Find me a water proof container for this...

[easyrider]

I have this valve that I need to bury in the ground next to my Pond Filter.

The plastic container box I have put it in to protect it and keep it waterproof is no good. Its to flimsy and it will crack very easily.

Any ideas on what I can use that would last?

size around 40 x 60 x 20cm

 

[andicole0]

Aren't pond water components already suitable for outside use? All you need is access to it.
If it was an electrical you'd need something to ip66 standard.
Andi.

 

[AtreuS]

Why does it need to be waterproof? surely just protected from damage? if it freezes with water in it nothing is going to stop it cracking.....

 

[easyrider]

Aren't pond water components already suitable for outside use? All you need is access to it.
If it was an electrical you'd need something to ip66 standard.
Andi.

Yeah but I don't want much and stuff getting to it. I can't just leave it on top of the soil...

Why does it need to be waterproof? surely just protected from damage? if it freezes with water in it nothing is going to stop it cracking.....

Well I guess it doesn't need to be completely water tight...

 

[andicole0]

A click sealable plastic box from eBay would do.
Andi.

 

[Raymond Lin]

Pelican case.

 

[Sasahara]

A Really useful box would do the trick I guess as it doesn't need to be water proof, but just protect it from environmental damage.

http://www.reallyusefulproducts.co.uk/uk/html/onlineshop/fullrange_rub.php

These are available on the high street as well.

 

[adolf hamster]

surely it's a valve, if it can keep water in it'll keep water out......

 

[NoobCannon]

Only a titanium box forged with the tears of a thousand virgins would suit such a valuable piece of equipment

 

[easyrider]

surely it's a valve, if it can keep water in it'll keep water out......

I can't just leave it resting on the clay floor

 

[adolf hamster]

I can't just leave it resting on the clay floor

then a tupperware box with holes drilled in the bottom to let water drain out, even just fill that box you have with bubble wrap to prevent it collapsing in on itself.

 

[easyrider]

then a tupperware box with holes drilled in the bottom to let water drain out, even just fill that box you have with bubble wrap to prevent it collapsing in on itself.

I kicked a box exactly like this by accident under a trailer in the storage yard...it was filed with sand...god knows how long it had been there....it shattered just like glass....

 

[teaboy5]

Easyrider I'm shocked that someone as **** hot as you can't work this out yourself.

 

[Caged]

Sounds like you want a stopcock chamber. Leave some excess on the hoses so you can take it in/out of the chamber without having to disconnect it.

 

[FurryLemon]

Perspex.

 

[Akagi]

I can't just leave it resting on the clay floor

Bury it.

 

[Sasahara]

I'll say again really useful boxes are really useful.

I used some of these for my old pond installation, but I used them to help pump waste water from the filter bottom drain.

I don't know what size you'd need, but I'm sure they would be strong enough to be buried. Of you could make you bricked filer area bigger to contain this as well.

The big 64/84 L boxes where good for moving bagged fish.

Moved house since. I miss my koi. ;_;

 

[fornowagain]

google, IP55 DRiBOX

 

[easyrider]

Bury it.

Then how do I turn the handles?

 

[Kenai]

Then how do I turn the handles?

Presumably the same way you'd turn them after burying the box. Dig it up