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[D&RW]

We've started on our expansion project. I'll be posting pictures over the course of the next few months while we're building.

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[D&RW]

couple more fotos

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[Oldhead]

from what i can see it looks like it is gonna be nice.

[koiguy1969]

looking good!

[koikeepr]

make them photos bigger....they are too tiny to see anything well...

[DrDave]

I use 600 wide on most of mine to get the file large enough to see yet small enough to not exceed the Forum's limits.

[D&RW]

Thanks for the tip, DrDave. I have always had trouble figuring out exactly how to squeek the largest possible picture in. I'll try 600 wide and resend.

Thanks to everyone else. It is going well. I'm really pleased at how good the big landscape stones look. Thankfully my neighbor is helping because each one weighs 65# and the whole project will take + 180. I'm paying $2.97 apiece at Lowes and they let me store them there and pick them up as I can. Again, my neighbor's 3/4 ton truck helped so we've finally got them all in the yard, so can proceed as we have time.

My Christmas present from my wife will be the new liner.

[Oldhead]

800 is about max width

[D&RW]

These are all 600 wide. The third one over shows what the little deck and boardwalk looked like pre-expansion. The long view of the back shows how close the fence is and man is it difficult to work back there. As I was rounding that curve I slipped in the slick mud and fell in the pond! No harm done, but the fish were spooked I'm sure.
That stack of rocks is 128. Total purchase so far is 186. I'm probably close to half way through them and it looks like I'll probably need some more, depending on how I do the waterfall.

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[D&RW]

Here are two pre-expansion fotos for comparison

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[ctrgojo]

Thats amazing! keep it up I can't wait to see the finish!

[DrDave]

Good job, can't wait to see the finished product.

[poodles-ponds and gardens]

That's going to be a nice pond. I like your waterfall!

[Buck]

Looking good man !
I see your piping is above ground and you can get the freezing temps, do you drain the system in the winter of run it 12 months a year?

[D&RW]

Hey thanks everyone. Great feedback. I appreciate it. Boy am I tired though. Going to take tomorrow off. I figure I've moved and placed 77 rocks by myself which @ 65# apiece = 5000 lbs. Yikes. My neighbor, who is helping me has picked up and delivered 11,000 lbs.

You can see that putting the pond in so close to the fence was a liability when it came to digging the trench, placing the paver sand and then the stones. I had almost no room to work and fell in the pond once, nearly several other times. So, the level on the back side rocks isn't as good as on the front side, but it's plenty good enough.

On these fotos today you can see I rerouted the plumbing from the bead filter over the stones into the pond. This is temporary, but as you noticed the plumbing is above ground. This is only our second year. Last year I shut down the falls for awhile and drained all the piping beforehand.

This year, the plan is to keep the bead filter running but shut down the falls. I'll run the pipes along side the fence mounted on the posts and under the deck. I'm going to replace the deck and boardwalk so it sits on the stones. I designed the deck in 5 removeable sections that can be taken off for maintenance.

Say, anybody have any ideas on what to fill the holes in the wall with? As you can see there's going to be a lot of openings against which the underlayment and then liner will rest. I'm concerned about the liner pooching through those holes. On the house side I'm thinking of just filling the area with clay/soil with a slight slope. But on the back side that won't be so easy. Any ideas?

Boy, are everybodies fish as ravenous as mine. These guys can't seem to get enough to eat. Must be preparing for winter. Water checks out great, so I just keep feeding them in small amounts but frequently.

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