my Zen Water Garden and Koi Pond

kien · #1 04-30-2013, 04:44 PM

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I had a friend who was removing there old shag carpet and I took it off their hands and used it , but I agree with Kien you should have something because if you miss that one rock, the weight of the water pushing against it could cause a tear in your liner which is a lot bigger pain then buying some cheap underlayment at .25 per square foot.

Hey Kien, where did you buy that autofeeder. That is the exact one I want to buy but I was going to have it shipped as local prices were insane. Was the price similar to online vendors?

I got it at Pisces up north. It was the same price as online (but without the cost of shipping). This was last year though. Not sure what the retail would be this year.

Ya, I've seen people use all sorts of stuff as underlay. Carpet, carpet underlay, thick vapour barrier. Even a combination of all of the above. Had a friend that put carpet on all the horizontal spots and newspaper on all the vertical walls. Looked funny but worked great.

FishyFishy! · #2 04-30-2013, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by kien

Ya, I've seen people use all sorts of stuff as underlay. Carpet, carpet underlay, thick vapour barrier. Even a combination of all of the above. Had a friend that put carpet on all the horizontal spots and newspaper on all the vertical walls. Looked funny but worked great.

Thats great news. Mine is going to be about 1 foot underground, and 2 foot above ground, so a plywood form was going to be used anyways. It would be super easy to staple some carpet to it. Save me some $$$

kien · #3 04-30-2013, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by FishyFishy!

Thats great news. Mine is going to be about 1 foot underground, and 2 foot above ground, so a plywood form was going to be used anyways. It would be super easy to staple some carpet to it. Save me some $$$

That sounds like a great size ! I'm too chicken to go 36". While that would be a great depth, a) I have young kids and b) there does exist a bylaw that says 24" is the max that you're allowed unless you have a 6' fence with a gate immediately surrounding your water feature, or some such thing. I've seen quite a few ponds that ignore that bylaw though :-)

kien · #4 04-30-2013, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by FishyFishy!

Thats great news. Mine is going to be about 1 foot underground, and 2 foot above ground, so a plywood form was going to be used anyways. It would be super easy to staple some carpet to it. Save me some $$$

wait, shouldn't you be discussing this in your build thread?!?!

Seriak · #5 04-30-2013, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by kien

wait, shouldn't you be discussing this in your build thread?!?!

Well you did delay your build because of a little snow so we thought we might as well take advantage of that.

kien · #6 04-30-2013, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Seriak

Well you did delay your build because of a little snow so we thought we might as well take advantage of that.

Good point. Carry on.

FishyFishy! · #7 04-30-2013, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by kien

wait, shouldn't you be discussing this in your build thread?!?!

HAHAH ... NO! I want mine to be all pretty. Not cluttered up with silly banter like this one!

And...... every time I start a build thread it plagues the build and it ends up shutting down half way lol.

kien · #8 04-30-2013, 10:08 PM

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.. it plagues the build and it ends up shutting down half way lol.

or you could just man-up and finish the damn build. Just sayin'.

Seriak · #9 04-30-2013, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by FishyFishy!

Thats great news. Mine is going to be about 1 foot underground, and 2 foot above ground, so a plywood form was going to be used anyways. It would be super easy to staple some carpet to it. Save me some $$$

I am just using pink foam board for my above ground to give it a bit of insulation as well.