New pond construction. The Water Garden Pond

[fishin4cars]

Finally getting the flagstone layed on the patio. Oh and all the herd scrambled over to say hello to everyone, LOL, Not, they are just hungry as always!

 

[addy1]

Love that patio, looking great! a lot of work too

 

[Mucky_Waters]

All those hungry koi look pretty, but I'm glad they are yours and not mine. I have enough mouths to feed.

Are your flagstone cemented in?

 

[j.w]

Nice looking patio and "Hello fishy piggies" :regular_waving_emot

 

[fishin4cars]

All those hungry koi look pretty, but I'm glad they are yours and not mine. I have enough mouths to feed.

Are your flagstone cemented in?

Yes Mucky, They are Mortared in. Haven't grouted in yet. I want to use a colored grout so that it appears that the stone is set in sand but no weeds growing in like my old pond. Oh, and feeding them isn't that bad. All the kids moved out, Koi are far cheaper to feed! And not near as picky! LOL

 

[fishin4cars]

Well, Look at when we started laying flag stone, Then look at these pics, Yes your seeing right. 2 solid months of pure discouragement. My contractor/ Idiot stopped showing up, suppose to come back, didn't, fought with him, even went as far as buying all the materials. He didn't finish the job, So we will be going to court. Attorney said get it fixed and we will go after him. No guarantee. UGH, I'm about to scream! If some of you haven't noticed, I just have lost interest in being out there! I clean the filters, check on the fish, do my maintance but It's hard to get out there and work when it looks like crap and it's not improving.
Finally today my boss got me a mexican fellow he says will take good care of me. He comes with some good refrences, and my boss uses him for some of his flagstone installs so I'm giving him a shot. They started today while I was at work gouting rock. FINALLY, we can walk out the front door without stumping our toes in between rocks cemented to the ground and big gaps! Going to have a yard full of Mexicans for Sunday lunch. Going to be interesting, But I got faith, It's going to be a good day today!

 

[capewind]

Looks great!

 

[fishin4cars]

UGH! Too dark of mortar IMO, Wish I had picked something lighter. It looked really good when we compared it to the color of the house and rock, BUT of course looks different when a lot is in place, still has to be cleaned and maybe that will help.

 

[capewind]

Truthfully, I think the dark looks better than lighter... adds more contrast. You MAY have liked it better, if the project hadnt become a nightmare, aka, just fed up in general, thus more critical? I know I get that way at times, and once I've had the chance to settle down, have liked some things after all.

 

[sissy]

It looks more like someone painted pics of stone on concrete or that fake looking linoleum stuff they used to put in kitchens . :razz:

 

[Waterbug]

UGH! Too dark of mortar IMO, Wish I had picked something lighter. It looked really good when we compared it to the color of the house and rock, BUT of course looks different when a lot is in place, still has to be cleaned and maybe that will help.

I thought the same at first, very different from what people do here, and they do a lot of flag. But looking at the log home in the background of one picture I think it works. It looks more like the stone work on an old field stone fireplace than flagstone. So I think it fits, I like it.

 

[capewind]

I thought the same at first, very different from what people do here, and they do a lot of flag. But looking at the log home in the background of one picture I think it works. It looks more like the stone work on an old field stone fireplace than flagstone. So I think it fits, I like it.

I think you nailed exactly why I do like it waterbug. Here, people either use it as stepping stones in a lawn, set in blah gray gravel, set in stone dust (blue gray), and occasionally, a small area set in normal blah gray concrete. I like the fact that it IS different, and think it looks rustic against the house. Nothing about it looks BLAH, like I usually see. IF I was going to change anything, it would be in that bed next to the flagstone... aka add color there. Maybe some small ever greens (euonymus, heath, saybrook azalea, etc), a Japanese maple (bring in some red), maybe a golden mop cypress or two (bring in some low mounding yellow), and the area looks big enough to add seasonal plantings as well... and of course all of these plants add "zen" near a pond too and are low maintanence

 

[fishin4cars]

I'm still kind of waiting to see, It may very well look much better once rinsed down. Almost all the rock has the powder look to it from where the motar was swept down. The mortar does match the color of the house very well. I just hope not too much. I think I would have liked it better a little more on the cream/sand colored side. But, this was the color that they had enough of in stock Friday and it was so close to the color of the house, stone work on the fireplace, and mulch so I was like just use it! LOL, yes as the nightmare has unfolded I'm pickier and yet more likely to give in just to get it completed. happy or not! lol

 

[capewind]

I'm still kind of waiting to see, It may very well look much better once rinsed down. Almost all the rock has the powder look to it from where the motar was swept down. The mortar does match the color of the house very well. I just hope not too much. I think I would have liked it better a little more on the cream/sand colored side. But, this was the color that they had enough of in stock Friday and it was so close to the color of the house, stone work on the fireplace, and mulch so I was like just use it! LOL, yes as the nightmare has unfolded I'm pickier and yet more likely to give in just to get it completed. happy or not! lol

Now with it matching all of these other items, I think it was a GOOD thing that this was the only color they had enough of;-) I dont think a cream would have looked as nice. I saw pots in the pics, so bring in more color with them too...

 

[j.w]

Looks very nice to me too but it might fade over time w/ all that sunshine you have down there or is it fade proof?