it takes days for this kind of algae growth to happen.
Algae in the overflow is the only thing I've found so far that can effect the flow.
There's also other safe gaurds possible to keep any flooding from happening.
It took me about 2 years to finally figure out something to silence the water... I tried the Durso and a number of other custom configurations but couldn't get anything to work till now. I've been running with this setup for 4 months now and also tested it extensively before finalizing the setup. I also tested for power outages and then when the power comes on to make sure the water level is consistnet in any situation.
If you'd like more info about the setup just let me know. Its pretty basic.

 

[Anonymous]

You could also run the overflows into one of those filter bags. When I use one, it cuts down the noise a lot.
I don't like to use it all the time because I don't want to filter out all the food going into the sumpugium/prop tank. However, you could cut a hole in the bottom of the bag and make sure the overflows hit the side.


Does that make sense?

 

[ragawaga]

I've got the same problem, I've not stopped the sound, but I've came up with a wee cheat :twisted: to stop the moaning. I have the pump running on a timer. I have the timer turn the pump off at 10pm and then back on at about 1am. By this point everybody is asleep and we don't hear it :mrgreen: . Don't know if this will help you, but it might be worth a try.