Large indoor pond owners
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ceeej31;3182485; said:what about in an unfinished basement?
still a risk that the wood supports in your basement will absorb moisture, but its a much sounder plan than in a living room IMO since the walls should be concrete. you still have to worry about the floor joists and subfloor above, but you can always enclose that by stapling painters plastic up there to stop the wood from absorbing moisture. its a quick, ugly yet very cheap way of trying to ensure no problems
We definitely needed a dehumidifier. I think it cost about $200 at Sears. It is a 35 pint one, and it has to be emptied twice a day. The only time it doesn't have to be run is if the window unit A/C is running, and that does pretty much the same thing. If it's left off, or auto-shuts off due to a full bucket, the humidity builds up really quickly. I would definitely add this to the budget of any indoor pond. You can get the ones that don't have to be emptied; they have a little pump and a tube you stick out the window, but I read too many reports of the pumps failing, and then you've spent an extra couple hundred bucks for nothing.
If you get a dehumidifier I would just cut a hole in the dehumidifier water tank add a bulkhead and run PVC or clear flex tubing to you sump pump hole/drain in your basement.
NotoriousSway;3193856; said:If you get a dehumidifier I would just cut a hole in the dehumidifier water tank add a bulkhead and run PVC or clear flex tubing to you sump pump hole/drain in your basement.
thats a briliant idea if its possible.
i havent built my pond yet but i have close to 500gal of open top tanks between the main floor and basement of my house and go through 30 to 40 gallons of top off water a week and have never had a problem
