I'm am redoing my waterfall. Getting rid of the tub fall I have for
something more like nature. What is the best rock to use for a water
fall someone said not to use the gray slate. thanks for any help.



http://community.webtv.net/rebeljoe/POND

Almost any rock will do, depending on whether or not you like the "stacked"
look of the flat rocks or the rounded look of other rocks. Either way,
you'll need a few LARGE pieces of flat rock to use as weirs (the flat stones
the water cascades off of). The reason why the use of slate was not given a
"rave" review is that some of it is actually shale, not slate. Shale isn't
too terribly removed from its oil deposit ancestry, and can leave a film on
your water. I'm really not sure how to differentiate between shale and
slate - maybe other folks have the same problem - and that's why they just
stay away from it. Also, the darker rocks have a tendency to show the water
scale more than lighter colored rocks, depending on how hard your source
water is.

Good luck -
Lee

"REBEL JOE" wrote in message
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I'm am redoing my waterfall. Getting rid of the tub fall I have for
something more like nature. What is the best rock to use for a water
fall someone said not to use the gray slate. thanks for any help.



http://community.webtv.net/rebeljoe/POND

Almost any rock will do, depending on whether or not you like the "stacked"
look of the flat rocks or the rounded look of other rocks. Either way,
you'll need a few LARGE pieces of flat rock to use as weirs (the flat stones
the water cascades off of). The reason why the use of slate was not given a
"rave" review is that some of it is actually shale, not slate. Shale isn't
too terribly removed from its oil deposit ancestry, and can leave a film on
your water. I'm really not sure how to differentiate between shale and
slate - maybe other folks have the same problem - and that's why they just
stay away from it. Also, the darker rocks have a tendency to show the water
scale more than lighter colored rocks, depending on how hard your source
water is.

Good luck -
Lee

"REBEL JOE" wrote in message
...
I'm am redoing my waterfall. Getting rid of the tub fall I have for
something more like nature. What is the best rock to use for a water
fall someone said not to use the gray slate. thanks for any help.



http://community.webtv.net/rebeljoe/POND

Almost any rock will do, depending on whether or not you like the "stacked"
look of the flat rocks or the rounded look of other rocks. Either way,
you'll need a few LARGE pieces of flat rock to use as weirs (the flat stones
the water cascades off of). The reason why the use of slate was not given a
"rave" review is that some of it is actually shale, not slate. Shale isn't
too terribly removed from its oil deposit ancestry, and can leave a film on
your water. I'm really not sure how to differentiate between shale and
slate - maybe other folks have the same problem - and that's why they just
stay away from it. Also, the darker rocks have a tendency to show the water
scale more than lighter colored rocks, depending on how hard your source
water is.

Good luck -
Lee

"REBEL JOE" wrote in message
...
I'm am redoing my waterfall. Getting rid of the tub fall I have for
something more like nature. What is the best rock to use for a water
fall someone said not to use the gray slate. thanks for any help.



http://community.webtv.net/rebeljoe/POND