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hi well i am thinking of putting a bakki shower with bhm on our pond this summer :shock: and using a pipe pump (30,000 l) to feed it and leaving the rest of my filters running as they are doing now i will leave the shower running 24/7 365 days but i am worried about heat loss in the winter the showe...

hi

has anyone used one of the pipe pumps thinking of using one to run a bakki shower.

lee

i have filled the pond and i have 1629 gallons including the filters.


lee

thanks jon

update

update on quarantine build should be ready for the glassing in a couple of days just waiting for the filler to dry on the kinspan and then tape the joints. thinking of doing my own fiberglassing :shock: have a friend from five acres koi who does glassing coming to start me off for the first hour or ...

hi gazza


3" on the bottom drain and rest is 2" for the returns etc.


lee

another option would put a t piece on the bottom drain pipe and have two systems


system 1 bottom drain eazypod then bead through heater over the top return.

system 2 bottom drain straight over the shower.


what do you think!!!


lee

hi justin & eds so your both saying ditch the bead filter go straght from the eazy pod over the shower this could be a option would only have to change a couple of pipes the finnished system should be around 1700 gallons. so what pump do you think i could use a sequence 12000 would this be ok af...

hi justin


i am using one line of filtration the pump will be a 10,000 litre i know this is not the required turnover for the shower but i want to save on the running cost's of the quarantine.


lee

hi gazza


think i am going to use bhm should be plenty of filltration on the new qt bottom drain to eazy pod then a biomax 25 bead filter then a shower.


lee

a big thanks for bob for making me (a northerner) a shower for my quarantine



lee

been busy making the new doors for the front of the quarantine.

hi jon no i am hopeing that the 6 feet 6" x 2 feet 6" window at the front of the garage will allow enought light in also the white upvc cladding should reflect the light back into the water if not i have a light just outside of the tank which i could put a daylight tube in i would not like...

hi bob

on the right hand wall as you look from the from were the viewing window is straght above the bead filter.



lee

hi gazza


yes the roof is going to have a layer of kingspan then some batten then upvc cladding also the back wall will be kingspan and cladding above the pond trying to make a room so i do not have to heat all of the garage!!

lee