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David Coetzee

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PostSubject: Re: Bobby's new pond   Bobby's new pond - Page 8 EmptySat Nov 07, 2009 10:09 am

Awesome stuff Bobby!!!! cyclops cyclops Shocked

Go big or go home!! and you aint going home, thats for sure.

lol!

Seriously though, looking pretty impressive there.

cheers cheers cheers cheers
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PostSubject: Re: Bobby's new pond   Bobby's new pond - Page 8 EmptySat Nov 07, 2009 10:23 am

Thanks David

It's cold in Malmesbury today, going to measure the filter levels today to get closer to final gravity level. Will first measure from center of skimmer to the filters to get a general water height.

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Weather permitting I will fix some more pipework over the weekend. Filter bay is slowly taking shape. I will need to make a plan soon to remove my other Pod filter from my one QT tank to install here running from the skimmer.

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PostSubject: Re: Bobby's new pond   Bobby's new pond - Page 8 EmptySat Nov 07, 2009 12:03 pm

Ek is so pas meegedeel dat ek die media in die trickle towers dalk verkeerd om ingesit het! Om alles nou weer aftehaal en weer oor te doen is beslis nie 'n lekker werk nie. Maar as dit moontlik verkeerd is dan sal dit my altyd pla.

Die patroon binne blokke loop met 'n 45 grade hoek, onder moet 2 regs middel 2 links en bo 2 regs gedraai word vir die water om heeltyd teen skuins hoek te loop. Nou ja ek sal moet afhaal en nagaan. Suspect
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PostSubject: Re: Bobby's new pond   Bobby's new pond - Page 8 EmptySat Nov 07, 2009 6:10 pm

Can't u use a ladder, and redo it from the top while it is in place?
Obviously with some helpers.
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PostSubject: Re: Bobby's new pond   Bobby's new pond - Page 8 EmptySun Nov 08, 2009 5:05 pm

It looks like the rain have given me a brake this week-end and will also effect next week's build. Need 3 more days for the wet-work to be completed, then start to get the plastering and wall cladding going.
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PostSubject: Re: Bobby's new pond   Bobby's new pond - Page 8 EmptyMon Nov 09, 2009 7:20 pm

Fixed the trickle towers installed and completed pipework, It was music to my ears when the water dropped into the concrete pond ex gravity fed towers, also tested the Trickle purge pipe into the filter chamber. With the rain we could only manage 4 more layers of brick above pond level.
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PostSubject: Re: Bobby's new pond   Bobby's new pond - Page 8 EmptyMon Nov 09, 2009 8:06 pm

My Venster Al Daar??
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PostSubject: Re: Bobby's new pond   Bobby's new pond - Page 8 EmptyMon Nov 09, 2009 8:13 pm

Hou jou maar reg, oefen so bietjie met gewigte, so 170 kg, jy sal hom een van die dae kan insit, ek soek geen verskonings nie. Laughing
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PostSubject: Re: Bobby's new pond   Bobby's new pond - Page 8 EmptyTue Nov 10, 2009 12:59 pm

Trickle Tower connections (Collin connections) The Channel under the gravity fed pipe will also be the filter entrance bulkhead.

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The second gravity connection to pond. Still need to do cleaning and filling.

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PostSubject: Re: Bobby's new pond   Bobby's new pond - Page 8 EmptyTue Nov 10, 2009 3:12 pm

That UNION and 45 degree BENDS ARE HUGE!
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PostSubject: Re: Bobby's new pond   Bobby's new pond - Page 8 EmptyTue Nov 10, 2009 8:08 pm

Jan, hier is die moeilikheid nou, ek sal 'n haas uit die hoed moet trek om die muur te laat inpas. Gladding, stene, blombak, stoep, plante ens. My kinders kom naweek vanaf George kuier, skoondogter is 'n argitek, sy sal moet kom red wat daar te redde is. Embarassed

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PostSubject: Re: Bobby's new pond   Bobby's new pond - Page 8 EmptyTue Nov 10, 2009 10:16 pm

hell dit gaan goed lyk ek is al meer opgewonde s jy!
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PostSubject: Re: Bobby's new pond   Bobby's new pond - Page 8 EmptyWed Nov 11, 2009 1:05 am

I am following this build with "great expectation" Bobby. This is going to be stunning! The concerns about the aesthetic are unfounded, and I'm sure your daughter / architect will concur. Can't wait to see the finished pond!
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PostSubject: Re: Bobby's new pond   Bobby's new pond - Page 8 EmptyWed Nov 11, 2009 7:23 am

Thanks Jack, The pond especially the filter chamber is everything I wanted, my concern is the big flat outside wall effecting the aesthetic of my property. I hope you are right that one would be able to turn this into a positive. The concrete blocks are not helping at this point in time.
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PostSubject: Re: Bobby's new pond   Bobby's new pond - Page 8 EmptyWed Nov 11, 2009 7:36 am

More Bobby
Die muur om die dam is hoer as wat ek gevisualiseer het ek dink die glas reeling is nie nodig nie. Die dam van jou lyk uitstekend. ‘n Kombinasie van klip en siersteen sal goed werk, jou skoondogter sal sekerlik help. Een ding moet jy onthou; as jy in Gauteng gebly het sou jy in ieder geval meer muur en ook ‘n verskriklike hek voor jou huis gehad het met selfs miskien nog ‘n sekuriteits wag in ‘n zo-zo hut ook! So troos jou daaraan.
Alles werk mooi.
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PostSubject: Re: Bobby's new pond   Bobby's new pond - Page 8 EmptyWed Nov 11, 2009 8:05 am

Dankie, Jan jou sekerheids verklaring laat my sommer baie beter voel.
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PostSubject: Re: Bobby's new pond   Bobby's new pond - Page 8 EmptyWed Nov 11, 2009 8:18 am

Concrete blad is gegooi vir Nexus se finale staanplek, indien die weer ons toelaat sal ons vandag die staanplek van die 2 pods gooi. Ek is baie opgewonde oor filter bay, hoop net alles gaan werk soos beplan.affraid

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PostSubject: Re: Bobby's new pond   Bobby's new pond - Page 8 EmptyWed Nov 11, 2009 8:22 am

Quote :
That UNION and 45 degree BENDS ARE HUGE!

Wait for the 110 ball valve on Nexus
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PostSubject: Re: Bobby's new pond   Bobby's new pond - Page 8 EmptyWed Nov 11, 2009 8:25 am

Another view from the filter side.

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PostSubject: Re: Bobby's new pond   Bobby's new pond - Page 8 EmptyWed Nov 11, 2009 8:30 am

On the last pic you will see the white gutter pipe going underground, all the the gutter pipes from the area and rain water is diverted to the filter sump below grid.
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PostSubject: Re: Bobby's new pond   Bobby's new pond - Page 8 EmptyWed Nov 11, 2009 4:10 pm

Eugen wrote:
hell dit gaan goed lyk ek is al meer opgewonde s jy!

Ek sal relax as die venster in is sonder om te lek! en sonder dat Eugen kom stamp. affraid Die weer het vandag weer die bouers wegejaag.
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PostSubject: Re: Bobby's new pond   Bobby's new pond - Page 8 EmptyWed Nov 11, 2009 4:54 pm

Bobby, ek weet ek skryf ‘n klomp gemors op die forum, maar dit is my manier van dinge leer. Ek glo die skoondogter sal goeie advies kan gee en aangesien jy alles perfek doen tot dusver glo ek nie dat jy fout sal maak in jou besluite nie, en dat dam meer as pragtig sal lyk.

Wat van die volgende voorstel?

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Met die laer muur kan jy visse dop hou van garage se dak af, en selfs van die trappe af wat lei na die voordeur toe.

Dam vorder mooi en my opinie is dat almal op die forum dit elke dag met spanning dophou.
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PostSubject: Re: Bobby's new pond   Bobby's new pond - Page 8 EmptyWed Nov 11, 2009 5:29 pm

Nee wat Maruis jy skryf nie gemors nie en ek is maar te bly vir enige kommentaar al gee dit net bevestiging wat ek beoog om te doen.

Die blombak voor is wat ek beplan, die hoogte van muur is maar 'n munisipale ooreenkoms. Die dam is heel sigbaar vanaf stoep, ek sal net die stene bo-op ook moet afwerk. Ek is verbaas (nie so beplan) die sig op die dam vanaf stoep binne in sitkamer en oppad na kombuis verby trappe ooral sigbaar. Ek het vanmiddag in 'n ander stoel in sitkamer gaan sit en kon vanuit stoel 'n goeie meter rondom die skimmer sien, natuurlik vanaf my nuwe kantoortjie kan ek alles en ook deur venster sien. Ek is regtig verbaas uit hoe baie hoeke vanuit die huis die visse sal sigbaar wees. Die dam voel reeds deel van die huis. Nou ja die buite mure is nie so lekker nie an ek hoop om dit esteties beter te laat lyk.

Die muur waar jy die glas teken wil ek dalk my stoep met 'n landing laat vergroot wat dan spasie teen die muur sal opneem en hopenlik die muur bietjie breek en minder groot sal laat lyk.
My kinders moet nou kom se wat moet siersteen en wat kan met cladding gedoen kan word.
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PostSubject: Re: Bobby's new pond   Bobby's new pond - Page 8 EmptyWed Nov 11, 2009 5:36 pm

Die stoep gedeelte klink na briljante idee. Nooit daaraan gedink nie en behoort puik saam met dam te lyk
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PostSubject: Re: Bobby's new pond   Bobby's new pond - Page 8 EmptyWed Nov 11, 2009 5:42 pm

The one thing that surprise me is the few questions about my filter chamber. Has all the SF's given up to convert me? geek This area was really designed for a LG. drunken I cannot wait to play with the valves and do regular water changes with so little effort. Sleep
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