What are some interactive design ideas for a negative edge skimmer?

[combatwombat]

Now I just need to think about how I could make the fire pit double as a decorative fountain!

 

[Lisak1]

Were you mostly concerned with having water for the garden during drought?

Nope. Drinking water in case of emergency.

 

[GBBUDD]

Any thoughts on how to install a fire pit over this area? Would need a really bullet proof way to keep the bottom of the fire pit from melting a hole in the top of the aquablox

that's not a big deal at all. You just drop your aquablocks down say a foot deeper . Place rubber over the top of the area except where the water drops into the cistern .
If your talking a gas fire I could see that design but you will only have visual and not the wRmthplus the soot will end up in the pond if wood fire

 

[GBBUDD]

i did three thousand and wish i had gone another thousand at least. so the pond could be self sustainable

 

[GBBUDD]

Any thoughts on how to install a fire pit over this area? Would need a really bullet proof way to keep the bottom of the fire pit from melting a hole in the top of the aquablox.

Heat from a fire pit is not that much to transmit thermally downward. Like i said before recess the aquablocks have your liner big enough to fold over the top of the cistern so you can seal the top where you want to have the patio and or the fire pit. if it sits on 8 inches to a foot of sand and the cistern has water in it that is cool and sealed and wet that about as bullet proof as it gets

 

[combatwombat]

Nope. Drinking water in case of emergency.

Interesting! What's the plan to make the water safe to drink?

 

[Lisak1]

We have one of these - Big Berkey water filter. You can filter just about any quality of water through this and make it potable. We use it for everyday water at home, but it would definitely come in handy for drinking pond water.

(My fish look at me funny when I tell people we'll drink the water if we have to. I think they're wondering "but what will you... eat?")

 

[brokensword]

We have one of these - Big Berkey water filter. You can filter just about any quality of water through this and make it potable. We use it for everyday water at home, but it would definitely come in handy for drinking pond water.

(My fish look at me funny when I tell people we'll drink the water if we have to. I think they're wondering "but what will you... eat?")



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Isn't that what your other underground cavern is for? Edible mushrooms?

 

[combatwombat]

@Lisak1: If you have 1-2' of dirt and landscaping over top of your aquablocks and also an open space in the blocks where the water from the pond falls into the cistern, how are you keeping the dirt retained so that it doesn't fall or seep into the cistern area? Are your blocks fully wrapped in liner?

 

[Lisak1]

@Lisak1: If you have 1-2' of dirt and landscaping over top of your aquablocks and also an open space in the blocks where the water from the pond falls into the cistern, how are you keeping the dirt retained so that it doesn't fall or seep into the cistern area? Are your blocks fully wrapped in liner?

The portion that is underground, yes. The portion that is exposed is covered with rocks.

 

[combatwombat]

The portion that is underground, yes. The portion that is exposed is covered with rocks.

How do you keep the dirt out of the part that is exposed? What is holding it back?

 

[Lisak1]

Is this what you mean? Small retaining walls separate the part that's buried from the "exposed" part.

 

[Lisak1]

And it's more like 18 inches of dirt over the blocks. I think that wall is three or four stones high.

 

[combatwombat]

@Lisak1: Ah, perfect. That’s exactly what I was trying to figure out.