First Pond build underway

[superdaft]

are you lining this pond with a liner,fiberglass, polyuerea, paint or other? altho pricey, if i could afford it..the polyurea would be my choice!

The finished coat is a product called heydi K11, it is a fish safe product that is painted thickly onto the render. the manufacturer recomends filling the pond, then let it sit for 9 days to a fortnight, then emptying and refilling, and check the ph, if the ph is not right, repeat the procedure. I have never used this stuff on a pond before, so I'll keep you updated on how it performs.

 

[j.w]

Looking very good Rory and hoping you only have to coat it once.

 

[superdaft]

Here is some updated pics,

With the outer wall half built, I can now fill to the pond full, and I can finish the wall as the water sits for two weeks, before emptying and refilling. So hopefully fish can be added soon

 

[sissy]

it really looks great and love the waterfall rock and Max is a ham .Oh also have to tell you I used your cement mixer idea at the other house I just bought .There was a lot of broken slate there ,I guess from an old walkway or something and tumbled it to soften the edges to put into part of the new sidewalk and in a center garden .I had the cement mixer for the concrete counter tops any way and it also worked great on some of the other rocks I found around the house .I tumbled them and it really made them look shiny and new and softer edges .I found a lot of quartz stone around the house that now looks great after a tumble and found the longer you leave them in with pea gravel the better they look .so thanks for the info

 

[superdaft]

My pleasure sissy, it's in small comparison to the amount of help I have received from you and others on this forum

 

[sissy]

we learn from each other and it is pleasure to see what others come up with

 

[j.w]

Looks great superdaft. You guys come up w/ all kinds of neat, thrifty ideas. This forum is such a booko load of good info for anyone wanting to build a pond or anything to do w/ it and lots of other good ideas on just about anything one could think of..........love it!

 

[sissy]

your right pond people have some great ideas and glad I remembered his idea .

 

[addy1]

That sure is looking good! great job you are doing.

 

[superdaft]

Water is running.

I have been tweaking the waterfall tonight, and finally got it running how I want it.

I'll hopefully get the rest of the stonework finished this week, and start the raised plant beds around the back, I plan to make one of the raised beds into a bog, but that will be next years project.

Thanks for looking,

Rory.

 

[taherrmann4]

Looking good.

 

[sissy]

tweaking the waterfall your kidding right looks like a sheet of glass .Gosh maybe I should try that and what size pump are you using right now.I really like it makes it look so modern .Hate to change mine but that is neat looking

 

[sissy]

looks like 2 openings one looks square and smaller and the other looks round and bigger

 

[sissy]

seems like you are getting the same effect from both of them and think I like the rectangle one better it has a lower profile and are you going to hide them with another rock on top ooops just relized in the pics on top I see the cover rock so that answers that .

 

[sissy]

you need a light under there for at night to give the glaze of water coming out a glow