CW's Back Yard Water Garden Begins!

[GBBUDD]

 

[combatwombat]

Side note: Savio waterfall foam is junk. Doesn’t bod to rocks. Doesn’t bond to liner. Doesn’t matter if installed wet or dry or on a clean or dirty surface. Breaks down very quickly in the sun. Generally useless stuff for $20/can.

Can’t compare it to other black landscape/aquatic foams since I haven’t used them, but thus stuff sucks.

 

[TheFishGuy]

Side note: Savio waterfall foam is junk. Doesn’t bod to rocks. Doesn’t bond to liner. Doesn’t matter if installed wet or dry or on a clean or dirty surface. Breaks down very quickly in the sun. Generally useless stuff for $20/can.

Can’t compare it to other black landscape/aquatic foams since I haven’t used them, but thus stuff sucks.

I just used totalpond foam on my bog liner ( same material as yours ) it was pretty good but didn't form a super strong bond to the liner.

 

[Duxwig]

This is the stuff I found, but haven’t used yet.
Made in USA so yay that also.

 

[addy1]

This is the stuff I found, but haven’t used yet.
Made in USA so yay that also.
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I just used it worked great for directing water flow in my re built waterfall.

 

[GBBUDD]

If it's not a pro gun mount I'll have no part of it theguns work so much better. Just never leave the gun without a tube /can on it or you might as well just toss it .

 

[GBBUDD]

Cw when you figure out the day your going to start it up you better take some pto time your not going to want to move and leave your pond

 

[combatwombat]

If it's not a pro gun mount I'll have no part of it theguns work so much better. Just never leave the gun without a tube /can on it or you might as well just toss it .

I do have a gun. Bought it when I sealed my attic. I have one with a 48” barrel, too, so I could reach the exterior wall top plates without bashing my head on roofing nails.

Gonna refoam the waterfall from my patio.

I’ll definitely be enjoying a cold one the day the waterfall is running. Maybe tomorrow? Depends on if grandma comes to watch the kid.

Gonna be a “rolling start”, though. Finishing up external pump plumbing right now—SO MUCH more complicated than a submersible. Negative edge waterfall will not be built yet and still missing one/two pumps to power everything else.

 

[GBBUDD]

I do have a gun. Bought it when I sealed my attic. I have one with a 48” barrel, too, so I could reach the exterior wall top plates without bashing my head on roofing nails.

Gonna refoam the waterfall from my patio.

I’ll definitely be enjoying a cold one the day the waterfall is running. Maybe tomorrow? Depends on if grandma comes to watch the kid.

Gonna be a “rolling start”, though. Finishing up external pump plumbing right now—SO MUCH more complicated than a submersible. Negative edge waterfall will not be built yet and still missing one/two pumps to power everything else.

you better get that youtube video of the first fire up you know no ones going to believe it other wise

 

[combatwombat]

Was getting pissed off at the realization that I'd need 3 90º elbows to transition from the vertical discharge of my pump to the horizontal piping running to the bog. Then I realized I could use just 1 if I rotate the pump 90º instead. It's a centrifugal pump. Why should it care which way it sits?

Also, why don't they make these things with a side discharge? How many people are actually pumping straight up in the air?

 

[combatwombat]

Now looking at the thing again, it seems like the bolt pattern between the pump and the motor are symmetrical. I bet you could remove the pump and refasten it to the motor in any direction you want. Maybe that's why they don't make side discharge—because you can just pull a few bolts and make it a side discharge. Going to call Advantage in the morning and see what they think.

 

[combatwombat]

Oh my god, it couldn't be any simpler.

 

[combatwombat]

Bog plumbing is complete and pump is installed. Now I just need to open up an infiltration area in the cistern to complete the loop.

 

[GBBUDD]

You figured out the check valved or back feed you were getting i take it.

 

[combatwombat]

Nope. Check valve before pump and valve after it will take care of 99% of all scenarios. Last 1% will have to get figured out later. Gotta keep truckin.