After leaving behind a 250 gal pond at my wife's house, we knew that we wanted a pond at the new house. We saved our pennies and are now underway...
The back yard is long and narrow because of the shape of our typical city lots and has a left to right slope. My wife is an avid gardener and found the space to be a bit amorphous, so we decided a pond would be the perfect feature to help "break-up" the space.
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Our house is modern style architecture, so I wanted to do something linear and partially above ground for seating (and to keep the dogs from swimming). It will be 6'x16'x3' concrete block about half underground and half above.
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So here are the bones. Because it sits all by itself in the yard, I am in for some real challenges when it comes to the mechanical elements. Life is an adventure!
I really enjoy watching the progress of others projects and look forward to posting mine as it moves along. It's great to share what worked and what didn't for the benefit of the next builder and to get some friendly advice before I drive the car into the ditch!
JP
The back yard is long and narrow because of the shape of our typical city lots and has a left to right slope. My wife is an avid gardener and found the space to be a bit amorphous, so we decided a pond would be the perfect feature to help "break-up" the space.
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Our house is modern style architecture, so I wanted to do something linear and partially above ground for seating (and to keep the dogs from swimming). It will be 6'x16'x3' concrete block about half underground and half above.
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So here are the bones. Because it sits all by itself in the yard, I am in for some real challenges when it comes to the mechanical elements. Life is an adventure!
I really enjoy watching the progress of others projects and look forward to posting mine as it moves along. It's great to share what worked and what didn't for the benefit of the next builder and to get some friendly advice before I drive the car into the ditch!
JP