my concrete pond restoration

[Muske]

What about EPDM liner in the other sections?

If I were in the Pacfic NW, that pond would be filled w/Jap. Maples and Rhodies....J/K great landscaping and post more pics. of your Hosta?

 

[shelbyzman]

very cool pond!

 

[gigas12]

Hi,nice pond!

 

[zackxf]

Your pond looks amazing. I live in the PNW too. It must be awesome having that pond there with a yard like that.

 

[pondkeeper]

Your pond looks amazing. I live in the PNW too. It must be awesome having that pond there with a yard like that.

Thanks for all the kind comments!
It is a beautiful place to hang out, but I sometimes have to work at just enjoying it. The maintenance on our place is WAY more than we can actually do, so we are always having to ignore issues. Like I chose to ignore the pond leaking for a year...

Sometimes it is hard to just sit and enjoy without thinking about all the things I should be cleaning or fixing or pruning or spraying!
I am sure many here know that dilemma.

But the pond should be operational again soon

 

[Yanbbrox]

Great restoration you've done there. Any chance of adding a bottom drain at the deepest pond to help your filtration or are you too far down the line?

 

[pondkeeper]

What about EPDM liner in the other sections?

If I were in the Pacfic NW, that pond would be filled w/Jap. Maples and Rhodies....J/K great landscaping and post more pics. of your Hosta?

The upper catch basin (at the end of the stream) does have liner sandwiched between layers of cement. I thought of adding it to the section of the stream where the bridge normally is. This is the part that was so badly cracked. But one end would be below the water level because the partition to the next section of stream is just below the water level. The sections of the stream are designed to be sediment basins.

Mainly I just wanted all the concrete to have the same apperance. The rest of the stream and upper basin were not actually leaking.

here are some more photos, first of the stream. the second is what is on the other side of the pond, looking away from the pond (actually looking down from our bedroom on the second floor, which also looks down on the pond).

 

[pondkeeper]

Great restoration you've done there. Any chance of adding a bottom drain at the deepest pond to help your filtration or are you too far down the line?

Thanks! Yeah, about 20 years too far down the line for an easy drain fit.

At the end, under a flat rock, you can see a 1-1/4" pipe in the wall. That connects to the pump house. There is normally a pipe down from that to a screened inlet. It is down at the bottom so it is sort of like a bottom drain except easier for me to clean since I can disconnect it and lift it out of the pond, from the side.

The pump then feeds the waterfall just above it, and the main falls at the end of the stream. That I curiously don't seem to have any pictures of. At least digital ones.

 

[pondkeeper]

Starting the fill again. So far so good. It has held water for a few days now without any issues.
I am starting the process of repotting the plants and getting them back in. Pretty darn late in the year to be doing this but hopefully not too late and they should be better off in the deeper water than in the temp ponds that are only 18" deep.

The last shots are from the upstairs windows. We are having big winds that are dumping tons of leaves in my new pond. No time to get to enjoy it clean I guess Scimmers would be useless at my place. I have to use the manual method and multiple wheel barrow runs to the compost pile.

 

[pondkeeper]

Check out the wind through the grasses! My place gets really windy in the fall and winter.