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Tomnova16

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1st Aug 13 at 22:40

I hope all the pipe work is correct

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drunkenfool

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3rd Aug 13 at 23:47

quote:
Originally posted by Tomnova16
I hope all the pipe work is correct

Ditto - I added a few cms on each side side to leave room for pipework at round the back of the main filter but we've Def got enough room for all the filters so no huge bother either way :-)

drunkenfool

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6th Aug 13 at 21:09

Windows supposedly being sent tomorrow for delivery Thursday :-) We've got a wedding this weekend though so won't be able to finish it this weekend but hopefully we can get it fiberglassed next week :-)

drunkenfool

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8th Aug 13 at 14:50

The window frames have FINALLY arrived, and the brickie is there now putting them in place :-)

marklawton

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8th Aug 13 at 15:45

looking good mate. love watching your projects. cant wait to see this complete

Lee_fr200

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8th Aug 13 at 20:03

Amazing so far mate

IvIarkgraham

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8th Aug 13 at 20:45

when im minted im have a big bit of decking with windows in it down into a pond

drunkenfool

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8th Aug 13 at 20:50

I wanted a glass floor in the conservatory with a hole in the middle for feeding the fish but was told I wasn't allowed lol. Next house is clearly going to have a shark and ray pool though :-)

drunkenfool

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8th Aug 13 at 20:57

More progress :-) Got all of the hollow blocks filled in tonight with concrete, the smaller window is in place properly and the big window is ready to go in over the weekend. Also got the skimmer in place so I can start the pipework for that filtration system tomorrow possibly, otherwise on Monday after I'm back from a mate's wedding in Wales. Here are the pics anyway, now I'm off to bed!

Ben G

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8th Aug 13 at 21:06

Well that is clearly going to be awesome when finished.

Leighton

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9th Aug 13 at 18:50

i dont think thats how the sealant tubes work!

drunkenfool

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10th Aug 13 at 06:44

What, do we need more to go the whole way around? Lol

drunkenfool

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12th Aug 13 at 09:13

Glass has arrived!!!

drunkenfool

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13th Aug 13 at 10:31

The small window is now siliconed in place

and we put up the bracing for the three pillars to get them evenly spaced and level, and we got two of them filled last night

We're going to do the final one tonight (don't have a mixer at the moment so having to mix it all in the barrow!) and then that's it pretty much finsihed (aside from four blocks in the corner) until it is fiberglassed. The 25mm foam sheeting in coming on Wednesday though which is literally the last step before it can be glassed. We were hoping to get it done on Thursday but the weather isn't looking too good now so it might be delayed slightly again due to that :-(

[Edited on 13-08-2013 by drunkenfool]

Simon

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14th Aug 13 at 09:44

What are the pillars for?

Whittie

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15th Aug 13 at 09:16

Epic!

What are you doing with top? Looks good when bricked

nathy_87

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16th Aug 13 at 11:22

Coming along a treat Drunkenfool.

Can't wait to see the end result.

drunkenfool

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16th Aug 13 at 15:33

quote:
Originally posted by nathy_87
Coming along a treat Drunkenfool. Can't wait to see the end result.

Nor me, but the guy fiberglassing it has now gone away on holiday to France for a week and can't do it until Bank Holiday Monday

Oh well, I guess it's not that far away and it will give me a bit more time to get the plumbing and electrical work sorted before hand!

drunkenfool

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16th Aug 13 at 15:33

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What are the pillars for?

'Floating' stepping stones going over the pond which will lead from the raised decked area on the other side, across the pond and then down some steps to the garage

marklawton

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19th Aug 13 at 22:38

any more updates from the weekend?

baza31

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20th Aug 13 at 10:05

quote:
Originally posted by drunkenfool

quote:
Originally posted by Simon
What are the pillars for?

'Floating' stepping stones going over the pond which will lead from the raised decked area on the other side, across the pond and then down some steps to the garage

can imagine that been fun when pissed

drunkenfool

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20th Aug 13 at 11:56

Little bit more progress...

Scaffolding removed from the stepping stone pillars

More pipework done and the UV unit mounted on the wall

Outdoor switch boxes mounted on the wall and the armoured cable run to the garage

Foundations laid for the steps that will lead down from the other side of the stepping stones to the garage

and the foundations laid behind the pond to support the waterfall and enclose it, mainly to make it look a bit neater from the side!

Brickie is coming tonight to finish off the last 4 blocks of the pond and then lay a course of bricks the whole way around the top of the pond, basically because we are going to be putting 65mm concrete lintels above the windows in case anyone sits on them in the future. The bricks aren't going to be the coping, it will just be the top layer of the pond itself :-)

At the moment the fiberglasser is booked in for Monday but is trying to see if he can rearrange a job on the weekend to do it then instead, but it not then it looks like it will be on for Monday!

[Edited on 20-08-2013 by drunkenfool]

drunkenfool

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20th Aug 13 at 12:04

quote:
Originally posted by baza31

quote:
Originally posted by drunkenfool

quote:
Originally posted by Simon
What are the pillars for?

'Floating' stepping stones going over the pond which will lead from the raised decked area on the other side, across the pond and then down some steps to the garage

can imagine that been fun when pissed

We are eventually going to be putting up a glass and steel 'fence' between the pond and the raised decking, just in case ;-)

Simon

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20th Aug 13 at 15:40

I would have just had foam floating stepping stones for game show type antics!

Can't remember if I mentioned this when you did you last pond. This was an 'educational' pond I designed as part of a Science Centre we designed a few years back. Two levels with a glass wall in the upper pond.

[Edited on 20-08-2013 by Simon]

drunkenfool

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21st Aug 13 at 08:56

quote:
Originally posted by Simon
I would have just had foam floating stepping stones for game show type antics!

Can't remember if I mentioned this when you did you last pond. This was an 'educational' pond I designed as part of a Science Centre we designed a few years back. Two levels with a glass wall in the upper pond.

[Edited on 20-08-2013 by Simon]

Yeah I remember you saying a few years back that you were doing one but don't think I ever saw the finished pictures, looks really good :-)