Leave and debris screen for pond

On Fri, 05 Sep 2003 00:48:51 GMT, ~ jan JJsPond.us
wrote:

I think you could drop the price by having folks go buy their own PVC or at
least give the option of buying the screening only? Btw, a black screen
would be easier to see through. ~ jan



I took your advice and am now offering lower priced kits. The buyers
would get some of their own PVC materials. I supply the mesh net,
fittings and fasteners plus a build plan, of course.

The reasons a

Mesh net - I am buying rolls of 150 yards long by 12 feet wide. That
way, up to 10' wide frames have a single, solid piece - no joints and
no gaps. The only way to get this is direct from the factory.

Fittings (PVC angles, tees, etc) - some of these must be bored out and
drilled for easy disassembly and subsequent reassembly. I presume
that folks want to store it away when not in use, not just leave it
up. If you use PVC adhesive you are stuck with a bulky frame. Since
I am set up to do the boring and drilling, why not do that?

The fasteners are a special Velcro product that mounts nicely to the
mesh and then straps around the frame. This product (MVA #8 in Velcro
talk) is not available retail. So, I am buying from a Velcro
distributor. This is a real nice, clean fastening system.

Thanks for your input. Folks can buy the full system partially
assembled or a kit as described above. Cool.

John
See the pond leaf & debris screen at
www.anatekcorp.com/garden/pondscreen.htm

John,

I think that's great! I am saving your website for future reference.
~ jan )

On Fri, 05 Sep 2003 11:47:53 -0400, John Bachman wrote:

I took your advice and am now offering lower priced kits. The buyers
would get some of their own PVC materials. I supply the mesh net,
fittings and fasteners plus a build plan, of course.

The reasons a

Mesh net - I am buying rolls of 150 yards long by 12 feet wide. That
way, up to 10' wide frames have a single, solid piece - no joints and
no gaps. The only way to get this is direct from the factory.

Fittings (PVC angles, tees, etc) - some of these must be bored out and
drilled for easy disassembly and subsequent reassembly. I presume
that folks want to store it away when not in use, not just leave it
up. If you use PVC adhesive you are stuck with a bulky frame. Since
I am set up to do the boring and drilling, why not do that?

The fasteners are a special Velcro product that mounts nicely to the
mesh and then straps around the frame. This product (MVA #8 in Velcro
talk) is not available retail. So, I am buying from a Velcro
distributor. This is a real nice, clean fastening system.

Thanks for your input. Folks can buy the full system partially
assembled or a kit as described above. Cool.

John
See the pond leaf & debris screen at
www.anatekcorp.com/garden/pondscreen.htm



See my ponds and filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
To e-mail see website

John,

I think that's great! I am saving your website for future reference.
~ jan )

On Fri, 05 Sep 2003 11:47:53 -0400, John Bachman wrote:

I took your advice and am now offering lower priced kits. The buyers
would get some of their own PVC materials. I supply the mesh net,
fittings and fasteners plus a build plan, of course.

The reasons a

Mesh net - I am buying rolls of 150 yards long by 12 feet wide. That
way, up to 10' wide frames have a single, solid piece - no joints and
no gaps. The only way to get this is direct from the factory.

Fittings (PVC angles, tees, etc) - some of these must be bored out and
drilled for easy disassembly and subsequent reassembly. I presume
that folks want to store it away when not in use, not just leave it
up. If you use PVC adhesive you are stuck with a bulky frame. Since
I am set up to do the boring and drilling, why not do that?

The fasteners are a special Velcro product that mounts nicely to the
mesh and then straps around the frame. This product (MVA #8 in Velcro
talk) is not available retail. So, I am buying from a Velcro
distributor. This is a real nice, clean fastening system.

Thanks for your input. Folks can buy the full system partially
assembled or a kit as described above. Cool.

John
See the pond leaf & debris screen at
www.anatekcorp.com/garden/pondscreen.htm



See my ponds and filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
To e-mail see website

On Fri, 05 Sep 2003 00:48:51 GMT, ~ jan JJsPond.us
wrote:

I think you could drop the price by having folks go buy their own PVC or at
least give the option of buying the screening only? Btw, a black screen
would be easier to see through. ~ jan



I took your advice and am now offering lower priced kits. The buyers
would get some of their own PVC materials. I supply the mesh net,
fittings and fasteners plus a build plan, of course.

The reasons a

Mesh net - I am buying rolls of 150 yards long by 12 feet wide. That
way, up to 10' wide frames have a single, solid piece - no joints and
no gaps. The only way to get this is direct from the factory.

Fittings (PVC angles, tees, etc) - some of these must be bored out and
drilled for easy disassembly and subsequent reassembly. I presume
that folks want to store it away when not in use, not just leave it
up. If you use PVC adhesive you are stuck with a bulky frame. Since
I am set up to do the boring and drilling, why not do that?

The fasteners are a special Velcro product that mounts nicely to the
mesh and then straps around the frame. This product (MVA #8 in Velcro
talk) is not available retail. So, I am buying from a Velcro
distributor. This is a real nice, clean fastening system.

Thanks for your input. Folks can buy the full system partially
assembled or a kit as described above. Cool.

John
See the pond leaf & debris screen at
www.anatekcorp.com/garden/pondscreen.htm

I think you could drop the price by having folks go buy their own PVC or at
least give the option of buying the screening only? Btw, a black screen
would be easier to see through. ~ jan


On Thu, 04 Sep 2003 10:41:04 -0400, John Bachman wrote:

Yikes! I seem to be in the pond screen business.

I searched around for a screen to put on my pond this fall but could
not find a suitable one. So I built one. Other people asked me to
make one for them so I did. I made design improvements as I went
along, making it easy to disassemble for storage, easy to clean, etc.

The next thing you know I am in business. The company I work for gave
me a corner of their www site to display the screen and even will
process the orders for me.

Take a look at my design at www.anatekcorp.com/garden/pondscreen.htm
and see what you think. I would be interested in your comments.

John


See my ponds and filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
To e-mail see website