New project, will take a long time
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Yes and no, it's summer but even so I expect rain, when the main hole was being dug it rained once during the whole time, since then it's just not stopped. Not necessarily a lot but consistent showers with huge down pours in between, it just won't stop for long enough for things to start drying out. I really want to get the drain concreted in so it's done but it's just too wet, it's a matter of getting things done that can be.zennzzo;2090049; said:
Cue Chester with 'it's still not rained here'
Ok, no way of fitting the drains and pipes with the water in the hole, as mentioned above when getting the marine ply(expensive) I also got some cheap ply to do the collar, I got a power saw the other week which I although it came out of the main budget it has already proved it's worth. The cheap ply came in 8 by 4 sheets that had to be cut down to 4 by 2 just to get them in the car, new power saw in hand I hand no trouble getting them down to size.
Father with me to help, it took us two hours to get to this stage(inbetween rain breaks):
This may seem like an obscene amount of time for something so simple looking but this it the critical bit. The existing patio has to just(and by just I mean 1cm) over lap the pond and the correct level. The rest of the pond will be leveled from this mark including the vortexes, which if that goes wrong the whole project with fail, water everywhere generally a mess, impossible to fix without going back down to code
Filled the channels with concrete and it bowed so much the posts were added to add strength:
From here it should be, although not easy simple to get the mark from this concrete for the rest of the pond, est time, Dad, thought 6 days to begin with, after today we both think the whole collar can be done in two full days. The problem is that the end that has been done has a step that could support a brace, the rest is going to have been done in stages as the posts have nothing to sit in.
Comments as always peeps......?
Father with me to help, it took us two hours to get to this stage(inbetween rain breaks):
This may seem like an obscene amount of time for something so simple looking but this it the critical bit. The existing patio has to just(and by just I mean 1cm) over lap the pond and the correct level. The rest of the pond will be leveled from this mark including the vortexes, which if that goes wrong the whole project with fail, water everywhere generally a mess, impossible to fix without going back down to code
Filled the channels with concrete and it bowed so much the posts were added to add strength:
From here it should be, although not easy simple to get the mark from this concrete for the rest of the pond, est time, Dad, thought 6 days to begin with, after today we both think the whole collar can be done in two full days. The problem is that the end that has been done has a step that could support a brace, the rest is going to have been done in stages as the posts have nothing to sit in.
Comments as always peeps......?
great read man keep it up 
On the places where the forms haven't got a place to be staked down, you can use threaded rod and large flat washers and nuts to hold the form together...this will keep it from bowing...In the concrete business they are called "ties"
After the concrete sets you can cut the rods off or drive them through flush with the inside of the pond...
After the concrete sets you can cut the rods off or drive them through flush with the inside of the pond...