Hello again,
Making way on pond/bog revamp but questions for tips/thoughts on where I'm headed with ideas. I am - NEW - so feel free to point out whatever.
Inherited and found a leak, fixing liner and hopefully attaching more liner as I expand it a bit. does it matter how I seal the liner to a new liner piece and how do I tell the difference between them or do the sealants work with each type? I know there is the seal guide but I'm unsure of my current liner type.
Have a laguna pump inside a plastic guard. I'm removing the skimmer box entirely as it annoys me and likely source of leaks. Think of the skimmer area - think of it removed. There will still be a ring of dirt around outside with the plants, but the skimmer will leave a hole when removed. making it a bit bigger... About 12" down will be a shelf, 18" from that will be a hole. On the shelf will be a flagstone covering the ~2' tier/hole. Inside the bottom 18" hole on a paver raising it up will be the pump.
Another issue I ran into: there is a small walking bridge. I lifted the bridge...the liner is nearly flat. No doubt water runs over the sides. I have to redo this, it's the river area that connects the water entrance spillway and the main pond water.
I first thought about digging it deeper but also figured we'd add a small water fall possibly instead of the tiny pond which starts the system. If I added this , I'd raise some of the river to increase the grade and made it so I need to dig less under the bridge when it comes time.
The blue lines are the area where the waterfall'y thing would go.
There's about 3-4 feet I can expand the mount back to the walk way, so the mound wouldn't be much higher. Thought of having a spillway come in perpendicular and then it diverts down the river way.
Question: I dont have underground pipes or anything fancy -at all-. Just a pump and black tubing. If I use foam along w/ the liner, can I devise my own waterfall spill way without the huge plastic waterfall aparatus?
this is the tubing water enters the small pool by (usually covered by rocks).
Lastly, I need much more shelf room for plants. (I'm working my way down, need to redo, redig, and make shelves)
I plan to expand this area back and keep it about 6-8" deep for lots of room for plants. I figure the water entering from the river way would circulate past it and take up some of the nutrients. OK idea?
Making way on pond/bog revamp but questions for tips/thoughts on where I'm headed with ideas. I am - NEW - so feel free to point out whatever.
Inherited and found a leak, fixing liner and hopefully attaching more liner as I expand it a bit. does it matter how I seal the liner to a new liner piece and how do I tell the difference between them or do the sealants work with each type? I know there is the seal guide but I'm unsure of my current liner type.
Have a laguna pump inside a plastic guard. I'm removing the skimmer box entirely as it annoys me and likely source of leaks. Think of the skimmer area - think of it removed. There will still be a ring of dirt around outside with the plants, but the skimmer will leave a hole when removed. making it a bit bigger... About 12" down will be a shelf, 18" from that will be a hole. On the shelf will be a flagstone covering the ~2' tier/hole. Inside the bottom 18" hole on a paver raising it up will be the pump.
Another issue I ran into: there is a small walking bridge. I lifted the bridge...the liner is nearly flat. No doubt water runs over the sides. I have to redo this, it's the river area that connects the water entrance spillway and the main pond water.
I first thought about digging it deeper but also figured we'd add a small water fall possibly instead of the tiny pond which starts the system. If I added this , I'd raise some of the river to increase the grade and made it so I need to dig less under the bridge when it comes time.
The blue lines are the area where the waterfall'y thing would go.
There's about 3-4 feet I can expand the mount back to the walk way, so the mound wouldn't be much higher. Thought of having a spillway come in perpendicular and then it diverts down the river way.
Question: I dont have underground pipes or anything fancy -at all-. Just a pump and black tubing. If I use foam along w/ the liner, can I devise my own waterfall spill way without the huge plastic waterfall aparatus?
this is the tubing water enters the small pool by (usually covered by rocks).
Lastly, I need much more shelf room for plants. (I'm working my way down, need to redo, redig, and make shelves)
I plan to expand this area back and keep it about 6-8" deep for lots of room for plants. I figure the water entering from the river way would circulate past it and take up some of the nutrients. OK idea?
