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Old 21-07-2003, 02:52 PM
BenignVanilla
 
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Default If I Could Do it All Over...

"john rutz" wrote in message
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...have all of my plumbing enter the VF at the same location so I could

peel
the liner back to re-work the hole. Right now, I have a pipe on one end

and
on one side, so I can only peek it back so far.
...bury my plumbing much deeper and have it enter from the bottom of the
pond, so I could then have it go as high as I want, or keep it low.
...be careful not to contaminate my water with the surrounding clay as I
worked around the lined hole.
...spend more time working wrinkles, folds, etc. out of my liner.
...consider how hard it will be to work on the pond, with a 1/3 of it is
under a bunch of pine trees.
...I'd create more shelves at different depths, and make them totally

flat
instead of angled slightly towards the bottom drain. This would give me

more
choices in plant placement, and make maintenance much easier.
...use a level to check the bottom of the pond and make sure everything

is at the level-
slope you want and no unexpected humps found after the liner is in place

funny how dirt
can look level but the liner doesnt


I really thought we'd get a lot more additions to this list. I guess yer all
a bunch of perfect ponders eh? *Laugh* Oh well, back to my orange pond.

BV.