Hello all from Seattle!
First post on here!
My wife and I recently ventured into the "pond life" and are in the midst of our pond build at the moment after a solid year plus of researching, reading, and finally deciding that it would be a cool, fun edition to the backyard, and something that we could tackle together. I've literally watched every Pond Digger video multiple times, and our pond mimics his 23 part series on ponds, but there were a few things he didn't cover.
We have done everything thus far ourselves, including excavation (by hand!), laying liner, sourcing rocks etc. We had purchased sort of a "all you need" pond kit from Half Off Ponds which included the 20'x20' underlayment and EPDM liner. Pond is abstract in shape, but is roughly 13'x9'.
So far we have excavated, pounded, have routed most of the plumbing, laid the underlayment and liner, and have began rocking in the pond.
So far it seems there are mixed reactions on rocking in the pond, but we love the way it looks and don't mind the additional work. I am at work right now, so don't have the pics to add (but will!), but had a few questions.
1. I am about 15 - 20' from my skimmer to my outside outlet. What is the best way to run the electrical for the "cleanest" look? from the skimmer to my outlet will be a direct shot, but will be over a future deck spot. I was just going to dig down 6-8" or so and put electrical through some pvc conduit to the outlet?
2. Pond lights, I have a three light system with transformer and solar timer. This came with my kit, and it is a little intimidating - do I run this with my pump power through the same conduit? Separate?
3. I have not attached the liner to the face plate of the skimmer or waterfall, and planned to do waterfall last after getting all of our larger rocks in place as to not pull the liner too taught and give ourselves some slack as we work from the inside of the pond out. Is that accurate?
First post on here!
My wife and I recently ventured into the "pond life" and are in the midst of our pond build at the moment after a solid year plus of researching, reading, and finally deciding that it would be a cool, fun edition to the backyard, and something that we could tackle together. I've literally watched every Pond Digger video multiple times, and our pond mimics his 23 part series on ponds, but there were a few things he didn't cover.
We have done everything thus far ourselves, including excavation (by hand!), laying liner, sourcing rocks etc. We had purchased sort of a "all you need" pond kit from Half Off Ponds which included the 20'x20' underlayment and EPDM liner. Pond is abstract in shape, but is roughly 13'x9'.
So far we have excavated, pounded, have routed most of the plumbing, laid the underlayment and liner, and have began rocking in the pond.
So far it seems there are mixed reactions on rocking in the pond, but we love the way it looks and don't mind the additional work. I am at work right now, so don't have the pics to add (but will!), but had a few questions.
1. I am about 15 - 20' from my skimmer to my outside outlet. What is the best way to run the electrical for the "cleanest" look? from the skimmer to my outlet will be a direct shot, but will be over a future deck spot. I was just going to dig down 6-8" or so and put electrical through some pvc conduit to the outlet?
2. Pond lights, I have a three light system with transformer and solar timer. This came with my kit, and it is a little intimidating - do I run this with my pump power through the same conduit? Separate?
3. I have not attached the liner to the face plate of the skimmer or waterfall, and planned to do waterfall last after getting all of our larger rocks in place as to not pull the liner too taught and give ourselves some slack as we work from the inside of the pond out. Is that accurate?
