link to my build is here in the photos section
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so far i had a union joint to one of the porch scuppers that wasn't tight. I had to trim the female end of it down by 3/4" to fit it and the other couplings between a couple of joists... fixed that leak
the bulkhead on my hdx bin leaked because of what appears to be the sticker lol... vinyl sticker had thickness and was slippery, plus my 3" matala valve was unsupported... bricked and shimmed that up so it's not pulling on the hdx bin wall. that was leaking a stream of water
next i need to check the bulkhead at the pond which is only on the liner not the mortar.
there's a total of 8 waterfalls, and 2 of them splash a lot of water.
my head losses are far less than computed and I've got just about double the pump I need with a 2" valve throttling it down to almost 50%. Long term i will use that by running a fountain in the pond but for now, I bought the atlantic controller to cut the pump speed by 40% and run the valve wide open.
It's hard to tell where this 9 gallons is going so I'm going to check the pond to siphon 3" bulkhead. I can't stand seaming and didn't do an immaculate job, I'm sure there's some losses on the 4 seams in the stream.
tonight i'll shut off the scuppers and see if the pond draws down on it's own.
apologies on the long post but i suspect diy'ers "get it" lol. I did a few of this in the late 90's with a landscape company but they were straight forward submersible deals with a 1 piece liner.... that's about as simple as it gets and this is not a gigantic masterpiece of rock placement but the canals and routing is tricky.
check out the photos in link.... i'm taking 800sf of roof which is about 500 gallons per inch of rain "ish" lol.
appreciate any comments and thoughts, I've read a bunch of losing water posts and get the gist that 9 gallons an hour seems like a lot, but it's circumstantial.
Canals, Stream, CMU, Brick, call the romans
dual function circulate 3000gph remove 800sf of roof water from running down foundations (no gutters and we don't want them) the basins around the porch take the 800sf. complicate ordeal here pump->filter->scuppers->basins->canals->stream->pond->3" siphon pipe->intake bay (77gal hdx)->pump 2"...
so far i had a union joint to one of the porch scuppers that wasn't tight. I had to trim the female end of it down by 3/4" to fit it and the other couplings between a couple of joists... fixed that leak
the bulkhead on my hdx bin leaked because of what appears to be the sticker lol... vinyl sticker had thickness and was slippery, plus my 3" matala valve was unsupported... bricked and shimmed that up so it's not pulling on the hdx bin wall. that was leaking a stream of water
next i need to check the bulkhead at the pond which is only on the liner not the mortar.
there's a total of 8 waterfalls, and 2 of them splash a lot of water.
my head losses are far less than computed and I've got just about double the pump I need with a 2" valve throttling it down to almost 50%. Long term i will use that by running a fountain in the pond but for now, I bought the atlantic controller to cut the pump speed by 40% and run the valve wide open.
It's hard to tell where this 9 gallons is going so I'm going to check the pond to siphon 3" bulkhead. I can't stand seaming and didn't do an immaculate job, I'm sure there's some losses on the 4 seams in the stream.
tonight i'll shut off the scuppers and see if the pond draws down on it's own.
apologies on the long post but i suspect diy'ers "get it" lol. I did a few of this in the late 90's with a landscape company but they were straight forward submersible deals with a 1 piece liner.... that's about as simple as it gets and this is not a gigantic masterpiece of rock placement but the canals and routing is tricky.
check out the photos in link.... i'm taking 800sf of roof which is about 500 gallons per inch of rain "ish" lol.
appreciate any comments and thoughts, I've read a bunch of losing water posts and get the gist that 9 gallons an hour seems like a lot, but it's circumstantial.
. found the hole was slightly too big for the mpt side of bulkhead, put a patch over it an recut the hole. it’s seeping a little bit of water but much better.
