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[Shdwdrgn]

I had a thought today... Are you scared yet?
I will be tearing the waterfall down completely this coming Summer, and I need to pull out the filters and pack some more sand under them to get them re-leveled (now that the soil has settled) and adjusted to the same height. While I have everything apart, I was considering how I could adjust the waterfall itself to reduce the amount of water loss from the wind. What I came up with is rebuilding the waterfall in a slight horseshoe shape (i have room to push the center in by about 6 inches). I also want to create a stairstep affect with the rows of bricks to make the water run down the face rather than pouring off the top. Combining the two ideas, I would end up with a falls that has the curve across the top edge, then steps down until it is straight across the bottom front edge. Hopefully the combination will prevent the wind from just stripping all the airborne water backwards into the neighbor's yard. With a few smaller bricks sticking out a bit (similar to what I already have) I would get a few trickles of water dropping into the pond to give me the sound I want, but the bulk of the water would rush down the face of the bricks and minimize splashing around the outside of the pond.

 

[j.w]

Well what are you waiting for..........isn't the weather there as nice as everyone else is having? Anyways it sounds like a good idea to me what you are planning to do. Should block in the flow so it can't jump out like it has been doing. I think it's will look cool also!

 

[Shdwdrgn]

Yeah I agree, I think the curve will give it an interesting look... Yes the weather has been fair, however to tear down and rebuild the waterfall, I have to get IN the pond - and I have a hard enough time wading in to an 80-degree lake! There's no way I'm going for a swim in 40-degree water.

 

[j.w]

Puck,puck,puck...........puckahhhhhhhhhhh

 

[Shdwdrgn]

j.w - that's how you get to be my age and still have all your digits intact

 

[sissy]

Refreshing dip in 40 dgree weather will make you feel young and full pep and will invigorize you .Make you feel young again LOL

 

[j.w]

And shrinkage will go away eventually

 

[sissy]

OH DEAR JW

 

[addy1]

And shrinkage will go away eventually

They hope jw!

 

[Shdwdrgn]

And shrinkage will go away eventually

I was trying to keep it family-friendly and not go there... but since you broached the subject... *snicker*

The water has been back in the 40's again this week, and we've had temps into the 60's for several days. The fish have been enjoying it, out swimming quite a lot, and I gave them a bit of food last night. Time to pay the piper - snow storm rolling in right now. They are actually predicting 12-22" of snow by the end of Friday. Not that I believe it, but that's what they say. Regardless, we are definitely looking at a lot of snow on the yard, and there should be no issues with the water level in the pond running low for the next few days.

 

[j.w]

Sorry couldn't resist

Wow sounds like you are going to get hit w/ a real kicker of a snow storm!

 

[sissy]

Yep watching the weather channel they got the soft powdery stuff that blows around and drifts but at least light enough to shovel .Want to borrow my snow shovel it is all lonely and sad here sitting next to my side porch door .

 

[addy1]

I have a new one with the tags still on it, guess I will need to remove them now.

 

[sissy]

my snow shovels are over 30 years old so they have a long history and one snow shovel i have was my dads and has a date on it of 1910 I guess it is for old snow .LOL

 

[Shdwdrgn]

I'm not sure what the official total was, but we definitely got snow. I measured 11 inches on the driveway at 6am Friday, and it continued to snow through Saturday.

It actually stayed reasonably warm out, which is probably why we got so much snow, but the water never froze over either. Despite the lack of ice, the snow still tried to creep out over the surface of the water.