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by dave339
Wed Apr 08, 2009 10:22 pm
Forum: Pond Construction and Pond Gizmo's And DIY bits and pieces
Topic: Shower Help
Replies: 9
Views: 12480

Re: Shower Help

Gazza, I installed a shower about 3 weeks ago. It’s set up remotely in my shed with 70Kgs BHM (don’t let the wife know how much it cost) and gets 3500g from the skimmer and 3000g from my Nexus 300 for a 6000g pond. The return is gravity fed back to the pond and the shower sits in a plastic tank, wit...
by dave339
Wed May 23, 2007 5:04 pm
Forum: Pond Construction and Pond Gizmo's And DIY bits and pieces
Topic: Insulation That Can Be Fibreglassed???
Replies: 15
Views: 24664

I’m not sure if this is the same type of foam that Maurice used, but this company are selling DIY spray foam kits that might be useful if you have a smaller pond to insulate?

http://www.spray-insulation.co.uk/

Has anyone tried them?

Dave.
by dave339
Mon Apr 23, 2007 6:02 pm
Forum: Pond Construction and Pond Gizmo's And DIY bits and pieces
Topic: Pond base strength – Help required
Replies: 20
Views: 24869

Thanks all for your help and advice. The structural engineer visited today with a Council Building Control Officer. To be fair to them their advice was useful and we have agreed to install some extra steelwork in the backfill between our properties. I agreed rather than discussing it further as for ...
by dave339
Fri Apr 20, 2007 7:09 pm
Forum: Pond Construction and Pond Gizmo's And DIY bits and pieces
Topic: Pond base strength – Help required
Replies: 20
Views: 24869

There will be a hole full of wet cement when he arrives....could be tempting :lol:
by dave339
Fri Apr 20, 2007 6:40 pm
Forum: Pond Construction and Pond Gizmo's And DIY bits and pieces
Topic: Pond base strength – Help required
Replies: 20
Views: 24869

Thanks for your replies. My neighbour has booked a structural engineer to take a look next week to give his assessment…so who knows what he will ask for, but they have agreed for me to be there so I will hear it first hand. More importantly I’m installing the bottom drain pipe work tomo...
by dave339
Fri Apr 20, 2007 11:04 am
Forum: Pond Construction and Pond Gizmo's And DIY bits and pieces
Topic: Pond base strength – Help required
Replies: 20
Views: 24869

Pond base strength – Help required

I’m in the process of building my new pond which will be 12x12x6ft and have just completed the digging out. My neighbour has raised some concerns that the base will not be strong enough to cope with the weight of the water and that it may fail and leak onto his property. The base will be 1ft ...