The first step was to find a spot to put the tank. This wasn’t that difficult as the wife had already decided this for me. It is on the opposite wall as my tv – which I’m afraid may cause some glare (even on a non-glossy projection screen) – but we’ll burn that bridge when we get to it.
The next step was to figure out how to get the 4 1.5†pipes run into the crawl space. (1 return, 1 overflow, 2 for the ampmaster closed loop). The natural choice would be to drill holes or cut a square from the wood floor. Needless to say I would have been in a world of hurt if I had done this. Better choice? Make a hole in the drywall and drill down through the framing.
This is where the project halted for a while. We decided to refinish the floors since they were in pretty bad shape and moving the tank wasn’t going to be an option. So basically we had a hole with 4 pipes sticking out of the wall for about a month…