I’m launching a little balcony gardening project that involves water reservoirs. I don’t have much experience with these kinds of projects, so I need a little help.

Due to some dimensional constraints, I will need two regular plastic containers (your typical storage containers), and I was hoping to get away with only including a way to fill one of them. That means I will need to connect it to the other in some way. So I thought I would just drill a hole in both of them and stick a pipe between them.

  1. What is the best way to drill holes in plastic without risking any splitting?
  2. How do I make sure that the holes are water sealed afterwards? Can I glue around the pipe and plastic box?
  • SaintWacko@midwest.social
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    7 months ago

    Instead of glue, I’d recommend getting some silicone sealant. It’s pretty much designed for this sort of thing

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      7 months ago

      Marine silicone is specifically formulated to be water tight (and safe for aquarium inhabitants). It can be found at specialty salt water aquarium stores.

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        7 months ago

        I’m not sure of the scale here, but you might also consider using a hot knife to cut the holes rather than drilling, and flexible plastic tubing rather than a pipe