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07-10-2020, 06:46 PM #1
Patchwork polycarb
OK people plan after plan keeps getting de funked with life doing its thing of getting in the way 2 cover ideas have gone in the bin so pulled out so old polycarb that I reclaimed must have been a conservatory roof so all shapes and sizes would it still work as a decent cover if foil taped up on every join and all bolted down ??
Freddyboy the legend
"we are water keepers first"
Johnathan
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07-10-2020, 07:01 PM #2
Definitely mate, bound to be much better than having nothing because when we had 3 days of gales the other week my pond dropped from 20C to 12C over 5 days even though day temps were still 14 ish.
I therefore suspect it is true that most heat loss is caused by wind chill on the water surface so any cover would reduce that.
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07-10-2020, 07:06 PM #3
Yeah I agree, cobble it together as best you can- you’re not after a total seal after all. I’m sure it will help.
Even home made bubble wrap covers work for people if they can find a way of supporting it against rain and snow. Polycarb is so much easier as more rigid.
The only reason I bought thick polycarb was so it would be self supporting, nothing to do with its insulating abilities. I would have used 10mm if I could have done tbh. It’s all about trapping the warmer air above the water surface for longer.2016 new 6000 gallon pond
https://www.koiforum.uk/pond-construc...ghlight=feline
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07-10-2020, 07:14 PM #4
Best get some tape ordered up then . Its 35mm one side white and the other side like a very dark brown almost black ? What have we found to be the best way to cut thick poly
Freddyboy the legend
"we are water keepers first"
Johnathan
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07-10-2020, 07:20 PM #5
I just use a jig saw with fine toothed blade, because that’s what I have other than an angle grinder and circular mitre saw
2016 new 6000 gallon pond
https://www.koiforum.uk/pond-construc...ghlight=feline
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07-10-2020, 07:22 PM #6Freddyboy the legend
"we are water keepers first"
Johnathan
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07-10-2020, 07:26 PM #72016 new 6000 gallon pond
https://www.koiforum.uk/pond-construc...ghlight=feline
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07-10-2020, 07:28 PM #8Freddyboy the legend
"we are water keepers first"
Johnathan
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07-10-2020, 07:29 PM #9Freddyboy the legend
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Johnathan
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07-10-2020, 07:44 PM #10
Cuts like butter with a Jigsaw.
When I went to cut mine I got a very fine blade but couldn't find the Jigsaw then remembered I'd lent it to someone, and the blade wouldn't fit my other Jigsaw.
So I gave it a try with a jagged blade and it still did a good job so I did the lot with that.
Can also recommend that hippo tape I linked to in my Polycarb thread, strong enough to stick the pieces together if you're unable to frame every cut.
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07-10-2020, 07:48 PM #11
Reminds me of when I tackled tree roots with a full size kango, which got stuck.
Tried to free it with a hammer and chisel and the chisel got stuck and then the handle snapped off.
That was 4 years ago and the chisel is still sticking out of the root to this day
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07-10-2020, 08:14 PM #12Freddyboy the legend
"we are water keepers first"
Johnathan
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07-10-2020, 08:20 PM #13
Last edited by davethefish1; 07-10-2020 at 08:25 PM.
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07-10-2020, 08:37 PM #14
my worst potential DIY disaster was not even a disaster in the end.
I decided one evening having drunk 1.5 bottles of wine to demolish an 8’ x 10’ shed with my free blade circular saw. I actually managed to chop the shed up into car sized pieces without chopping off any of myself in the process. Could probably not replicate that sober with gloves and goggles on tbh.2016 new 6000 gallon pond
https://www.koiforum.uk/pond-construc...ghlight=feline
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07-10-2020, 08:40 PM #15
Not even going to mention the 3” diameter buried cable I hit with the mini digger and pulled a few feet up into the air before realising it was not a root. I ‘fixed’ it by using the digger spade to bash it back down again Nothing to see here, move along .....
2016 new 6000 gallon pond
https://www.koiforum.uk/pond-construc...ghlight=feline
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07-10-2020, 08:46 PM #16
How did it not go up !! I hit the street main one year with a spit put me on my back once again and blow a chunk out the spit bloody good job the lad I was working for had a naughty habit of robbing the council and it was a insulated one that probably saved my life lol . . A cat has 9 lives amateurs I've had at least 19 lol
Freddyboy the legend
"we are water keepers first"
Johnathan
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07-10-2020, 08:53 PM #17
Need one of these bad boys spent 2 years on them
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"we are water keepers first"
Johnathan
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07-10-2020, 09:01 PM #18
I think it was my early 70’s upbringing that makes me laugh in the face of the elf and safety brigade. My dad was a car mechanic, and before the age of 8 I had already extinguished him when on fire, put him in the bath and rinsed him when covered in battery acid, and sewed him up with a needle and thread when an air spanner exploded in his hand
At the age of 10 I took a job cleaning a fleet of hire vans at the garage he worked. I learned to drive moving Luton vans around the garage forecourt narrowly avoiding the petrol pumps, and sometimes took them for a ride around the block when the forecourt was crowded to turn them round. I could hardly see over the steering wheel. Miraculously both my dad and me are still alive some decades later haha.2016 new 6000 gallon pond
https://www.koiforum.uk/pond-construc...ghlight=feline
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07-10-2020, 09:05 PM #19Freddyboy the legend
"we are water keepers first"
Johnathan
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07-10-2020, 09:07 PM #20
Haha reminds me when I was younger we had a small holding had to stand up to drive and reach the peddles in the tractor lol
Freddyboy the legend
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Johnathan
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pug has a very impressive veg filter on his pond, have a look at some of his his youtube videos....