Thread: Japanese House

The pump will not have to work uphill, the filter water level will be the same as the pool level, and the pump also. The pipes are all perforated and seem to go uphill because there are different depths of water in the filter. In fact they will all be under water, the pump will simply move the water to the distributing center in the cement "well", then it will go everywhere because it will have to go somewhere!
There is a pre-filter for larger particles in the pump, for silk, and such.

Originally Posted by DrAndy

Originally Posted by Old Monkey

64 tiles were not placed properly, they unglued under the sun. I have been using wall tiles, which, according to my expert, was wrong. He refuse to put them back in place, insist that I go find floor tiles of the same color and size. I

If you used cement, they may have got too hot and the cement dried too quickly, but wall tiles and floor tiles should be no different (except strength for walking on)

you can glue them back with Weber Special glue cement, just a thin layer combed on

I know you are right, it was 264 tiles. I got the Weber right from the stert, the heat got them...

Originally Posted by pseudolus

Originally Posted by Necron99

That's quite a distribution system OM, and uphill, is your pump going to be up to the job? Are those pipes perforated?
Option 2 won't work I think, as the bottom of your bog will collect silt and debris.
I think Ive asked before, but how are you going to control mozzies?

He'll be wanting these bad boys.

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Bacillus thurgensis israeli, BTI, I've used in my stream in Canada, for black flies. It works! You need a pH of 11 to activate it, which you will find in nature only in larvae of certain insects, mosquitoe and black fly, the first in standing water, the other in running water, like streams and rivers. It is destoyed by sun light. Perfectly harmless.
Yes, but I think that frogs and other insect eating animals will join in the bog and take care of the mosquito eggs. If not, then BTI will be welcome.

Originally Posted by Old Monkey

The pump has a capacity of moving 510 litres per minute. I estimate having 300 000 litres in the pool, so this should move the content twice a day.
I've prepared for 3 different scenarios depending on the results.
#1, The water is taken from the top and pushed under the filter, and comes back to the pool with the current.
#2, the water is pulled from the bottom of the filter to be injected under the pool by way of the 8 injectors on the floor of the pool.
#3, If the 2 options do not work, the water will be taken from the top and pushed throught a conventional pool filter. The bio-filter will be completly separated from the pool and will be a water flower garden. I'll use salt.
Ther is also the option of using a UV lamp, and probably a solar water heater, will see.

I think that #1 will not work
#2 would be the way to go
The thing about swimming pools is that water flow you need to keep water moving.
OM good luck with your pool, but if #3 become the next option pm me I can help.

Also I like to add you have a lot of pipe work there with no support.
When it fill with water it will be very heavy & could damage your pump housing.
So if you have already had a plan, to support your pipe work.

Yes, you're right, there will be walls built around, also for sound proofing, and the pipes will be supported.

(#2, the water is pulled from the bottom of the filter to be injected under the pool by way of the 8 injectors on the floor of the pool.)

I am talking about the direction the water will flow.
The water flowing down thought your filter bed.
You have a very large area as a filter bed, it is called slow filtration.

Originally Posted by Ratchaburi

(#2, the water is pulled from the bottom of the filter to be injected under the pool by way of the 8 injectors on the floor of the pool.)

I am talking about the direction the water will flow.
The water flowing down thought your filter bed.
You have a very large area as a filter bed, it is called slow filtration.

Is'n it the other direction that is adopted by regular pools? The dirtier water on top is pulled by 3 scuppers and then pushed through a filter? In this case going from the distribution point in the middle of the filter, then in the pipes. It will pass slowly up between the rocks, the impurities captured by the bacterial fauna on the surfaces of the rocks, and also by the roots of the plants? The excess water will flow back to the pool. (1)
What is it in your argument that I don't understand?

A few branches are pruned

The roof and part of the walls. The pipes are supported!

I am a novice with these Hi-So affairs but I would tend to lean towards Ratchburi's suggestion.

It appears that some of the bricks laid on top of each other have mortar while some layers do not.

Anyway, good luck with the project.!

Well I hope you have a prefilter, so the rubish from your skimmer will not cloge your under drain system.
That why they run the water though your media first.
Good luck I'm sure you know what you ase doing.
Great Thread OM

Originally Posted by hillbilly

I am a novice with these Hi-So affairs but I would tend to lean towards Ratchburi's suggestion.

It appears that some of the bricks laid on top of each other have mortar while some layers do not.

Anyway, good luck with the project.!

This is an ongoing work. He was waiting for me to come back to make sure how to finish. There will not be mortar between the rows, but inside the blocks.

Originally Posted by Ratchaburi

Well I hope you have a prefilter, so the rubish from your skimmer will not cloge your under drain system.
That why they run the water though your media first.
Good luck I'm sure you know what you ase doing.
Great Thread OM

There is a prefilter on the pump, for larger shit, sorry, I mean impurities... I'm celebrating a lot of work being completed these days, Cuba Libre, after two, my english changes, but I'm sure that you guys don't mind.

A second coat, clear matt, so it won't be shiny when dry.
The ceilings will be terminated, for now, we sleep somewhere else tonight.
Bedroom. There will be a fan with lights there, to replace the do-nut shape fluorescent that just flicks on and off and never stays on.

Bathroom ceiling.
This is the center room, I call it the orchid room. The tall walls and the ceiling have not been varnished yet, tomorrow...

This coconut tree grows very fast!The facade, with a reflexion of the mountains in the pation glass door.

I like the way this guy works. Where I come from, wood carving capital of Quebec called St Jean Port Joli, we have a lumberjack tradition and we use chain saws to carve wood, snow and ice!
He uses the tools he's used to.
With a scrap of wood and two nails, he marks a half circle, alignes it with a chalk line.
With his machete, he removes the excess wood.This is precision work, and quick too.
He will then smoothe the whole thing with the 5'' plane
Impressive and efficient!

Originally Posted by Necron99

Originally Posted by Old Monkey

Time honoured craftsmanship? With a great ruddy electric plane?
bloody cheating that is.
What ever happened to these?



I had thought he was going to turn out a balustrade carved with the story of the taking of osaka castle with just a machete and pocketknife...

That would be for me to do... And after four months of long hours of work, you would show yourself generous and offer me 500 TB for the masterpiece

Voilà! A teak wood place for my tooth brush!
I like!

Tres bonne. Bien fait. Magnifique. Projet exceptionnel. un tel courage. Courage telle.
You, sir, are an inspiration to us all. Thank you for sharing with us. It took a long time ( after work only ) but i have finally read it all. But i did find your manager incident rather worrying as i have always believed in fair play and justice and neither seem to exist in the LOS.
Please continue with your good work.

The well digging machines are here, close to one year late!
Last year, we were thinking of doing a water filtering and bottling business, and we were told that the water needed to come from a deep well to get approval by the government, away from surface pollution, agriculture in this area consists mostly of applying herbicides, then fongicide, NPK and insecticides. These will naturally end up in the surface water, gravity being one law of physics...
And the lower part of the farm is at the lowest of the valley. There is a well there, the first hand dug one, the water level is one foot above the surrounding soil...
We found a "well man" to explain it to us and he promised to come dig it in the near future. As this future became less and less near, I pretty much abandoned the idea, the marketing of drinking water is occupied, so it seems.
By the time I changed my mind, there had been a building constructed, now occupied by food for pigs.
So, he showed up the second day of the year, the next year. We had signed a contract. It will be expansive, but I am willing to take a chance even if it is not to be marketed.
This should add to our quality of life. 2000 litres per hour.
We needed permission from the local authorities, including the "tree police". They refused the spot I had chosen, close to the highest placed tank, at 150 m from the house, so we used divining rods and picked a spot, promising, right behind the house.
they've been at it for two days now.
Lots of noise and lots of dust.
Photos coming soon.