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Ideas for Facing a Waterfall
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My pond will have a waterfall that comes over a 32" high retaining wall. After the liner goes over the wall, any ideas on how I hide the liner with a 32 drop? I could pile rocks, but that's a big pile (and it will look like a pile of rocks). How do I make it look natural? TIA! |
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Ideas for Facing a Waterfall
Hmmm . . . how about just having a large weir that puts the water in one
sheet to the pond level? If it's 10-12" away from the wall itself, it shouldn't leak. Or am I missing something here? Lee "Lynn Strickland" wrote in message arthlink.net... Hi - My pond will have a waterfall that comes over a 32" high retaining wall. After the liner goes over the wall, any ideas on how I hide the liner with a 32 drop? I could pile rocks, but that's a big pile (and it will look like a pile of rocks). How do I make it look natural? TIA! |
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Ideas for Facing a Waterfall
"Lynn Strickland" wrote in message arthlink.net... Hi - My pond will have a waterfall that comes over a 32" high retaining wall. After the liner goes over the wall, any ideas on how I hide the liner with a 32 drop? I could pile rocks, but that's a big pile (and it will look like a pile of rocks). How do I make it look natural? TIA! You may want to look into culture rock. There is a company that makes fake rock wall material. Seems to be ultra durrable. You will find it at you local building supply. About $50 per box (10 square feet). Comes in a variety of types (flat stacked rock, boulders, bricks..._ Carl -- -- http://www.cobaltbluefilms.com |
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Ideas for Facing a Waterfall
I did the stacked rocks thing... I only had to cover 2 1/2 concrete
blocks and not very wide.. about 20 inches drop on the largest fall. I built from the bottom up, in a U shape to minimize the splash. Then, I backfilled the liner with dirt to add stability to the stacked rocks and encourage the water come over them instead of behind them. In addition, I cut a small piece of liner that is weighted down with river rock and overlaps the top rock on the waterfall from the stream above to get the water over the falls. I am currently "attempting" to make an artifical rock out of styrofoam, chicken wire and concrete. My test boulder has a complete scratch coat on it and I have textured 2 sides to completion. It is going pretty well so far and is a lot less expensive that rock. I will see how the painting process goes this weekend and then I will post pictures. If I like the results I will move on to a larger project and create a larger waterfall using the same process. btw, you can see my stacked rocks at the following URL under pond construction. http://members.cox.net/bokowski |
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Ideas for Facing a Waterfall
"You may want to look into culture rock. There is a company that makes fake
rock wall material. Seems to be ultra durrable." This sounds like a great idea to me. The waterfall that I am building will be about 4 feet high with three steps or cascades. Two of the cascades will be about 18" high. and I need something to line the back so the liner can't be seen when the waterfall is not running. My neighbor has given me a mess of flag stone that I haven't even looked at yet. If it is thin enough I can hide the liner by up ending a flagstone or two. If not, the cultured rock might do. But will cultured rock hurt the fish if it should decompose. Another question., Where can I buy that black foam to anchor my rocks along the waterfall. None of the hardware stores in this area ever heard of black. I live in the back of beyond. This group has been such a tremendous help to me. I could not have done as much as I have without your advice. The pond is on hold again. Two inches of rain yesterday. "Nuff said Pixi http://www.cobaltbluefilms.com |
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Ideas for Facing a Waterfall
"Lynn Strickland" wrote in message arthlink.net... Hi - My pond will have a waterfall that comes over a 32" high retaining wall. After the liner goes over the wall, any ideas on how I hide the liner with a 32 drop? I could pile rocks, but that's a big pile (and it will look like a pile of rocks). How do I make it look natural? How about running the liner behind the wall, and making the wall part of the feature? A bit of structure in a natural pond may look nice. You could also plant some plants in the wall crevasse adding further to the look. BV. |
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