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: link to a homemade waterfall weir for small ponds...pretty clever!! cost is under $20.00
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Posted 03 June 2009 - 12:41 PM
theres definately something fishy about this forum!
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Posted 03 June 2009 - 02:44 PM
now that looks a very good idea :icon_smile: easy even i could do that !!
but did anyone else think the home made pump houseing looked rather large ???
but did anyone else think the home made pump houseing looked rather large ???
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Posted 03 June 2009 - 03:09 PM
Yeah. . .very big.
Cool idea though. I might try that!
-James
Cool idea though. I might try that!
-James
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Posted 08 June 2009 - 03:01 AM
Why did it take him 9:59 min to do a 30 second video???
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Posted 18 April 2010 - 09:48 PM
In the process of removing the weir from the top of the rock formation- it was beautiful, but the hose is continially springing leaks and the previous owner did a pretty shabby job of it.
We were going to buy a weir and they were over a hundred bucks!
So my husband who is quite crafty figured he would make one. Today I found a tool box we had bought at a garage sale for 5 bucks 
! So he cleaned it out and fitted in the plumbing and cut the front to allow a spillway. Works like a dream! We had the fittings (found in the shed)- total cost= FIVE BUCKS!!! 
!!!
We are going to put scrubbies in and something to keep them from floating away. I will be planting reeds on the sides to camo the box.
Here are pictures of the rock formation after we removed the weir, the box and the pond. The flow will travel down a spillway into the main pond.
We were going to buy a weir and they were over a hundred bucks!
So my husband who is quite crafty figured he would make one. Today I found a tool box we had bought at a garage sale for 5 bucks ! So he cleaned it out and fitted in the plumbing and cut the front to allow a spillway. Works like a dream! We had the fittings (found in the shed)- total cost= FIVE BUCKS!!! !!! We are going to put scrubbies in and something to keep them from floating away. I will be planting reeds on the sides to camo the box.
Here are pictures of the rock formation after we removed the weir, the box and the pond. The flow will travel down a spillway into the main pond.
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Bought a house with a pond... I thought a pond just held water. It really holds wildlife, fish and the $$$ in my wallet, but mostly... my HEART.
Mary
Bought a house with a pond... I thought a pond just held water. It really holds wildlife, fish and the $$$ in my wallet, but mostly... my HEART.
Mary
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Posted 20 April 2010 - 04:42 PM
thats a great idea. makes stuff your self saves a lot of money
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Posted 20 April 2010 - 09:29 PM
that toolbox weir is a good idea. I'll have to look around my place. I'm sure I could make one out of almost any square structure.
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Posted 29 November 2011 - 05:58 PM
hi, love the diy ideas about the waterfall box
