disguising plumbing, electrical?

[rasta]

hey all

trying to draw on the collective wisdom of this group. i've envisioned
every aspect of my patio water garden/goldfish pond except this. i
plan on folding the liner under paving stones and putting pavers on
top to conceal the liner. this much i know. what's tripping me up is
how to disguise the discharge of the discharge and the power cord to
the submersible pump.

have read *lots* on the subject, but this is never addressed. how do
you guys do it?

the only way i can think of is to put the hose from the pump in pvc
between the bottom row of paving stones and put the cord in conduit in
the same fashion. the prob with this is the water would use this as a
conduit to wet the surrounding soil, which i want to avoid.

any solutions?

btw, this is an inground pond.

thanks to all for your patience helping a noob.

[Charles]

On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 14:45:40 -0600, rasta > wrote:

>hey all
>
>trying to draw on the collective wisdom of this group. i've envisioned
>every aspect of my patio water garden/goldfish pond except this. i
>plan on folding the liner under paving stones and putting pavers on
>top to conceal the liner. this much i know. what's tripping me up is
>how to disguise the discharge of the discharge and the power cord to
>the submersible pump.
>
>have read *lots* on the subject, but this is never addressed. how do
>you guys do it?
>
>the only way i can think of is to put the hose from the pump in pvc
>between the bottom row of paving stones and put the cord in conduit in
>the same fashion. the prob with this is the water would use this as a
>conduit to wet the surrounding soil, which i want to avoid.
>
>any solutions?
>
>btw, this is an inground pond.
>
>thanks to all for your patience helping a noob.


I buried a pipe under the rocks. Make sure the pump plug will go
through the pipe, so when the pump quits you can put in another one.


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- Charles
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[rasta]

On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 21:22:32 GMT, Charles >
wrote:

>I buried a pipe under the rocks. Make sure the pump plug will go
>through the pipe, so when the pump quits you can put in another one.

thanks for the response. once again i'm concerned about wetting the
surrounding area. how did you prevent this?

thanks again, noob (known in other ngs as rasta)

[Bonnie]

rasta wrote:

> any solutions?
>
> btw, this is an inground pond.
>

Plants will hide many things you want to hide in and around
the pond.

--
Bonnie
NJ
http://home.earthlink.net/~maebe43/

[Charles]

On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 16:23:31 -0600, rasta > wrote:

>On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 21:22:32 GMT, Charles >
>wrote:
>
>>I buried a pipe under the rocks. Make sure the pump plug will go
>>through the pipe, so when the pump quits you can put in another one.
>
>thanks for the response. once again i'm concerned about wetting the
>surrounding area. how did you prevent this?
>
>thanks again, noob (known in other ngs as rasta)


I don't, the pond drains until the water level is too low. I got to
thinking about this after I posted, I decided I am going to get a
sweep to put on the end of the pipe which will raise the end above the
desired water level. I have tried plumbers putty in the pipe, I
forget why that didn't work, it should have.


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- Charles
-
-does not play well with others

[Bob H]

I ran mine through a abs pipe which is at about a 25% angle with the lower
part in the water and the upper part a inch or 2 above the water level, that
way you have a open path to replace your pump should it fail and the water
does not run out because the open end it above water level....once you get
your stones and landscaping in place you will never see it....

"rasta" > wrote in message
...
> hey all
>
> trying to draw on the collective wisdom of this group. i've envisioned
> every aspect of my patio water garden/goldfish pond except this. i
> plan on folding the liner under paving stones and putting pavers on
> top to conceal the liner. this much i know. what's tripping me up is
> how to disguise the discharge of the discharge and the power cord to
> the submersible pump.
>
> have read *lots* on the subject, but this is never addressed. how do
> you guys do it?
>
> the only way i can think of is to put the hose from the pump in pvc
> between the bottom row of paving stones and put the cord in conduit in
> the same fashion. the prob with this is the water would use this as a
> conduit to wet the surrounding soil, which i want to avoid.
>
> any solutions?
>
> btw, this is an inground pond.
>
> thanks to all for your patience helping a noob.

[rasta]

On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 18:07:46 -0800, "Bob H"
> wrote:

>I ran mine through a abs pipe which is at about a 25% angle with the lower
>part in the water and the upper part a inch or 2 above the water level, that
>way you have a open path to replace your pump should it fail and the water
>does not run out because the open end it above water level....once you get
>your stones and landscaping in place you will never see it....

yes, i thought of angling upward after i posted this. seems logical.
as stated, i have a hundred things on my mind before digging the hole.
this was one of the few i didn't know the answer to at the time (i'm
sure there will be others as i finally do the dirt work).

like most those on this ng, the first will be a learning experince!
(haven't made the first yet, and the so is already talking about the
second one).

thanks, rasta