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Old carpet for pond underlayment
I'll have a pile of it soon, probably next week, and I'd much rather have it
end up under someone's pond liner than in a landfill. So if you're planning to build a pond anytime soon, and live a reasonable distance from Tampa, email me: . Harriett |
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The only piece of advice I can give about using old carpet for under a pond is
this, make sure you get all the tacks out. I know of someone that thought they were all out and one was still in the carpet. It made quite a large hole in their liner. What a mess that was. Jan "Our Pond" Page http://hometown.aol.com/pinkpggy/index.html |
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On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 12:50:57 GMT, "Harriett Wright"
wrote: I'll have a pile of it soon, probably next week, and I'd much rather have it end up under someone's pond liner than in a landfill. Actually the carpet stores recycle it. Ask who picks it up and they can get yours, too. -- Crashj |
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get totally synthetic foam carpet underlayment. works fantastically well, is
extremely easy to handle, get into the hole, stays put and after 6 years mine is still "padding" the bottom of the pond when I walk in there. Ingrid ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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wrote in message ... get totally synthetic foam carpet underlayment. works fantastically well, is extremely easy to handle, get into the hole, stays put and after 6 years mine is still "padding" the bottom of the pond when I walk in there. Ingrid That's what I was going to say. Clarence ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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wrote in message ... get totally synthetic foam carpet underlayment. works fantastically well, is extremely easy to handle, get into the hole, stays put and after 6 years mine is still "padding" the bottom of the pond when I walk in there. Ingrid That's what I was going to say. Clarence ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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Do you do the sides or just the bottom?
Paula delurking wrote in message ... get totally synthetic foam carpet underlayment. works fantastically well, is extremely easy to handle, get into the hole, stays put and after 6 years mine is still "padding" the bottom of the pond when I walk in there. Ingrid |
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Why doesn't the carpet rot, dissolve, and lose its usefulness?
rtk Paula wrote: Do you do the sides or just the bottom? Paula delurking wrote in message ... get totally synthetic foam carpet underlayment. works fantastically well, is extremely easy to handle, get into the hole, stays put and after 6 years mine is still "padding" the bottom of the pond when I walk in there. Ingrid |
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the whole thing. we did try the carpet but the carpet was heavy, kept falling into
the hole (we went for straight sides) and the wrinkles in the carpet made the pond "lumpy". when we ripped the pond out (we were in sand and the pond sides slide) we found the carpet was rotting so we tossed it and got the carpet padding instead.. DH dumpster dived for it behind carpet stores. Ingrid " Paula" wrote: Do you do the sides or just the bottom? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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the whole thing. we did try the carpet but the carpet was heavy, kept falling into
the hole (we went for straight sides) and the wrinkles in the carpet made the pond "lumpy". when we ripped the pond out (we were in sand and the pond sides slide) we found the carpet was rotting so we tossed it and got the carpet padding instead.. DH dumpster dived for it behind carpet stores. Ingrid " Paula" wrote: Do you do the sides or just the bottom? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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well.. it does. most carpet is synthetic so it just sits there, but the backing is
jute, an organic which does rot. Ingrid rtk wrote: Why doesn't the carpet rot, dissolve, and lose its usefulness? rtk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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Thank you. I'm finally starting my pond after lurking here for four years.
I'm hoping to have it ready for water (fish and plants next spring)before winter gets here. I know this probably isn't the best time to get started, but better now than this time next year. Paula wrote in message ... the whole thing. we did try the carpet but the carpet was heavy, kept falling into the hole (we went for straight sides) and the wrinkles in the carpet made the pond "lumpy". when we ripped the pond out (we were in sand and the pond sides slide) we found the carpet was rotting so we tossed it and got the carpet padding instead.. DH dumpster dived for it behind carpet stores. Ingrid " Paula" wrote: Do you do the sides or just the bottom? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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Thank you. I'm finally starting my pond after lurking here for four years.
I'm hoping to have it ready for water (fish and plants next spring)before winter gets here. I know this probably isn't the best time to get started, but better now than this time next year. Paula wrote in message ... the whole thing. we did try the carpet but the carpet was heavy, kept falling into the hole (we went for straight sides) and the wrinkles in the carpet made the pond "lumpy". when we ripped the pond out (we were in sand and the pond sides slide) we found the carpet was rotting so we tossed it and got the carpet padding instead.. DH dumpster dived for it behind carpet stores. Ingrid " Paula" wrote: Do you do the sides or just the bottom? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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actually fall is a great time of year to get going. the soil is dry, there are
usually wonderful cool clear days for digging and planting. a pond filled with water in winter will be nicely aged by spring and ready for the fish. Ingrid " Paula" wrote: Thank you. I'm finally starting my pond after lurking here for four years. I'm hoping to have it ready for water (fish and plants next spring)before winter gets here. I know this probably isn't the best time to get started, but better now than this time next year. Paula ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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actually fall is a great time of year to get going. the soil is dry, there are
usually wonderful cool clear days for digging and planting. a pond filled with water in winter will be nicely aged by spring and ready for the fish. Ingrid " Paula" wrote: Thank you. I'm finally starting my pond after lurking here for four years. I'm hoping to have it ready for water (fish and plants next spring)before winter gets here. I know this probably isn't the best time to get started, but better now than this time next year. Paula ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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