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I would agree with thorny,by saying having a skin of brickwork as it looks a lot better than rendered walls,but then its cost again.Have to disagree with throny when he said "the blockwork skins wont blow",well i hav had it happen to me.Dont forget brickwork stays 'green' for a few days. A...

Hi Chris,im a bricklayer and i would recommended laying the blocks on there sides as it makes it one solid wall.You can lay them as normal on the 4 inch side,but you would have to tie the 2 skins of block work together with butterfly ties.Butterfly ties arent cheap any more as they are stainless ste...

I would 100% recomend a sieve before a sieve if pulling water from a bottom drain. I have to say I think someeone may of been mis informed re sieve reducing flow. I think they are a great bit of kit. Fitted a few of these on pond builds in the past. If the customer wants a bead then I fit a sieve m...

Hi Mart,i have the aquamax 10 which pumps 3850 gallons per hour,i think.They recommended a aquamax 5 when i brought the system but decided to go bigger,just so it would turn the pond over nearly once every hour.The other reason being because im running a skimmer and i know the UV reduces the flow ra...

I have the aquadyne 2.2b and couldnt be happier :D .You will find with any bead filter,you will need a high power pump simply to force the water through the beads.I wouldnt bother with a sieve,as this will slow the flow rate down a lot.just go for a vortex to catch all the big stuff,so it stops the ...

At Omosako today after 'some' deliberation we purchased this shiro [img]http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k155/KOIBOY-greggharris/Japan/107-3.jpg[/img] there was also some larger koi [img]http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k155/KOIBOY-greggharris/Japan/117-3.jpg[/img] and [img]http://i87.photobucket...