Thread: Shower Return Pipe

Hi,
I'm just about to add a Bakki Shower to my system and when designing my pond originally I planned to sit it on top of one of the pond walls against the filter house wall with a weir return.

However plans have changed and to mitigate, windchill, noise and maintain aesthetics - I'm going to site the shower in the filter house.

Question is - how can I best disguise the 3" return pipe that's going to have to come through the filter house wall and across the top of the tiled pond wall?

I was thinking maybe some stainless steel piping with a 45 degree bend and a curled flanged end?

Any suggestions/ ideas/ examples gratefully received!

Thank you

It is a hard one, when I had a 4ins shower return from the garage I wrapped some false grass round the pipe secured with some green garden wire.

Not the best solution but stainless would do as well.

Thanks - I was thinking of a statue of some description....

Originally Posted by john1

It is a hard one, when I had a 4ins shower return from the garage I wrapped some false grass round the pipe secured with some green garden wire.

Not the best solution but stainless would do as well.

Hi

My Bakki Shower has underwater returns - as long as the shower is above water level and the pipes are big enough all works fine - I have 2 x 3 inch returns

KevT

Originally Posted by CobraKoi

I seen a fella on YouTube making pipe look like bamboo. He was melting it make nodes and painted it

Maybe you could clad it in real bamboo?

I did this a long time ago,took a small off cut of 1.5ins pipe to b and q as they sold large bore bamboo and found a piece that took the pipe internally.
If I remember it was £8 so a bit more now.

As the bamboo has internal notches I rammed a broom handle down to break them up then pushed the pipe in to do for a small return.
Bit small for a shower though.

That's interesting as I do have a 2" return a couple of inches under the water surface - I wasn't sure if that would work - I'll have a chat with the shower manufacturer about that - thank you

Originally Posted by KevT

Hi

My Bakki Shower has underwater returns - as long as the shower is above water leveland the pipes are big enough all works fine - I have 2 x 3 inch returns

KevT

Originally Posted by stormstorr

That's interesting as I do have a 2" return a couple of inches under the water surface - I wasn't sure if that would work - I'll have a chat with the shower manufacturer about that - thank you

a 2" gravity return won't take a lot of flow, i had 2 x 2" gravity returns on my old pond with a 3ft drop, and it still started backing up at around 5,000lph.

can you drop the pond level and put a 4" return in at, or just below water level?

in an ideal world a rocky waterfall would be a great way to return water in summer,
but not so hot in winter

Yeh - I think the flow will be too much wont it, showers need a good flow - will stick to plan A

Originally Posted by davethefish1

a 2" gravity return won't take a lot of flow, i had 2 x 2" gravity returns on my old pond with a 3ft drop, and it still started backing up at around 5,000lph.

can you drop the pond level and put a 4" return in at, or just below water level?

in an ideal world a rocky waterfall would be a great way to return water in summer,
but not so hot in winter