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I am a student at Derby university in the UK studying Product Design
Innovation & Marketing, I am in my final year and for one of our final projects we have to design a 'simple pond' for a large British company. If it is at all possible i was wondering if anybody was able to e-mail me any information on the following areas; construction, suitable materials, relivant designs, different features that could be included (ie, safety features)things that you consider are most important for first time buyers of ponds. Any information that is sent would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for taking time to read this. |
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Wow.....I rarely see anyone that is from the Derbyshire area post anywhere
online. Hubby is originally from Derby, with his Mum now living in Findern. I adore that area. (Much milder climate that we get here in Ohio USA) We are new to ponding, but this group will no doubt give you excellent advice and ideas. Lisa www.britsintheus.com/marriednhappy/home.htm "Ryan Cook" wrote in message om... I am a student at Derby university in the UK studying Product Design Innovation & Marketing, I am in my final year and for one of our final projects we have to design a 'simple pond' for a large British company. If it is at all possible i was wondering if anybody was able to e-mail me any information on the following areas; construction, suitable materials, relivant designs, different features that could be included (ie, safety features)things that you consider are most important for first time buyers of ponds. Any information that is sent would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for taking time to read this. |
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Ryan,
Let's see how helpful I can be: 1. Obviously a pond is nothing but a big hole to contain water, plants and fish to give the pond a life, a sort of water mover to give the pond movement, and to bring in much needed oxygen, and filtration to remove the waste from the internal and external environment. a) I used an epdm liner to line the bottom of my pond to contain the water. b) I have an external pump that picks water up from one end, and returns it through a bio filter and a water fall. (A bio filter can do the two required filtration, mechanical and biological, remove dirt and debris and remove harmful contaminants such as ammonia and nitrates) c) I use a variety of plant materials in a portion of my pond called vegetation filter or veggie filter. I use the types of plants that absorbs the harmful nutrients that are the by product of the fish in my pond. Think excess fertilizer and then plants to suck out the fertilizer) d) Safety and pond design is almost like oil and water. Reason I say this is because you would not imagine a natural river or lake with railings would you? Since most of us are trying to emulate nature with our ponds, we then stay away from rails and do things like shallow edge, plant barrier, etc. e) These links below are from some of the guys around here that documented their pond construction, hopefully you can get some info from their sites: http://www.tiversa.com/pond/index.htm http://www.geocities.com/bickal2000/pond.htm http://www.skippysstuff.com/index.html http://www.therealmckoi.co.uk/? You may have to monkey with some of the links to get them to work, like change htm to html, or remove ?, etc. I am not a good computer dude, just an ordinary architect. 2. I am not clear as to the level of detail you are after (maybe you can visit some of the links you see at the bottom of our signatures to view different pond designs and filter designs) Link to my pond is below. Good luck and please keep us informed as you do your research. Maybe you can give us suggestions on our perpetual battle with algae, nitrite, nitrate, ammonia, heron, etc. -- _______________________________________ "The difference between 'involvement' and 'commitment' is like an eggs-and-ham breakfast: The chicken was 'involved' - the pig was 'committed'." http://community.webshots.com/user/godwino "Ryan Cook" wrote in message om... I am a student at Derby university in the UK studying Product Design Innovation & Marketing, I am in my final year and for one of our final projects we have to design a 'simple pond' for a large British company. If it is at all possible i was wondering if anybody was able to e-mail me any information on the following areas; construction, suitable materials, relivant designs, different features that could be included (ie, safety features)things that you consider are most important for first time buyers of ponds. Any information that is sent would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for taking time to read this. |
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Others have already given some good information and links on construction
and materials, but for a commercial establishment, I think that some form of raised pond, or raised seating around the pond would be a prerequisite. When visitors come to my ponds, I am there watching to see that they don't fall in, or knock rocks in, or do something even more stupid. For a commercial establishment, they do not have that luxury of constant supervision. All pumps should be remote, in a separate lockable facility, to keep people from getting to close to the electricity, turning off the pumps, waterfalls, filters, etc. -- RichToyBox http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html "Ryan Cook" wrote in message om... I am a student at Derby university in the UK studying Product Design Innovation & Marketing, I am in my final year and for one of our final projects we have to design a 'simple pond' for a large British company. If it is at all possible i was wondering if anybody was able to e-mail me any information on the following areas; construction, suitable materials, relivant designs, different features that could be included (ie, safety features)things that you consider are most important for first time buyers of ponds. Any information that is sent would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for taking time to read this. |
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Really good advice already given. I'll just add this website:
www.akca.org there you will find more details on the whys and hows of pond construction and filtration. In fact, it may be more info then you ever wanted. ;o) ~ jan See my ponds thru the seasons and/or my filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Defrosted~ Tri-Cities, WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website |
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One very important thing to think about that I haven't seen mentioned is having
a ground fault protector so that you don't get shocked. I almost killed myself when I put my first pond in. I think that the preformed ponds for first timers are very easy. I also really like the frog water spitters. I do not like the preformed waterfalls though. I agree with the mention of seating around the pond. I have 2 ponds and the one that's raised with a bench seat around it gets way more attention and the fish eat out of my hands. The other pond that is not raised does not get as much attention and the fish are not as friendly. Hope this helps. |
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