leeannecastro said:
hahaha my new boxer puppy fell in mine trying to drink lol
Building a 8'x10'x5' deep pond into basically solid rock 6" under ground
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hahaha my new boxer puppy fell in mine trying to drink lol
Your pond is going to look sweet! I cant imagine trying to get out all that rock, but you sir, are amazing and your pond is definitely gonna look good, cant wait to see the finished product.
Thanks!
Not sure if anyone in the area noticed but I again had to turn off gravity for a minute to get this rock up there. Actually I used the hand truck to get it close then rolled it on its side to the block I made and then tilted it up onto a cinderblock and up over onto the form. Its amazing where you can get rocks even thou you cannot lift them.
So then I put like 7-4" tapcons in the back of the cement block and took 3 tie down straps and wrapped them around the protruding screws and the tip of the rock so I could have it overhang, as you can see the wider end weighs more and the rock would just fall with how far I have that end hanging out. Will be putting some rubber coated wire (stuff I used to pull up a few of the rocks) wrapped around it as well as the straps will eventually fail due to being exposed to the elements.
I loaded them onto photobucket this morning before I left for work so hopefully it worked and I got the links right.
Not sure if anyone in the area noticed but I again had to turn off gravity for a minute to get this rock up there. Actually I used the hand truck to get it close then rolled it on its side to the block I made and then tilted it up onto a cinderblock and up over onto the form. Its amazing where you can get rocks even thou you cannot lift them.
So then I put like 7-4" tapcons in the back of the cement block and took 3 tie down straps and wrapped them around the protruding screws and the tip of the rock so I could have it overhang, as you can see the wider end weighs more and the rock would just fall with how far I have that end hanging out. Will be putting some rubber coated wire (stuff I used to pull up a few of the rocks) wrapped around it as well as the straps will eventually fail due to being exposed to the elements.
I loaded them onto photobucket this morning before I left for work so hopefully it worked and I got the links right.
cool man i like it and the fact that u are doing most of ur pond at night wow good work
Not sure if anyone in the area noticed but I again had to turn off gravity for a minute to get this rock up there.[/QUOTE said:You figure out how to do that, let me know.I still have some rock work to do, though no where near what your doing.
Thanks you. Getting these big roks tight has been a PITA, but I needed it to look good on the outside. Then I have the issue of getting it smooth enough on the inside for the liner.
Ya I did the other wall to. There is a link to the pics of it somewhere neer the begining. I like the idea of a creek. Next year the fence will be pushed back a few feet to be on the property line as of now I have a couple of feet behind it that is mine and the neighbor wants to make a nice fence right on the property line. So once I gain those few feet I can see there being room do to that and I own the a huge hill ro the right where a upper deck around an upper pond with a glass bridge where the creek comes out down to the pond Im building now, which would overflow to a creek that goes to the pond in the frount yard! I told my girlfiend all this and she thinks im crazy.
So, im getting very close to when the liner will be getting installed and Im sort of kicking myslef for going with a liner rather than using something like Pond Armor epoxy liner or having someone come out and Polyurea it. It is more expensive, but would work so much better. It is just such an akward shape and the fact that I dont want all these folds sticking up. I guess for now I will have to go with gluing the liner to the edge of the rocks and than gluing flat rocks above where the liner ends and have them cover the folds and stuff. I hope it works otherwise its really going to look like poop.
Ya I did the other wall to. There is a link to the pics of it somewhere neer the begining. I like the idea of a creek. Next year the fence will be pushed back a few feet to be on the property line as of now I have a couple of feet behind it that is mine and the neighbor wants to make a nice fence right on the property line. So once I gain those few feet I can see there being room do to that and I own the a huge hill ro the right where a upper deck around an upper pond with a glass bridge where the creek comes out down to the pond Im building now, which would overflow to a creek that goes to the pond in the frount yard! I told my girlfiend all this and she thinks im crazy.
So, im getting very close to when the liner will be getting installed and Im sort of kicking myslef for going with a liner rather than using something like Pond Armor epoxy liner or having someone come out and Polyurea it. It is more expensive, but would work so much better. It is just such an akward shape and the fact that I dont want all these folds sticking up. I guess for now I will have to go with gluing the liner to the edge of the rocks and than gluing flat rocks above where the liner ends and have them cover the folds and stuff. I hope it works otherwise its really going to look like poop.
How I have the rock attached:
How I have the valve on. I ruied my first ball valve by sticking too short of a peice of PVC in so I went with a threaded type. Makes it a little longer, but I switched to a regular 90* as the height of this on cinderblocks made it imposible and it was pointless really.
First test fit. FAIL
I had to raise it up with a 4x4 in the rear and 2-2x4s screwed together in the front.
The drain plumbing...PITA.
First test fit. FAIL
I had to raise it up with a 4x4 in the rear and 2-2x4s screwed together in the front.
The drain plumbing...PITA.
The wood...no good.
But its level.
The valve again
And the ditch for the plumbing
But its level.
The valve again
And the ditch for the plumbing
its lookin good. Are u sure that crete nails or screws are guna hold that
koiguy1969
GIGGETY-GIGGETY!!
i dont think anyone anywhere at anytime for any reason ever put as much effort in to a pond like you are...i hope you get as much enjoyment out of it as effort put into it!! good luck on your slow rollin' project... cudos for your determination!!
They are 4" screws so they will hold. They dont have to hold all that much weight, maybe a few hundred pounds in total split between them.Stouty109 said:
koiguy1969 said:
Well, 2 months behind schedual it has water in it. Got the liner in last night and just started filling it. Had to spend most of the 4 hours it took in the pond working out the folds. And it was cold so im home sick today. It took 30-40 seconds to fill 5 gallons so I figure its 1800-2400 gallons wich is way more than I thought. A more accurate figure would have been nice but I didnt have a stopwatch to could the seconds it took to fill the bucket.
Still needs a lot of work, but progress...
