New Tropical Pond

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what about injecting a marine grade expoxy in the crack or expanding insulation foam and then sealing to keep from chemical adhesion

just a couple of thoughts
 

tuggerd

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Great advice but remember that I live in a third world country. We get all of the cool products that you have about 5 years later, if that.
 

chefjamesscott

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you give me an address and it will be on its way to you how big is the crack and how long and how wide is the concrete

i just want to see the top notch project of yours POP that is gonna be so sweet when its all ironed out
 

tuggerd

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Thank's for the kind gesture, but the new supported floor is already in. It should have rocks in the bog by tomorrow afternoon.
 

tuggerd

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The steps are basically done.

The new grass is coming today.

We poured a new floor with re-bar drilled into the walls for more support. The only bad thing is I have about 10 centimeters less depth of bog.

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tuggerd

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A whole bunch of stuff got done today.

They started putting the steel frame work for a place to enjoy the pool/pond while its raining. Remember it rains about 7 months out of the year around here.

They started with the grass. So we can finally clean up some of this mud around here.

They made good use out of the sanitary tubing that I bought by mistake. I needed pressure tubing. They used it for the molding around the edge so that the waves curl back into the P/P.

All of the little nook and crannies to plant things in need to have a top drain back into a soil area so that the dirt doesn't run into the P/P. The over flow will run back into the garden area when it rains hard.

This time I think we beat the leak pretty good. We'll see tomorrow when we fill-er up.

By the time I got home they had already done the barrel filter with the air manifold and filled it up with rocks. I hope they did it right. At least when I blow down the tube a bunch of bubbles come up through the rocks. Yippy! I did see that we didn't make an outlet for the dirty water though. And they sided the barrel up with concrete. This should be interesting. If worse comes to worse it goes back into the pool and I clean it out through the bottom drains.

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tuggerd

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My P/P is looking a little down today so I thought I'd throw in a little nature.

Picture of a spider orchid.

There make shift edging turned out pretty good.

My filter/bog is holding water, dirty water, but holding water.

The supports are going up on the rancho. This will be to enjoy my creation.

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Youngbuck5009

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wow, I dont even know whaT to say!!!
keep the updates comein bro!
 
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