Personally I still prefer the Shade Sail - it is not harsh on the eye...... also there is very little to the installation - no welding over the water....... just drill a few holes, hammer in the rawl bolts and the worst is a bit of dust in the pond....

Even powder coating rusts over time..... and then what?

Bobby your house is modern.... so I would keep to the modern look...

I will also not advise covering the whole pond. Put a umbrella type thing in the front as you have in the back. Just cover 1/4 - 1/2 of your pond.

Julie you are right, bobby is a very modern guy...alles is glas en "minimalised"

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Thanks all, I will post when I get some drawings for forum to comment on. The aesthetics is very important to me.

I don't like the aluminum roof. It will darken and gets dirty over time and is hard to clean.
Just a thought. I see two sides of the pond wall (outer walls) could bake in the sun. I know the walls are thick but from past experience I know cement and bricks hold the heat, could this not be a factor in the water heating up?

The plants you have put there will help protect them from the sun in the near future.

your pic.. hope its okay to post again.
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Thanks Stumble
If I could only get this positive feedback and experience from suppliers. The one exuse after the other to come and quote, one company really started to interigate me to make sure that I am able to afford his product. Malmesbury is 55Km from Cape Town and business is very reluctant to provide a service.
I am sure they are all up to their eyballs in work. I have come accustomed to business taking me at face value and I enoy the challenge.
Well, I will have to leave now or I will be late for our monthly Koi meeting at the Dros. See you there WCKC

Hi All
A very so-so day has turned into a very cool day when the Koi in my new pond started to ask for food this morning. It looks like my pond is finally kicking in and I had to stop myself from enjoying to see them eating after the 4th time this morning.

Well, it is a bit cooler and water temp down to 24.1C. I hope this will continue and be the start of my new pond to settle in! All along they looked healthy and the water stats ok, but they did not want to feed.

This is the best therapy I could have received today and is very grateful to my babies.

wow thats good news.
How long has it been since you filled the pond?
Also remember to take pics. I always enjoy seeing new pics.

Hi Stumple, Koi went in on 22 DEC 2009

Here is my Koi playing and enjoying themselves tonight, 500g of clay was added to water yesterday afternoon.

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Haai Bobby

Ek is nie n boffin maar het darem al die goed gesien en gedoen.

Ek sou my pype onder die mesch in n sloot geplaas het, die pyp hoef net regtig mooi te seel waar dit deur jou vloer gan in die water in. Op die manier waar jy dit bo die mesh en in jou vloer plaas verswak jy die vloer in daardie area en kan hy moontlik daar kraak tydens die drogings proses.
In my opinie moet n sement vloer baie eweredig in dikte wees en geen skielike veranderings he nie dit maak net swak plekke.
Dink maar daaroor
Verder lyk alles baie goed.
Sterkte vorentoe.

Hi Neville
Ek is nie seker nie, maar as jy van die 110mm BD pype praat. Die mesh is gesny en die pyp in die middel geplaas, addisionel mesh is bo en onder vas gemaak en die concrete meer as 350mm dik. Die hoogte van BD vervaardig deur Wilpet is te min, tensy ek 90 bend sou insit om die pyp eers verder af te neem. EK hoop maar alles sal hou. Daar is darem heelwat damme almet hierdie tiepe BD's gebou

Hallo Bobby,

Impressive. Jy kan die visse maar opstuur Gauteng toe en 'n paar haaie daarin sit.

Hoor wat jy se, en met daardie dikte van vloer glo ek ook darem nie hy sal ooit kraak. Ek din jou eindproduk lyk baie goed hoor.

Bobby,

Wat het jy gebruik om doe pond mee te seel? Die sement deel. Jy het dit dalk al geskryf, maar 41 bladsye se lees gaan 'n tydjie neem. My dam lek nie behalwe vir die kraak, maar ek moet dit ten minste weer swart kry.

Smile daai visse of verbeel ek my ?

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Jy kan Como-dec daar by julle skakel, Kyk op hulle web site vir produk 23 Mabe
liene, ek is tot dusver baie tevrede daarmee. Jy kry dit in swart, verf redelik maklik aan en word baie gou hard.
Alvorens jy dit aanverf maak jy eers 'n paste van die produk en smeer dit in alle krakies en laste in jou pleister. Dit bestaan uit 'n poeier en 'n resin wat soos melk lyk wat jy 2 tot 1 meng.

Jy kan gerus Pieter se raad gebruik en Prostruct 67ns gebruik om alle pype te seel voor jy verf, dit word harder as concrete.

Ek het my venster suksesvol met prostruct 67ns en mabeliene geseel.

I tend to walk away, get involved and course major water level problems when re-filling my pond, it fills very fast and this should be possitive but this LG knows how to turn good into bad.

So this morning I had an auto re-fill system installed that the maximum and minimum levels can be set to the nearest cm or mm if needed.

The probe was installed through the cover of the skimmer and all tests done had a 100% result.

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Groen knoppie - Gooi die water.
Rooi knoppie - Stop die water.

Anders om Wayne groen knoppie isch vol en rooi hy soek juice

Feedback re my shade netting. Last week I contacted about 4-6 suppliers via their web sites and one arrived on Tuesday for a quote with a promise of a sketch in 2 days. Well Friday afternoon and sorry nothing further, our economy must be picking up and passing me by .

Sounds like the Western Cape is starting to become like the Eastern Cape.... Down here in PE you have to beg people to take your money. It seems like people have enough money and don't need more. People just don't seem to care about new business. I don't know what I missed because I was left out of that loop.

Awesome!!!!!

Modern, Neat, Proffesional.

That is how a 21st Century Koi engine room should look.



You have well and truly set the standards for how a modern pond should be built , look and fucntion.

Congrats on an awesome job Bobby!

My frustration to get my pond shaded lives on.

I received one quote for R14K telling me that others are rubbish, but he does not include detail of his products and demands 70% deposit and a contract that can put a Nedbank contract to shame.

The second quote also 4 days late for R28K. This is for a cantilever, similar to my back pond, but due to the positioning of ther swinging arm all the shade will be on my lawn.

This morning I received a full quote with pictures for R8.5k on sails. The only problem this company did not take the trouble to visit my premises, or call me, after my mail brief to them was that the aesthetics is very important to me.

Only 2 of the 7 companies I contacted off their Web Site picked up a phone and called me.

This shade industry must be making a packet

The installation of the door today made my pond now legal re the specs's as per local authorities building requirements.
The shade cover is still a nightmare. I was promised new Cantilever design on Monday.

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jy moet maar stickers plat arme honde gaan hulle moertoe hardloop teen daai deur