First attempt at a large pond

[GBBUDD]

Thank you hoping to create my own littlenl slice of paradise. Still a few years out nut making great progress.

I'm guessing Colorado?

 

[addy1]

So pretty!

 

[Telion]

I'm guessing Colorado?

Great guess I was thinking those look like the Rockies in the pics yesterday but it is Utah.

 

[Telion]

My poor plants that I am growing for my bog are starting to suffer so I figured I bettrr get moving on it. So I picked up a truck bed full of 3/8" pea gravel and that made me push even harder to get it done the back half of the truck looks like it is in pain.

Should be able to get all the plumbing glued and start off loading the pea gravel by tomorrow. And yes thats carpet lol no since in letting crappy carpet go to waste. I also ran into a little piping situation, turns out the fill line for the pond and one of the sprinkler lines ran right through the middle of where I put the bog so I had to get creative with piping it, should be okay though. I also didn't go as deep ad I initially wanted but as far as surface area goes I went a little larger than I originally planned so I hope that will offset the depth. Though not so much on this forum there seems to he controversy as to the best depth of the bog anyway.

 

[GBBUDD]

Looks like this has been your very busy week. IT's looking good!!! I have a question what brand of liner did you go with I though I had read that it was anjon but I just re read the posts and saw it was an anjon pump you had mentioned and not the liner.

 

[Telion]

Thank you, trying to play catch up lol. The bog liner is 45mil Firestone epdm. The pond liner is 45mil Anjon epdm, the pump is also Anjon.

 

[Telion]

Pushed hard today to get more done on the bog. Got all the piping glued and the cuts for the water dispersement. Got the sump pump cleanout in place just about finished loading all the pea gravel in there.

 

[addy1]

nice

 

[j.w]

Coming right along and Hi back to the little pipe guy

 

[cas]

Coming right along and Hi back to the little pipe guy

I didn't see that at first!

 

[ShawnInfirmity]

I was wondering why it looked like he had a Buzz Lightyear toy stuffed into the pipe... Perhaps to keep things from going down inside it??

 

[RobAmy]

@ShawnInfirmity Simple really he loves his pond to Infinity and beyond

 

[ShawnInfirmity]

Bahahaha, good one @RobAmy !

 

[GBBUDD]

If Telion was working on his pond all day like I was and is half as tired i'd be willing to bet he'd rather put a little hair spray in the pipe and light it and send buz to infinity.

 

[Telion]

I didn't see that at first!

Hahaha yeah that was Buzz keeping the pipes clear while I shoveled