If I Could Do it All Over...
 

I'd...

....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.

Care to add to the list?

--
BenignVanilla
Pond Site: www.darofamily.com/jeff/links/mypond

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BenignVanilla wrote in message
...
I'd...

...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.

Care to add to the list?

And much, much bigger......

~Wilson~

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"BenignVanilla" wrote:

Care to add to the list?

More truckloads of clay out, a couple of topsoil in?

If I Could Do it All Over...
 

BenignVanilla wrote:
I'd...

...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.

Care to add to the list?

--
BenignVanilla
Pond Site: www.darofamily.com/jeff/links/mypond


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

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Good one!

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"John Hines" wrote in message
...
"BenignVanilla" wrote:

Care to add to the list?

More truckloads of clay out, a couple of topsoil in?

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"Just Me \"Koi\"" wrote:

Good one!

I actually feel sorry for him, with that much clay he is going to have a
hard time getting anything to grow.

Once a pond expands into multiple truckloads out/in, moving a couple of
extra yards of stuff isn't a problem.

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"john rutz" wrote in message
...
...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.

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Ok then, In all seriousness. I would move further south... for a
longer pond season in addition to buying a larger lot for larger
ponds.

If I Could Do it All Over...
 

Ok then, In all seriousness. I would move further south... for a
longer pond season in addition to buying a larger lot for larger
ponds.

If I Could Do it All Over...
 

Ok then, In all seriousness. I would move further south... for a
longer pond season in addition to buying a larger lot for larger
ponds.

If I Could Do it All Over...
 

John Hines wrote in message . ..
"BenignVanilla" wrote:

Care to add to the list?

More truckloads of clay out, a couple of topsoil in?

have a better understanding or how the bottom drain was supposed to go
in, so as not to waste the expensive sucker. Put more effort into
figuring out how to have a skimmer on an above ground installation.
Ann