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Thread: DTF's New Pond
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08-05-2021, 08:33 PM #61
just been looking at my costal koi bottom drain,
and noticed the air inlet is a 3/4" x 1" reducer on the opposite side to the 4" drain...
i thought it would be a 1" 45 elbow welded at 45 to the drain to leave the out put on the same side as the 4" as in the spin drifter in the bottom pic...
only reason i can think of is: it might be less likely to cause an obstruction with something wrapping around it as it goes down the drain...
i'll just have use 2 x 90 elbows to run it around to the same side as the 4"...
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08-05-2021, 09:23 PM #62
Dose make plumbing abit more fidley then the spindrifter like. Strange
Sent from my F5121 using TapatalkFreddyboy the legend
"we are water keepers first"
Johnathan
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08-05-2021, 11:06 PM #63
Elbows in the air connection will make no significant difference to air flow.
But tbh it was the anatomy of these drains that made me pick the JBR plastics ones which have the air outlet on same side and parallel to the 4”2016 new 6000 gallon pond
https://www.koiforum.uk/pond-construc...ghlight=feline
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11-05-2021, 10:36 AM #64
The rebuild is being postponed for the moment, rain stopped play....
even though the pond is covered with a pergola, and i installed a new 110mm drain up to the filter house.
and connected the cabin and pergola's guttering downpipes into it.
the 'hole' has half a foot of water in it and as soon as i pump it out it fills back up again...
ground water running in as we are at the bottom of a slight slope.
going to have to find something else to do until it dries up a bit....
probably drill the 120mm hole through the 6" concrete slab under the cabin/filterhouse for the bottom drain to come in....
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11-05-2021, 01:56 PM #65
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11-05-2021, 03:15 PM #66
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11-05-2021, 04:41 PM #67
Just finishing putting the network of land drains in on mine at the moment! 7 drains, 200m in total.
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11-05-2021, 05:40 PM #68Freddyboy the legend
"we are water keepers first"
Johnathan
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11-05-2021, 05:56 PM #69
Yep, got the neighbour to replace about 12 foot of 350mm pipe and we put a ridding point in too so that’s flowing nicely now!
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11-05-2021, 07:41 PM #70Freddyboy the legend
"we are water keepers first"
Johnathan
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12-05-2021, 09:56 PM #71
not had much chance to get on with the digging due to rain and half a foot of water in the hole...
so,i've been clearing out the 'shed' part of the cabin. it used to house the filters and a load of tools too.
but is now going to be just the filter house.
3 meters x 1.2 meters.
just need to drill the 120mm hole through the floor and 6" concrete slab underneath for the bottom drain entry point
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12-05-2021, 10:00 PM #72Freddyboy the legend
"we are water keepers first"
Johnathan
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12-05-2021, 10:15 PM #73
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13-05-2021, 10:55 AM #74
had another delivery...
more fittings and 8 lengths of pipe,
i wanted to collect it and pay cash to hide the spiralling costs from the missus
but none in stock locally...
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14-05-2021, 09:26 PM #75
re-orgainsed the power sockets away from from the middle of the room to allow room for the shower to be fitted.
and then painted the first coat of sadolin superdec the same as the rest of the cabin...
only had a quarter of a can left...so i've got to get another 5L tin tomorrow @ £90
good job it goes a long way and covers well.
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16-05-2021, 08:08 PM #76
bit more of the non interesting boring work...
2nd coat of sadolin superdec,
and i clad over the ceiling insulation with T&G matchboard.
bit of a painstaking job, but another one to get it done before filters ect go in...
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16-05-2021, 08:10 PM #77
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16-05-2021, 08:40 PM #78
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16-05-2021, 08:51 PM #79Freddyboy the legend
"we are water keepers first"
Johnathan
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16-05-2021, 09:25 PM #80
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The Daily pond temp thread
Still at around 17C, know what you mean about getting the covers off though :D it will be really...