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Pond Vacuum hire ....Bucks ?
I have a small pond which has a lot of fine sediment in it, and hasn't been
cleaned for years (as far as I know) - I have been advised that a pond Vacuum will do the cleaning job - anyone know where I can hire one in the South Bucks, West London area ? Thanks |
Pond Vacuum hire ....Bucks ?
On 30/5/04 11:45 pm, in article , "Tony M"
wrote: I have a small pond which has a lot of fine sediment in it, and hasn't been cleaned for years (as far as I know) - I have been advised that a pond Vacuum will do the cleaning job - anyone know where I can hire one in the South Bucks, West London area ? I'm not a pond expert but is this a good idea? "Things" could be living in that sediment, so a buckit and chuckit might be better. If you put the chuckit on the side of the pond the 'things' can crawl back into it. Just a thought. I'm also curious as to why you want to clean it out? -- Sacha (remove the weeds after garden to email me) |
Pond Vacuum hire ....Bucks ?
"Sacha" wrote in message ... On 30/5/04 11:45 pm, in article , "Tony M" wrote: I have a small pond which has a lot of fine sediment in it, and hasn't been cleaned for years (as far as I know) - I have been advised that a pond Vacuum will do the cleaning job - anyone know where I can hire one in the South Bucks, West London area ? I'm not a pond expert but is this a good idea? "Things" could be living in that sediment, so a buckit and chuckit might be better. If you put the chuckit on the side of the pond the 'things' can crawl back into it. Just a thought. I'm also curious as to why you want to clean it out? I am considering removing some silt after about 7 years of pond. Up until this year the pond cleared nicely each yeasr, and runnung the pump didn't cloud it up. This year, even though the pump is raised on bricks inside a container to try and keep foreign objects out, the pump keeps silting up and the water is generally cloudy. So the pond probably needs the amount of silt reducing. I was considering making a 'silt filter' by using the secondary feed from the pump to circulate water through a sand filter in a tank, but I have no idea how effective this would be - I may just bucket the silt out and let it settle, then return as much water as possible and add the silt to the compost heap. If anyone has built an effective filter to remove silt, I would be interested in the design :-) Cheers Dave R |
Pond Vacuum hire ....Bucks ?
On Fri, 4 Jun 2004 11:35:58 +0100, "David W.E. Roberts"
wrote: I was considering making a 'silt filter' by using the secondary feed from the pump to circulate water through a sand filter in a tank, but I have no idea how effective this would be - I may just bucket the silt out and let it settle, then return as much water as possible and add the silt to the compost heap. If anyone has built an effective filter to remove silt, I would be interested in the design :-) Years ago in another life I had a holiday job as a waterworks filter bed attendant. Passing the water through a tank containing quite course sand cleared the water. |
Pond Vacuum hire ....Bucks ?
"David W.E. Roberts" wrote in message ... If anyone has built an effective filter to remove silt, I would be interested in the design :-) Cheers Dave R Hmm not sure if this is what you want, but I might have one. I'll have to check the make/model later. Basically, its a pump that can handle semi-solods. Silt, if dispersed throughout agitated water does get pumped. But not the kind of stuff that is dense enough to need to be shovelled out. Patrick |
Pond Vacuum hire ....Bucks ?
"tuin man" wrote in message ... "David W.E. Roberts" wrote in message ... If anyone has built an effective filter to remove silt, I would be interested in the design :-) Cheers Dave R Hmm not sure if this is what you want, but I might have one. I'll have to check the make/model later. Basically, its a pump that can handle semi-solods. Silt, if dispersed throughout agitated water does get pumped. But not the kind of stuff that is dense enough to need to be shovelled out. It isn't the pump I am looking for - I have a pump that will shift murky water, as well as the standard pond fountain pump with an extra take off. I am looking for a device to pump water into which will remove the silt then return clear water to the pond. The main issue I see is that an efficient filter will soon clog up with the amount of silt it is removing. Cheers Dave R P.S. a short burst with a 'wet and dry' vac might clear silt from the bottom of the pond - plus fish, weed, lining.... ;-) |
Pond Vacuum hire ....Bucks ?
"tuin man" wrote in message ... "David W.E. Roberts" wrote in message ... If anyone has built an effective filter to remove silt, I would be interested in the design :-) Cheers Dave R Hmm not sure if this is what you want, but I might have one. I'll have to check the make/model later. Basically, its a pump that can handle semi-solods. Silt, if dispersed throughout agitated water does get pumped. But not the kind of stuff that is dense enough to need to be shovelled out. It isn't the pump I am looking for - I have a pump that will shift murky water, as well as the standard pond fountain pump with an extra take off. I am looking for a device to pump water into which will remove the silt then return clear water to the pond. The main issue I see is that an efficient filter will soon clog up with the amount of silt it is removing. Cheers Dave R P.S. a short burst with a 'wet and dry' vac might clear silt from the bottom of the pond - plus fish, weed, lining.... ;-) |
Pond Vacuum hire ....Bucks ?
"tuin man" wrote in message ... "David W.E. Roberts" wrote in message ... If anyone has built an effective filter to remove silt, I would be interested in the design :-) Cheers Dave R Hmm not sure if this is what you want, but I might have one. I'll have to check the make/model later. Basically, its a pump that can handle semi-solods. Silt, if dispersed throughout agitated water does get pumped. But not the kind of stuff that is dense enough to need to be shovelled out. It isn't the pump I am looking for - I have a pump that will shift murky water, as well as the standard pond fountain pump with an extra take off. I am looking for a device to pump water into which will remove the silt then return clear water to the pond. The main issue I see is that an efficient filter will soon clog up with the amount of silt it is removing. Cheers Dave R P.S. a short burst with a 'wet and dry' vac might clear silt from the bottom of the pond - plus fish, weed, lining.... ;-) |
Pond Vacuum hire ....Bucks ?
"tuin man" wrote in message ... "David W.E. Roberts" wrote in message ... If anyone has built an effective filter to remove silt, I would be interested in the design :-) Cheers Dave R Hmm not sure if this is what you want, but I might have one. I'll have to check the make/model later. Basically, its a pump that can handle semi-solods. Silt, if dispersed throughout agitated water does get pumped. But not the kind of stuff that is dense enough to need to be shovelled out. It isn't the pump I am looking for - I have a pump that will shift murky water, as well as the standard pond fountain pump with an extra take off. I am looking for a device to pump water into which will remove the silt then return clear water to the pond. The main issue I see is that an efficient filter will soon clog up with the amount of silt it is removing. Cheers Dave R P.S. a short burst with a 'wet and dry' vac might clear silt from the bottom of the pond - plus fish, weed, lining.... ;-) |
Pond Vacuum hire ....Bucks ?
"tuin man" wrote in message ... "David W.E. Roberts" wrote in message ... If anyone has built an effective filter to remove silt, I would be interested in the design :-) Cheers Dave R Hmm not sure if this is what you want, but I might have one. I'll have to check the make/model later. Basically, its a pump that can handle semi-solods. Silt, if dispersed throughout agitated water does get pumped. But not the kind of stuff that is dense enough to need to be shovelled out. It isn't the pump I am looking for - I have a pump that will shift murky water, as well as the standard pond fountain pump with an extra take off. I am looking for a device to pump water into which will remove the silt then return clear water to the pond. The main issue I see is that an efficient filter will soon clog up with the amount of silt it is removing. Cheers Dave R P.S. a short burst with a 'wet and dry' vac might clear silt from the bottom of the pond - plus fish, weed, lining.... ;-) |
Pond Vacuum hire ....Bucks ?
"tuin man" wrote in message ... "David W.E. Roberts" wrote in message ... If anyone has built an effective filter to remove silt, I would be interested in the design :-) Cheers Dave R Hmm not sure if this is what you want, but I might have one. I'll have to check the make/model later. Basically, its a pump that can handle semi-solods. Silt, if dispersed throughout agitated water does get pumped. But not the kind of stuff that is dense enough to need to be shovelled out. It isn't the pump I am looking for - I have a pump that will shift murky water, as well as the standard pond fountain pump with an extra take off. I am looking for a device to pump water into which will remove the silt then return clear water to the pond. The main issue I see is that an efficient filter will soon clog up with the amount of silt it is removing. Cheers Dave R P.S. a short burst with a 'wet and dry' vac might clear silt from the bottom of the pond - plus fish, weed, lining.... ;-) |
Pond Vacuum hire ....Bucks ?
"tuin man" wrote in message ... "David W.E. Roberts" wrote in message ... If anyone has built an effective filter to remove silt, I would be interested in the design :-) Cheers Dave R Hmm not sure if this is what you want, but I might have one. I'll have to check the make/model later. Basically, its a pump that can handle semi-solods. Silt, if dispersed throughout agitated water does get pumped. But not the kind of stuff that is dense enough to need to be shovelled out. It isn't the pump I am looking for - I have a pump that will shift murky water, as well as the standard pond fountain pump with an extra take off. I am looking for a device to pump water into which will remove the silt then return clear water to the pond. The main issue I see is that an efficient filter will soon clog up with the amount of silt it is removing. Cheers Dave R P.S. a short burst with a 'wet and dry' vac might clear silt from the bottom of the pond - plus fish, weed, lining.... ;-) |
Pond Vacuum hire ....Bucks ?
"tuin man" wrote in message ... "David W.E. Roberts" wrote in message ... If anyone has built an effective filter to remove silt, I would be interested in the design :-) Cheers Dave R Hmm not sure if this is what you want, but I might have one. I'll have to check the make/model later. Basically, its a pump that can handle semi-solods. Silt, if dispersed throughout agitated water does get pumped. But not the kind of stuff that is dense enough to need to be shovelled out. It isn't the pump I am looking for - I have a pump that will shift murky water, as well as the standard pond fountain pump with an extra take off. I am looking for a device to pump water into which will remove the silt then return clear water to the pond. The main issue I see is that an efficient filter will soon clog up with the amount of silt it is removing. Cheers Dave R P.S. a short burst with a 'wet and dry' vac might clear silt from the bottom of the pond - plus fish, weed, lining.... ;-) |
Pond Vacuum hire ....Bucks ?
"tuin man" wrote in message ... "David W.E. Roberts" wrote in message ... If anyone has built an effective filter to remove silt, I would be interested in the design :-) Cheers Dave R Hmm not sure if this is what you want, but I might have one. I'll have to check the make/model later. Basically, its a pump that can handle semi-solods. Silt, if dispersed throughout agitated water does get pumped. But not the kind of stuff that is dense enough to need to be shovelled out. It isn't the pump I am looking for - I have a pump that will shift murky water, as well as the standard pond fountain pump with an extra take off. I am looking for a device to pump water into which will remove the silt then return clear water to the pond. The main issue I see is that an efficient filter will soon clog up with the amount of silt it is removing. Cheers Dave R P.S. a short burst with a 'wet and dry' vac might clear silt from the bottom of the pond - plus fish, weed, lining.... ;-) |
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