waterfall rock

[REBEL JOE]

I'm am redoing my waterfall. Getting rid of the tub fall I have for
something more like nature. What is the best rock to use for a water
fall someone said not to use the gray slate. thanks for any help.



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[Lee B.]

Almost any rock will do, depending on whether or not you like the "stacked"
look of the flat rocks or the rounded look of other rocks. Either way,
you'll need a few LARGE pieces of flat rock to use as weirs (the flat stones
the water cascades off of). The reason why the use of slate was not given a
"rave" review is that some of it is actually shale, not slate. Shale isn't
too terribly removed from its oil deposit ancestry, and can leave a film on
your water. I'm really not sure how to differentiate between shale and
slate - maybe other folks have the same problem - and that's why they just
stay away from it. Also, the darker rocks have a tendency to show the water
scale more than lighter colored rocks, depending on how hard your source
water is.

Good luck -
Lee

"REBEL JOE" > wrote in message
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> I'm am redoing my waterfall. Getting rid of the tub fall I have for
> something more like nature. What is the best rock to use for a water
> fall someone said not to use the gray slate. thanks for any help.
>
>
>
> http://community.webtv.net/rebeljoe/POND
>

[Lee B.]

Almost any rock will do, depending on whether or not you like the "stacked"
look of the flat rocks or the rounded look of other rocks. Either way,
you'll need a few LARGE pieces of flat rock to use as weirs (the flat stones
the water cascades off of). The reason why the use of slate was not given a
"rave" review is that some of it is actually shale, not slate. Shale isn't
too terribly removed from its oil deposit ancestry, and can leave a film on
your water. I'm really not sure how to differentiate between shale and
slate - maybe other folks have the same problem - and that's why they just
stay away from it. Also, the darker rocks have a tendency to show the water
scale more than lighter colored rocks, depending on how hard your source
water is.

Good luck -
Lee

"REBEL JOE" > wrote in message
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> I'm am redoing my waterfall. Getting rid of the tub fall I have for
> something more like nature. What is the best rock to use for a water
> fall someone said not to use the gray slate. thanks for any help.
>
>
>
> http://community.webtv.net/rebeljoe/POND
>