If you haven’t seen my other thread.... I’m currently building a new partially above/below ground pond with gravity bog/veggie filter in NW Indiana.
I’m almost to the point of designing how my water will spill back into the pond and I had what is probably a crazy idea that’s probably not possible without causing the bog to overflow over the sides and back, but I was thinking ....instead of your usual weir or spillway, of using 3-4” pvc pipe, spray painted to look like copper pipe (much cheaper alternative to the real stuff) extending out of the bog on one side of the front, over the pond horizontally and then returning back into the pond on the other side. It would only be extending out however far is necessary to have space for the two 90 degree elbows.
I would then drill holes across the entire length of the underside to create that raining/pouring water effect back into the pond.
My bog will be 12” deep with pea gravel and I am using a 4500 gph pump with 1.5” flex tube from pump to bog and 2” pipe inside the bog.
Is it possible to do this or will the flow rate of my water channeling into the pipe cause the bog to back up and overflow over the sides and back? Thanks for your help!!
Here is a diagram of what I mean (sorry, I’m a terrible artist)...
Thanks for your help!!
I’m almost to the point of designing how my water will spill back into the pond and I had what is probably a crazy idea that’s probably not possible without causing the bog to overflow over the sides and back, but I was thinking ....instead of your usual weir or spillway, of using 3-4” pvc pipe, spray painted to look like copper pipe (much cheaper alternative to the real stuff) extending out of the bog on one side of the front, over the pond horizontally and then returning back into the pond on the other side. It would only be extending out however far is necessary to have space for the two 90 degree elbows.
I would then drill holes across the entire length of the underside to create that raining/pouring water effect back into the pond.
My bog will be 12” deep with pea gravel and I am using a 4500 gph pump with 1.5” flex tube from pump to bog and 2” pipe inside the bog.
Is it possible to do this or will the flow rate of my water channeling into the pipe cause the bog to back up and overflow over the sides and back? Thanks for your help!!
Here is a diagram of what I mean (sorry, I’m a terrible artist)...
Thanks for your help!!