Here's a much better view of the gang placing the main edging rocks around the pond's edge. They took quite a bit of "fitting" really, considering they're only rocks, but it seems that one rock would either look, or fit better than another one would. After a while the group became pretty professional at it. One or two would deliver the rocks while Shane would place them diligently around the edge.
This was a lot of work.
The Edge Was Finally Finished
I couldn't believe we were done. Well, with the edging anyway. It took a few hours to place all the river stone around that lower edge but in the end it was worth it. This first layer of river stone was placed on the edge so that when the pond was filled with water, that layer of stone hid the liner.
Starting The Waterfall
Starting to build the waterfall was quite a challenge. I had no idea how to build one but had read a few Web pages. I figured that armed with that knowledge, how could I go wrong. Boy was I mistaken.
Anyway, here's a shot of the catch basin we built to catch any water that didn't make it over the falls. It worked for the most part but as I said earlier, we had to rebuild the waterfall because we were losing a bit too much water.
Tons & Tons of Flatrock
Just as I was wondering, and worrying about where all the flatrock was going to come from for the waterfall, another friend, Don Thomas, shows up in my driveway with his pickup truck and a load of the stuff. I couldn't believe my eyes. Here I was in need of a huge pile of flatrock, and there he was, with a load of stone for my waterfall. It just doesn't get any better than that, thanks Don.
Now, if that wasn't enough, Don showed up again a few days later. This time in the dark with another huge load of flatrock. I think this load was larger than the last one but I sure wasn't complaining.
The little pile you see here on this waterfall is nothing. We were able to make the waterfall into a grand thing with all the rock that Don brought, and now, with a few rocks another friend brought over later, there's about 4 ton of rock in that waterfall. I'll post another photo of it this summer. What a guy. Thanks Don.
Testing The Catch Basin
At this point we just wanted to test the catch basin for the waterfall. (Actually, I think I just wanted to see water running into the pond). We laid a couple of flat stones on the edge and turned on the pump to see how the flow was going to be at the depth the pump was located. Since the depth of the pond was four feet, we wanted to make certain the pump could handle the lift.
The pump I purchased for the job was a Laguna 530 (I think it was) and its capacity is about 1600US gallons per hour. Since the pond is approximately 2800 gallons, this should do the job nicely. It does indeed.
Here's a much better view of the gang placing the main edging rocks around the pond's edge. They took quite a bit of "fitting" really, considering they're only rocks, but it seems that one rock would either look, or fit better than another one would. After a while the group became pretty professional at it. One or two would deliver the rocks while Shane would place them diligently around the edge.
I couldn't believe we were done. Well, with the edging anyway. It took a few hours to place all the river stone around that lower edge but in the end it was worth it. This first layer of river stone was placed on the edge so that when the pond was filled with water, that layer of stone hid the liner.
Starting to build the waterfall was quite a challenge. I had no idea how to build one but had read a few Web pages. I figured that armed with that knowledge, how could I go wrong. Boy was I mistaken.
Just as I was wondering, and worrying about where all the flatrock was going to come from for the waterfall, another friend, Don Thomas, shows up in my driveway with his pickup truck and a load of the stuff. I couldn't believe my eyes. Here I was in need of a huge pile of flatrock, and there he was, with a load of stone for my waterfall. It just doesn't get any better than that, thanks Don.
At this point we just wanted to test the catch basin for the waterfall. (Actually, I think I just wanted to see water running into the pond). We laid a couple of flat stones on the edge and turned on the pump to see how the flow was going to be at the depth the pump was located. Since the depth of the pond was four feet, we wanted to make certain the pump could handle the lift.