"San Diego Joe" wrote in message
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"Snooze" wrote:

"SC guy" wrote in message
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Anyone have experience with this topic

They made one a while ago on one of those home restoration in under a
week
type of shows. They put a small preformed pond in the ground, filled it
with
gravel and ran the water fall into that with the pump buried in the
gravel
somewhere.

My only concern is depending on hw it's designed, it might only work
well
when new, in a few months or years it might be unfunctional.

Some things to consider.
1: algae and moss. Unless chlorine tablets are regularly used the water
feature would quickly turn into a green algae pit.
Yes, that would be a must

2: how do you clean it? moss/algae and dirt and leaves that build up in
the
gravel over time.
3: routine maintenance? Clearing the pump intake? Replacing the pump?
The way I've seen them done is with some stones over heavy duty screening
placed over some concrete reinforcing. The layer of stones is only deep
enough to make it look real.


I did one a few years ago and it worked great until this year I dismantled
it for a real pond.....I sunk a 20 preform and lined the outside with rocks
then placed a bbq grate over the top and covered with polished stone to hide
completely. I then added or reduced the water inside to adjust the noise
level. Works great!

Dave