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Pond shelters
I live on the side of a mountain, so one day I might weir my snowmelt
creek to make a pond, but the downside is that it would get flushed routinely (snowmelt, rainfall etc). In the meantime, I live vicariously through my friend's pond, a modest 50,000g construction ;~). Every year they invent a new roof, and they are not getting better at it. This year's pond roof was grey PVC poles, spaced at about 6 feet, connected together to make a large oval roof structure, then covered by a plastic sheet. Inside, they occasionally run a gas-fired campfire, and it's quite pleasantly mild inside (tall enough to walk around the pond). It looked great, well... it technically looked very functional, like a white carport for a Sherman tank in your backyard ;~). However, winter here (Ottawa Canada) has become milder, resulting in freezing rain conditions. Their roof collapsed 4 times this year (was removed in Feb. after the last time). They have asked me to help design next year's roof. The criteria is that it be completely removable and easily stored in the summer. Structurally, it would benefit from 1 (or even 3) centre posts, but these posts would be above the pond. I've been thinking of a floating barge-type structure (wood and styrofoam), anchored by rope to 4 sides of the pond. This would be the base of the centre pole. I would re-use their grey pvc pole idea (economical and breaks down easily for storage), but I need to tie them to each other (during ice load, they slid together, and leaned over). Perhaps metal rings and ropes? It's difficult to access them when they are up. Alternately, some sort of an inflatable structure in a dark color, so if there is an ice sheet, it will melt off faster. Could someone send me some links or ideas. I heard this was a good place for pond information again ;~). -- www.NetMax.tk |
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