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    Sealing a bakki shower

    Hi

    i have been running my 4 tier bakki shower the last few weeks and works fine

    but I have a wier at the bottom with a 4 inch outlet, I’m sure I should have sealed this with sealant

    As when I crack the pump up it starts to flood

    ive got the pump running at 200lpm

    this is me guessing, it’s a forte vari 30k running at 65% with 2 m head and run of 2 m

    does anyone know the correct flow through the bakki



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    Is it a Bakki or is it another brand of shower?

    Have you got a weir tray or a spigot tray at the bottom?
    Where is it flooding out from?

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    Hi it’s a stainless steel bakki form absolute koi

    it leaks from the top of wier tray and where the last tray drops in

    i can’t see how you would seal it neatly as it’s a fairly tight fit

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    Sealing a bakki shower

    You shouldn’t need to seal it? I’ve got the Spigot tray on the bottom, are you sure all the feet on each tray are ‘sitting’ correctly, etc.:



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    Hi Rob

    it it looks identical, do you have a lid on yours and do you know what flow rate you have

    I wondering if I’m trying to pump to much though it

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    Sealing a bakki shower

    A pain to adjust, but could it be you have over/under tightened the nuts that attach the spigot tray to the shower tray?

    The only reason I say that is when I dismantled mine to cover the pond, I noticed when re-fitting, the stainless side of the tray ‘bow’ slightly when tightened - bit of a long shot but could just be the nuts/fitting?

    (It doesn’t look wet/leaky from the pic, if it’s running...)

    Yes I have the lid & I’m running via a variable Aquaforte DM, at the moment, about 15K over mine - they should handle that and some.

    Could it be ‘blow back’ from your spray bar (no lid) leaking out?

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