Chasing a dream and attempting to lessen the number of pages in my HoneyDo NOVEL, I built a pond and a screen Gazebo for my wife and myself to enjoy on the hot evenings here. The Gazebo was built with a "promise" that one day I would get around to damming a granite gulley and making her a simple Goldfish and wading pond.
As luck would have it (Not), our daughter started dating a Shotcrete guy and now.... we have a huge hole waiting for sealing, pumps, filters, a stream on one side and a small waterfall on the other... and water, without so much as a shread of knowledge on how to accomplish same! I reached the end of the Net attempting to educate myself on all of these issues but ended with more questions than I started with!
The intent is to have this pond for water plants and a couple dozen cheap goldfish to keep the bugs at bay and create some interest. The deepest part is about 3.5-4 ft deep and then tapers up from there to create a 'walkout' exit for critters. At the very bottom of the deepest part I have a 2 "ID PVC pipe leading to the underside of the Gazebo. From the walkway passing over the pond to the top of the 'headwater holding pond' that will supply both the waterfalls and the small stream is about 18 feet in distance and the average depth under that bridge is about 1.5-2" deep. By rough estimate this will end up around 7000 gallons when at full capacity.
I need a 'Pond for Dummies' hand holding course where you folks can take the lead and say "First you start with...." and we head down the list. Heck, I need advise as to what section of the forum I should seek advise in?! PLEASE HELP, if this crazy thing holds water Kris may throw out the HD Novel and then I can have a life again!
Dave
As luck would have it (Not), our daughter started dating a Shotcrete guy and now.... we have a huge hole waiting for sealing, pumps, filters, a stream on one side and a small waterfall on the other... and water, without so much as a shread of knowledge on how to accomplish same! I reached the end of the Net attempting to educate myself on all of these issues but ended with more questions than I started with!
The intent is to have this pond for water plants and a couple dozen cheap goldfish to keep the bugs at bay and create some interest. The deepest part is about 3.5-4 ft deep and then tapers up from there to create a 'walkout' exit for critters. At the very bottom of the deepest part I have a 2 "ID PVC pipe leading to the underside of the Gazebo. From the walkway passing over the pond to the top of the 'headwater holding pond' that will supply both the waterfalls and the small stream is about 18 feet in distance and the average depth under that bridge is about 1.5-2" deep. By rough estimate this will end up around 7000 gallons when at full capacity.
I need a 'Pond for Dummies' hand holding course where you folks can take the lead and say "First you start with...." and we head down the list. Heck, I need advise as to what section of the forum I should seek advise in?! PLEASE HELP, if this crazy thing holds water Kris may throw out the HD Novel and then I can have a life again!
Dave