Re: If I Could Do it All Over...

[Wilson]

BenignVanilla > wrote in message
...
> I'd...
>
> ...have all of my plumbing enter the VF at the same location so I could
peel
> the liner back to re-work the hole. Right now, I have a pipe on one end
and
> on one side, so I can only peek it back so far.
> ...bury my plumbing much deeper and have it enter from the bottom of the
> pond, so I could then have it go as high as I want, or keep it low.
> ...be careful not to contaminate my water with the surrounding clay as I
> worked around the lined hole.
> ...spend more time working wrinkles, folds, etc. out of my liner.
> ...consider how hard it will be to work on the pond, with a 1/3 of it is
> under a bunch of pine trees.
> ...I'd create more shelves at different depths, and make them totally flat
> instead of angled slightly towards the bottom drain. This would give me
more
> choices in plant placement, and make maintenance much easier.
>
> Care to add to the list?

And much, much bigger......

~Wilson~

[John Hines]

"BenignVanilla" > wrote:

>Care to add to the list?

More truckloads of clay out, a couple of topsoil in?

[john rutz]

BenignVanilla wrote:
> I'd...
>
> ...have all of my plumbing enter the VF at the same location so I could peel
> the liner back to re-work the hole. Right now, I have a pipe on one end and
> on one side, so I can only peek it back so far.
> ...bury my plumbing much deeper and have it enter from the bottom of the
> pond, so I could then have it go as high as I want, or keep it low.
> ...be careful not to contaminate my water with the surrounding clay as I
> worked around the lined hole.
> ...spend more time working wrinkles, folds, etc. out of my liner.
> ...consider how hard it will be to work on the pond, with a 1/3 of it is
> under a bunch of pine trees.
> ...I'd create more shelves at different depths, and make them totally flat
> instead of angled slightly towards the bottom drain. This would give me more
> choices in plant placement, and make maintenance much easier.
>
> Care to add to the list?
>
> --
> BenignVanilla
> Pond Site: www.darofamily.com/jeff/links/mypond
>
>
> use a level to check the bottom of the pond and make sure everything is at the level- slope you want and no
unexpected humps found after the liner is in place funny how dirt can
look level but the liner doesnt

[Just Me \Koi\]

Good one!

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"John Hines" > wrote in message
...
> "BenignVanilla" > wrote:
>
> >Care to add to the list?
>
> More truckloads of clay out, a couple of topsoil in?

[Chad]

Ok then, In all seriousness. I would move further south... for a
longer pond season in addition to buying a larger lot for larger
ponds.

[ann in houston]

John Hines > wrote in message >...
> "BenignVanilla" > wrote:
>
> >Care to add to the list?
>
> More truckloads of clay out, a couple of topsoil in?

have a better understanding or how the bottom drain was supposed to go
in, so as not to waste the expensive sucker. Put more effort into
figuring out how to have a skimmer on an above ground installation.
Ann