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Draco Retro Fit Bottom Drain

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Draco Retro Fit Bottom Drain

It is said that you can not beat a bottom drain system. If you have a pond that does not have a bottom drain but wish you had installed one, or do you have a bottom drain and want to install another here is the answer.

Allows you to retrofit a bottom drain into your pond and change the system from pump fed to a true gravity fed filter system if filter is lowed to height of pond.

Comes complete with everything that is required to install

3” internal smooth wall pipe (3m standard additional can be purchased)

14 inch long through wall pipe

Angled inlet bottom drain unit

10ft pipe = 2.5cm head drop @ 2200 UK gallons per hour / 10000 litres per hour

15ft pipe = 2.5cm head drop @ 1900 UK gallons per hour / 8600 litres per hour

 

*please note 3″ valve not included 

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Draco Retro Fit Bottom Drain

It is said that you can not beat a bottom drain system. If you have a pond that does not have a bottom drain but wish you had installed one, or do you have a bottom drain and want to install another here is the answer.

Allows you to retrofit a bottom drain into your pond and change the system from pump fed to a true gravity fed filter system if filter is lowed to height of pond.

Comes complete with everything that is required to install

3” internal smooth wall pipe (3m standard additional can be purchased)

14 inch long through wall pipe

Angled inlet bottom drain unit

10ft pipe = 2.5cm head drop @ 2200 UK gallons per hour / 10000 litres per hour

15ft pipe = 2.5cm head drop @ 1900 UK gallons per hour / 8600 litres per hour

 

*please note 3″ valve not included 

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Retro Bottom Drain User Guide.pdf

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Weight 20 kg
Dimensions 60 × 60 × 60 cm

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