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Truck with Happy Running Poo artwork, seen today in Metairie, Louisiana.
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Truck with Happy Running Poo artwork, seen today in Metairie, Louisiana.
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Location of outbreak [likely] found, sez #NYC
1. If you visited #NewYorkCity since June, have #respiratory #symptoms, GET EXAMINED for #Legionnaire's Disease
2. #UpperEastSide #neighborhoods of #Carnegie Hill & Yorkville affected, where *76 buildings* #tested positive for the #bacteria (!)
3. Does not transfer betw ppl
4. #Plumbing systems not affected, continue to drink the #water & bathe
5. 76 sick, 53 hospitalized, 4 dead (now 5)
6. No new cases this week
#Manhattan
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/21/deaths-legionnaires-outbreak-new-york -
#ShortBreak #shorts #DoomScrollBreak #GoodToKnow #advice #AdviceWithAnn #household #plumbing #water #drinkingwater #greywater
(On Madeira we have something similar. After the meter the city water pipe splits. One pipe directly feeds the kitchen, the other a 1000L IBC-tank outside. The returning pipe feeds the 150l water boiler and the bathroom.
The city water replaced the formerly used levada - open irrigation channel coming down from the hills - as water source.) -
#ShortBreak #shorts #DoomScrollBreak #GoodToKnow #advice #AdviceWithAnn #household #plumbing #water #drinkingwater #greywater
(On Madeira we have something similar. After the meter the city water pipe splits. One pipe directly feeds the kitchen, the other a 1000L IBC-tank outside. The returning pipe feeds the 150l water boiler and the bathroom.
The city water replaced the formerly used levada - open irrigation channel coming down from the hills - as water source.) -
$650 for something I had not even known was happening. Who looks at the top of their water heater? Eek! The handyman who installed the new plumbing and water heater after we moved in here 4 years ago did NOT know what he was doing. There were many parts he used that didn’t have brass sittings, so there was a lot of rust and corrosion. Thankfully a tech here saw it when he was doing a water heater flush. So 6 months later we went ahead on it.
I just don’t get it how these water heaters are so complicated. This doesn’t look great to me (photos are before and after) but at least we are no longer in danger of crud falling into the tank. Replacement would have been so much more. #Water #WaterHeater #Plumbing If I had a a tip today it is to take a look at your water heater. And yes, this is better handled by a real plumber not a handyman. #TipOfDay
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$650 for something I had not even known was happening. Who looks at the top of their water heater? Eek! The handyman who installed the new plumbing and water heater after we moved in here 4 years ago did NOT know what he was doing. There were many parts he used that didn’t have brass sittings, so there was a lot of rust and corrosion. Thankfully a tech here saw it when he was doing a water heater flush. So 6 months later we went ahead on it.
I just don’t get it how these water heaters are so complicated. This doesn’t look great to me (photos are before and after) but at least we are no longer in danger of crud falling into the tank. Replacement would have been so much more. #Water #WaterHeater #Plumbing If I had a a tip today it is to take a look at your water heater. And yes, this is better handled by a real plumber not a handyman. #TipOfDay
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Double-bad: the company selling replacements doesn’t have the technical specifications (read: name of the part and the dimensions), so searching for another seller is very hard 🥲
I have it narrowed down to this thing, but as ever, can’t be completely sure. And these are commercial resellers, are they even gonna bother with me?
#plumbing #homeDIY https://smoldersbv.nl/Winkel/afvoer-pvc/flexibele-verbindingen/b0370220-rubber-afdichtingsring/
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Double-bad: the company selling replacements doesn’t have the technical specifications (read: name of the part and the dimensions), so searching for another seller is very hard 🥲
I have it narrowed down to this thing, but as ever, can’t be completely sure. And these are commercial resellers, are they even gonna bother with me?
#plumbing #homeDIY https://smoldersbv.nl/Winkel/afvoer-pvc/flexibele-verbindingen/b0370220-rubber-afdichtingsring/
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Thomas Hawksley, born OTD in 1807, was the leading British water engineer of the 19th century, personally responsible for over 150 water-supply schemes in the British Isles and overseas https://toilet-guru.com/flush-history.html?s=mb #plumbing #history
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Thomas Hawksley, born OTD in 1807, was the leading British water engineer of the 19th century, personally responsible for over 150 water-supply schemes in the British Isles and overseas https://toilet-guru.com/flush-history.html?s=mb #plumbing #history
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Great now my #Kitchen #faucet needs to be replaced, my kitchen sink faucet has had a slow leak for longer than I can remember, but I was always able to find a way to shut it off, the last week not so lucky, have to keep a dish rag wrapped around it, its just enough to make the rag damp in a day, it has been slowly developing an internal leak, and it is now progressively worse, there goes another $125 I don't actually have, and since I don't have a tub, and I drink tap water all day long I really to to fix this, not to mention I have no idea how I will actually replace it, and before anyone asks, yes it is my responsibility to either replace and repair it myself or pay to have it done, that is no happening paying to replace it myself is more than I can afford, no way to pay someone, not looking forward to it but it has to be done, I have a new one ordered sometime this week it will be here, im not looking forward to changing it, the space I have to work in is could barely hold a dell inspiron 530, actually I don't think it would fit at all, I have to take off the garbage disposal first, and then unhook the water lines and then play find the nut that holds the faucet to the sink, all one handed and without any visual ability to see, I cook and clean using it, I need it, still have no clue what I will actually do for #food this month, O yea the hell keeps getting deeper for this #disabled man existing in #poverty;
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Closet Blues
I tried to make today a photography fun day. Early in the morning at least. I went to Boston thinking I could shoot a couple of rolls of film on Beacon Hill and along the Charles River by the Esplanade where they had the 4th of July spectacular yesterday.
I got through one roll of 120 and one roll of 35mm and was starting to think of what to load up next when I got called home. I guess that means I have to go back soon, right?
When I got home it was time to start cleaning out the closet where the plumber needs to work tomorrow. We also went to IKEA and another furniture store. Tomorrow, after the plumber leaves (assuming he fixes the problem) I will be putting together a Swedish dresser.
We also picked up an order of a couple of rolls of bread from a bakery that Jen’s high school friend is running out of his house with his husband. I haven’t tried it yet, but I’ve had some of their baked goods before oh my goodness…
I think I am going to have a piece of bread now and then I am going to go to sleep because I am freakin’ exhausted.
G’night, folks.
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Closet Blues
I tried to make today a photography fun day. Early in the morning at least. I went to Boston thinking I could shoot a couple of rolls of film on Beacon Hill and along the Charles River by the Esplanade where they had the 4th of July spectacular yesterday.
I got through one roll of 120 and one roll of 35mm and was starting to think of what to load up next when I got called home. I guess that means I have to go back soon, right?
When I got home it was time to start cleaning out the closet where the plumber needs to work tomorrow. We also went to IKEA and another furniture store. Tomorrow, after the plumber leaves (assuming he fixes the problem) I will be putting together a Swedish dresser.
We also picked up an order of a couple of rolls of bread from a bakery that Jen’s high school friend is running out of his house with his husband. I haven’t tried it yet, but I’ve had some of their baked goods before oh my goodness…
I think I am going to have a piece of bread now and then I am going to go to sleep because I am freakin’ exhausted.
G’night, folks.
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Behold my genius! A water tight solution after trying just about everything else. #gardening #plumbing
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Behold my genius! A water tight solution after trying just about everything else. #gardening #plumbing
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Alert! Alarm!
My beloved bride had a cool idea today. We have a Sonos audio system in our living room. It’s how we get surround sound and movie theater audio goodness. She wanted to upgrade the system. Good idea, right? She ordered a new beam and we went to Best Buy to pick it up.
After, while we were still in the parking lot, she had another great idea. Wanna go for a mini road trip somewhere? Sure! How about the ocean? Sure! Off we went.
When we got home a couple hours later, Jen heard a noise. Oh wait! You don’t know the back story. Hold on a second while I fill you in.
Back story: Our house used to have a garage. Years ago we had it remodeled into a primary bedroom suite with an attached bathroom. The outflow pipe from the bathroom was far away from the outflow for the rest of the house and we had to have a pump installed. The pump is under the floor with a little trap door to get to it. That trap door had not been opened in the 500 years since we finished the remodel. It is located in a closet and we had put a big closet organizer into the closet and part of it was sitting on the trap door.
Okay, back to the main story. When we got home from the ocean a couple of hours later, Jen heard a noise. She was standing next to the bathroom and I was on the other side of the room. I thought the noise was a bird being loud and obnoxious outside. She said no, it wasn’t a bird. I then thought it was the mini-split system’s door being squeaky. She said no, it was not the mini-split. I stood next to her so that I could hear what she was hearing and I heard it too.
There were two sounds. One as an alarm beeping like crazy. The other was the pump running more or less continuously. I went into the closet with the trap door and sure enough, the beeping was coming from there. Well, shit.
We both had a job to do from that point. Mine was to clear almost everything out of the closet (there was a lot of stuff in there) and open the trap door. Jen’s was to find a plumber. Oh yeah, it’s Independence Day. A national holiday. Almost everyone in the country had the day off (except for the poor staff at Best Buy).
I was able to get to the pump. I had to move almost an entire wardrobe and partially disassemble the organizer but I did it. Jen was able to eventually get a plumber on the phone who could not come help tonight but did offer to help talk us through shutting down the pump until they could come… on Monday. While she was giving the plummer the details I found that the alarm beep was tied to a flashing red light with a label that said to open the unit to see what was causing the alarm. Well, I wasn’t doing that. There was also a button that said push to silence alarm. I pushed it. Oh what a relief.
So the alarm was still going off but it was silent now and at the plumber’s suggestion we killed the power to the pump from the circuit box. The situation has been remedied for now. On Monday the plumber will come and tell us that we need to replace the unit which should cost $10000000000000. Would that be preferable to finding out there is a clog in the sewage pipe? I don’t know. Would it be preferable to finding out there is a leak in the sewage pipe? Probably. I mean, our house doesn’t smell like donald trump so I don’t think our en suite bathroom is shitting itself. We’ll find out on Monday though.
Eventually we were able to relax and that lead to us putting up the new Sonos system. It got a little annoying trying to link everything together in their app, but eventually it all worked and now we are watching Project Hail Mary (again) and enjoying the kick ass audio.
Tomorrow I think I am going to go into Boston really early in the morning and wander around Beacon Hill and the riverwalk along the Charles with my cameras. I’m also officially into the 50 Songs in 90 Days Challenge, so there will be music to make too.
One thing is for sure… we are not going to use the primary bedroom suite’s bathroom for a couple of days.
#Audio #plumber #Plumbing #surroundSound -
Alert! Alarm!
My beloved bride had a cool idea today. We have a Sonos audio system in our living room. It’s how we get surround sound and movie theater audio goodness. She wanted to upgrade the system. Good idea, right? She ordered a new beam and we went to Best Buy to pick it up.
After, while we were still in the parking lot, she had another great idea. Wanna go for a mini road trip somewhere? Sure! How about the ocean? Sure! Off we went.
When we got home a couple hours later, Jen heard a noise. Oh wait! You don’t know the back story. Hold on a second while I fill you in.
Back story: Our house used to have a garage. Years ago we had it remodeled into a primary bedroom suite with an attached bathroom. The outflow pipe from the bathroom was far away from the outflow for the rest of the house and we had to have a pump installed. The pump is under the floor with a little trap door to get to it. That trap door had not been opened in the 500 years since we finished the remodel. It is located in a closet and we had put a big closet organizer into the closet and part of it was sitting on the trap door.
Okay, back to the main story. When we got home from the ocean a couple of hours later, Jen heard a noise. She was standing next to the bathroom and I was on the other side of the room. I thought the noise was a bird being loud and obnoxious outside. She said no, it wasn’t a bird. I then thought it was the mini-split system’s door being squeaky. She said no, it was not the mini-split. I stood next to her so that I could hear what she was hearing and I heard it too.
There were two sounds. One as an alarm beeping like crazy. The other was the pump running more or less continuously. I went into the closet with the trap door and sure enough, the beeping was coming from there. Well, shit.
We both had a job to do from that point. Mine was to clear almost everything out of the closet (there was a lot of stuff in there) and open the trap door. Jen’s was to find a plumber. Oh yeah, it’s Independence Day. A national holiday. Almost everyone in the country had the day off (except for the poor staff at Best Buy).
I was able to get to the pump. I had to move almost an entire wardrobe and partially disassemble the organizer but I did it. Jen was able to eventually get a plumber on the phone who could not come help tonight but did offer to help talk us through shutting down the pump until they could come… on Monday. While she was giving the plummer the details I found that the alarm beep was tied to a flashing red light with a label that said to open the unit to see what was causing the alarm. Well, I wasn’t doing that. There was also a button that said push to silence alarm. I pushed it. Oh what a relief.
So the alarm was still going off but it was silent now and at the plumber’s suggestion we killed the power to the pump from the circuit box. The situation has been remedied for now. On Monday the plumber will come and tell us that we need to replace the unit which should cost $10000000000000. Would that be preferable to finding out there is a clog in the sewage pipe? I don’t know. Would it be preferable to finding out there is a leak in the sewage pipe? Probably. I mean, our house doesn’t smell like donald trump so I don’t think our en suite bathroom is shitting itself. We’ll find out on Monday though.
Eventually we were able to relax and that lead to us putting up the new Sonos system. It got a little annoying trying to link everything together in their app, but eventually it all worked and now we are watching Project Hail Mary (again) and enjoying the kick ass audio.
Tomorrow I think I am going to go into Boston really early in the morning and wander around Beacon Hill and the riverwalk along the Charles with my cameras. I’m also officially into the 50 Songs in 90 Days Challenge, so there will be music to make too.
One thing is for sure… we are not going to use the primary bedroom suite’s bathroom for a couple of days.
#Audio #plumber #Plumbing #surroundSound -
The shower stuff-up is tricky. The hot water pipe to the shower goes up through the floor. I had to modify it. I have tiny bit of pipe protruding under the house and the joists are too close together for me to get the joint crimping tool in. I'm considering doing a modification to the tool so I can remove the troublesome handles and use a bolt to screw it closed instead. If I can't figure something under the house the only other option is to get access in behind the shower mixer. That's either removing the shower liner or knocking a hole in my outside wall. Neither are appealing.
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The shower stuff-up is tricky. The hot water pipe to the shower goes up through the floor. I had to modify it. I have tiny bit of pipe protruding under the house and the joists are too close together for me to get the joint crimping tool in. I'm considering doing a modification to the tool so I can remove the troublesome handles and use a bolt to screw it closed instead. If I can't figure something under the house the only other option is to get access in behind the shower mixer. That's either removing the shower liner or knocking a hole in my outside wall. Neither are appealing.
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But as I said, today I finally got ambitious and decided to fix it. To isolate where the leak was, I cleverly drilled holes through the drywall at the base of each stud bay, thinking that when I turned the valve back on the water would dribble out of only the one hole below the leak and I could remove just that section of drywall to expose and fix it using a Sharkbite connector. Easy! 2/3 #diy #plumbing
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But as I said, today I finally got ambitious and decided to fix it. To isolate where the leak was, I cleverly drilled holes through the drywall at the base of each stud bay, thinking that when I turned the valve back on the water would dribble out of only the one hole below the leak and I could remove just that section of drywall to expose and fix it using a Sharkbite connector. Easy! 2/3 #diy #plumbing
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Today I decided to finally repair the pipe that froze and burst the winter before last in the exterior wall of our garage. The leak wasn't that big a deal, bec. that line only supplies one exterior faucet and has its own cutoff valve, so we (meaning: my long-suffering wife) just used other exterior faucets, dragging the hose around.
(For a year and a half. My wife is very very tolerant and I am extremely lucky to have her.) #DIY #plumbing 1/3
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Today I decided to finally repair the pipe that froze and burst the winter before last in the exterior wall of our garage. The leak wasn't that big a deal, bec. that line only supplies one exterior faucet and has its own cutoff valve, so we (meaning: my long-suffering wife) just used other exterior faucets, dragging the hose around.
(For a year and a half. My wife is very very tolerant and I am extremely lucky to have her.) #DIY #plumbing 1/3
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Should definitely replace the outlet on the wall there with a GFCI as well 😮💨
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Should definitely replace the outlet on the wall there with a GFCI as well 😮💨
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Didn't get onto the #plumbing I was preparing for yesterday, but the time was well used. I prepped many of the pieces and dry fit them as much as I could. Also gathered tools, torch, flux, solder, and got things ready so I was able to move quickly this morning.
The leaky 'hydrant' assembly was chopped out, and extracted, and its replacement fabricated and installed before a slightly late lunch.
No leaks that I can see yet. Fingers crossed it all wrapped up smoothly.
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Didn't get onto the #plumbing I was preparing for yesterday, but the time was well used. I prepped many of the pieces and dry fit them as much as I could. Also gathered tools, torch, flux, solder, and got things ready so I was able to move quickly this morning.
The leaky 'hydrant' assembly was chopped out, and extracted, and its replacement fabricated and installed before a slightly late lunch.
No leaks that I can see yet. Fingers crossed it all wrapped up smoothly.
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I've been fighting with a leaky one of these things, often called a frost-free hydrant, or sillcock, or hose bib,
I fixed the leaky check valve washer with good results, but the stem packing at the handle is a problem. Everyone sells the wrong size for mine – just half a mm too big around the stem, so it drips at handle
ALSO found that code does NOT approve use such devices for timer/waterers, as you leave them on. They're not rated for more than 12hrs under pressure.
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I've been fighting with a leaky one of these things, often called a frost-free hydrant, or sillcock, or hose bib,
I fixed the leaky check valve washer with good results, but the stem packing at the handle is a problem. Everyone sells the wrong size for mine – just half a mm too big around the stem, so it drips at handle
ALSO found that code does NOT approve use such devices for timer/waterers, as you leave them on. They're not rated for more than 12hrs under pressure.
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does anyone know anything about washing machines? Specifically washer dryers? Mine is making funny noises and not turning off when it starts taking water with the result that it fills and floods my kitchen when I open the door or the little filter thing at the bottom. Thanks for any help #Plumbing #DIY
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does anyone know anything about washing machines? Specifically washer dryers? Mine is making funny noises and not turning off when it starts taking water with the result that it fills and floods my kitchen when I open the door or the little filter thing at the bottom. Thanks for any help #Plumbing #DIY
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finally! the pond is *just* overtop the intake bay inlet and flow has reversed to its proper skimming mode. have pump 1 on low and slow. There is just enough water coming in now for the level ti only drop very slowly.
am I sitting on the edge of the pond at dark at midnight watching the water rise ever so slowly so that I can go ?
yes 😂
edit: it's 1AM. Just turned off the water. Both pumps are at 90% power and the water level appears stable. I'm going to go out on a limb and call it a night and hope there is water in the right places in the morning.
who am I kidding. of course there will be. It's even awesome at night.
This was a good day!! 😁 👍
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finally! the pond is *just* overtop the intake bay inlet and flow has reversed to its proper skimming mode. have pump 1 on low and slow. There is just enough water coming in now for the level ti only drop very slowly.
am I sitting on the edge of the pond at dark at midnight watching the water rise ever so slowly so that I can go ?
yes 😂
edit: it's 1AM. Just turned off the water. Both pumps are at 90% power and the water level appears stable. I'm going to go out on a limb and call it a night and hope there is water in the right places in the morning.
who am I kidding. of course there will be. It's even awesome at night.
This was a good day!! 😁 👍
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another inch uo... two to go...
look at the little sprayer I "made". It is angle 45° at the far end of the pond to push floating stuff around the corner toward the other side and the intake. Part of the "self skimming" system.
The water is just coming underneath it now. When it is full the little water jets should be just below or just above the surface of the water, I think just below.
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another inch uo... two to go...
look at the little sprayer I "made". It is angle 45° at the far end of the pond to push floating stuff around the corner toward the other side and the intake. Part of the "self skimming" system.
The water is just coming underneath it now. When it is full the little water jets should be just below or just above the surface of the water, I think just below.
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The last "major" infrastructure kind of things I need to do are:
1) add to more sprayers along the long edge spraying toward the inside edge. Easy peasy. I have the T connectors, I just need to drill two holes in two caps and point them into the pond.
2) I'll be removing some of the gravel from the bog filter. I filled it more full than needed. We’ll start planting stuff in it now, so we'll have a few areas with different water depths suited to different plants from barely on the surface to maybe as deep as 2-6 inches.
3) the foaming and slight adjustments to the stream
4) lots and lots of edge and landscaping and planting work all around the pond. Main goal in the coming days and weeks will be to finish off dealing with the pile of dirt in the back and get everything to a nice level ready for figuring out paths and then top soil and seeding. Really wish I had been able to do it early in the spring but... this is the way it is.
5) oh, and there is an electrical trench to dig! Because who doesn't want to dig a trench in 35ºC weather!
the pond is barely 4 inches below the level of the intake bay! Can't go to bed yet. I'll wait for it to be full enough to turn off the tap water and just leave the pumps on low.
I believe I started filling the bog filter around 9:30. And I've basically had it going full ever since, so we're looking at a solid 16 hours to fill the whole system. Thankfully this will hopefully never have to happen again, at least from dead empty. It's bad for the bog filter once it starts to grow things for it to be dry for more than a few hours so aside from a flush once or twice a year, that hole will always have water to the top.
I will probably only empty the main pond maybe once a year... if I'm lucky, not even that often.
The intake bay i'll empty a little more often, maybe once every spring, summer and fall as that's where all the debris will gather.
No matter what. It's good. Very good. :)
Time to go check if it's made it to the top yet!
#poolpond #backyardProject #diy #plumbing -
The last "major" infrastructure kind of things I need to do are:
1) add to more sprayers along the long edge spraying toward the inside edge. Easy peasy. I have the T connectors, I just need to drill two holes in two caps and point them into the pond.
2) I'll be removing some of the gravel from the bog filter. I filled it more full than needed. We’ll start planting stuff in it now, so we'll have a few areas with different water depths suited to different plants from barely on the surface to maybe as deep as 2-6 inches.
3) the foaming and slight adjustments to the stream
4) lots and lots of edge and landscaping and planting work all around the pond. Main goal in the coming days and weeks will be to finish off dealing with the pile of dirt in the back and get everything to a nice level ready for figuring out paths and then top soil and seeding. Really wish I had been able to do it early in the spring but... this is the way it is.
5) oh, and there is an electrical trench to dig! Because who doesn't want to dig a trench in 35ºC weather!
the pond is barely 4 inches below the level of the intake bay! Can't go to bed yet. I'll wait for it to be full enough to turn off the tap water and just leave the pumps on low.
I believe I started filling the bog filter around 9:30. And I've basically had it going full ever since, so we're looking at a solid 16 hours to fill the whole system. Thankfully this will hopefully never have to happen again, at least from dead empty. It's bad for the bog filter once it starts to grow things for it to be dry for more than a few hours so aside from a flush once or twice a year, that hole will always have water to the top.
I will probably only empty the main pond maybe once a year... if I'm lucky, not even that often.
The intake bay i'll empty a little more often, maybe once every spring, summer and fall as that's where all the debris will gather.
No matter what. It's good. Very good. :)
Time to go check if it's made it to the top yet!
#poolpond #backyardProject #diy #plumbing -
Stream when the second pump got into the action. I tried a few combinations of pump 1 and 2 at different power settings but none of them sent enough water back down the diversion stream to make up for what was lost so I wasn't able to keep pump 1 on while filling.
It's definitely going to have nice flow when both pumps are at 99%!
The unicorn is happy.
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Stream when the second pump got into the action. I tried a few combinations of pump 1 and 2 at different power settings but none of them sent enough water back down the diversion stream to make up for what was lost so I wasn't able to keep pump 1 on while filling.
It's definitely going to have nice flow when both pumps are at 99%!
The unicorn is happy.
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GUYS ITS ALMOST FULL!!
Not sure it'll be full before I go to bed, which means I'll have to shut it all down overnight... but it's soooo close!
I've detected a few issues but nothing is a showstopper. I *will* have to empty the pond done far enough to foam in the waterfall. Most of the flow is definitely coming out the bottom, so if I ever want maximum effect, that will be the only way.
There is a low point on the inside wall of the diversion stream (between the stream and the pond, so not losing water out of the system). I'm not at all surprised, I thought it was Ok, but also could tell it was the lowest point, but that's not a hard fix.
I clearly over-thought/over-built the diversion stream. I was too focused/paranoid about the tree and I've made it much wider than I needed. I can tight that up.
I'm super happy that the second pump is running great. Which means it's pulling from the bottom of the pond and recirculating part to the bog filter and part to the sprayer line along the top near side, and the bubblers on the bottom.
The 2nd pump is going full power right now (99%/170W) as the pond fills. I thought I might be able to have both pumps running on low and still fill the pond, but too much of it goes into the pond to replenish the intake bay as quickly as pump.1 empties it. These really are impressive pumps!
I'll stay up as late as I can manage to try to get it full. It's been filling since about 11:30AM not including the bog filter. So that’s nearly 12 hours now.
If you want to see what I am watching, you can tune into the webcam (it has sound) on Youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90s20oOVQjY
Otherwise, enjoy the progress shots. I can't quite express my satisfaction with it so far!! :+)
Note I did some flat stone work around the front above the waterfall.and folded under some of the liner to expose the ground and make things a little neater.
It's coming along!
Next post will have another video with more water in the stream and waterfall after I turned on the 2nd pump!
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GUYS ITS ALMOST FULL!!
Not sure it'll be full before I go to bed, which means I'll have to shut it all down overnight... but it's soooo close!
I've detected a few issues but nothing is a showstopper. I *will* have to empty the pond done far enough to foam in the waterfall. Most of the flow is definitely coming out the bottom, so if I ever want maximum effect, that will be the only way.
There is a low point on the inside wall of the diversion stream (between the stream and the pond, so not losing water out of the system). I'm not at all surprised, I thought it was Ok, but also could tell it was the lowest point, but that's not a hard fix.
I clearly over-thought/over-built the diversion stream. I was too focused/paranoid about the tree and I've made it much wider than I needed. I can tight that up.
I'm super happy that the second pump is running great. Which means it's pulling from the bottom of the pond and recirculating part to the bog filter and part to the sprayer line along the top near side, and the bubblers on the bottom.
The 2nd pump is going full power right now (99%/170W) as the pond fills. I thought I might be able to have both pumps running on low and still fill the pond, but too much of it goes into the pond to replenish the intake bay as quickly as pump.1 empties it. These really are impressive pumps!
I'll stay up as late as I can manage to try to get it full. It's been filling since about 11:30AM not including the bog filter. So that’s nearly 12 hours now.
If you want to see what I am watching, you can tune into the webcam (it has sound) on Youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90s20oOVQjY
Otherwise, enjoy the progress shots. I can't quite express my satisfaction with it so far!! :+)
Note I did some flat stone work around the front above the waterfall.and folded under some of the liner to expose the ground and make things a little neater.
It's coming along!
Next post will have another video with more water in the stream and waterfall after I turned on the 2nd pump!
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first water! (meant to post this this afternoon by my #selfhost died somewhere along the way... so now we catch up!)
the pump at its lowest setting (25%) pumps faster than the water can fill so this is start and stop situation as the intake bay slowly fills when i turn the pond off and drops as it pumps for awhile... and fills and drops. But it is good for seeing how everything is flowing. So far no escapes or bad signs. #poolpond #backyardProject #diy #plumbing
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first water! (meant to post this this afternoon by my #selfhost died somewhere along the way... so now we catch up!)
the pump at its lowest setting (25%) pumps faster than the water can fill so this is start and stop situation as the intake bay slowly fills when i turn the pond off and drops as it pumps for awhile... and fills and drops. But it is good for seeing how everything is flowing. So far no escapes or bad signs. #poolpond #backyardProject #diy #plumbing
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taking a breather! The bog filter is filling! 🤞Fingers crossed this is the permanent fill!! 💧
The waterfall is how I want it. I have decided not to foam it in yet as I want to let the water run over it first and see how it pushes the small rocks. Sometimes they kind of plug holes themselves if the water is strong enough, which I think it will be and is ideal, and I could then help it along by feeding small stones into the gaps as it flows. I don't think much if any foam will be needed though.
Ive made a temporary living space for the 2nd pump. This is the only major of the system that has not been fully tested. Will it be able to draw uo water from the bottom of the pond all the way to the bog filter!? It should according to the specs! But I won't modify the power cable for it until I know for sure.
Used a 3D printed copy of a pipe fitting. Even though the pumps are able to have pipe fittings on both the in and out, they only give you one adapter for each size pipe. 🤷♂️. This fits nicely!
I've touched up the inside edges of the pond between it and the intake bay. The outside edges will be the last to really get finalized of course but that can be a more relaxed pace :)
Excited that water is going in!!
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taking a breather! The bog filter is filling! 🤞Fingers crossed this is the permanent fill!! 💧
The waterfall is how I want it. I have decided not to foam it in yet as I want to let the water run over it first and see how it pushes the small rocks. Sometimes they kind of plug holes themselves if the water is strong enough, which I think it will be and is ideal, and I could then help it along by feeding small stones into the gaps as it flows. I don't think much if any foam will be needed though.
Ive made a temporary living space for the 2nd pump. This is the only major of the system that has not been fully tested. Will it be able to draw uo water from the bottom of the pond all the way to the bog filter!? It should according to the specs! But I won't modify the power cable for it until I know for sure.
Used a 3D printed copy of a pipe fitting. Even though the pumps are able to have pipe fittings on both the in and out, they only give you one adapter for each size pipe. 🤷♂️. This fits nicely!
I've touched up the inside edges of the pond between it and the intake bay. The outside edges will be the last to really get finalized of course but that can be a more relaxed pace :)
Excited that water is going in!!
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pipe 2 to the bog filter connected and concealed. Also removed the (bright red) valves on top of the breather pipes. no need. may add another elbow both to make them U shape but not a high priority.
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pipe 2 to the bog filter connected and concealed. Also removed the (bright red) valves on top of the breather pipes. no need. may add another elbow both to make them U shape but not a high priority.
#poolpond #backyardProject #diy #plumbing