Thread: Pond building questions for buadhai

^ yeah, he forgot to take his meds and went ballistic

Er Whats happened to the pond? I was following this.

If he built it, they will come.

Originally Posted by Lite Beer

Er Whats happened to the pond? I was following this.

oh yes, sorry.

I'll do some pictures later.

Did it take you this long to get sober...

Originally Posted by Lite Beer

Er Whats happened to the pond? I was following this.

https://teakdoor.com/members-only/302...-you-been.html (Caught wanking, have you been?)

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

oh yes, sorry. I'll do some pictures later.

you had better bladdy well not!

Come back Buadhai.

^
now, you are here, I'd like to ask a question.

there are these fish that we are going to put in the pond.
I think they are comets but my wife is adamant that they are koi.

How can you tell tham apart?

Is your pond finished?
I was going to bring you some fish round later.

Yes. Did you finish it ok. Were there any unexpected problems?

Originally Posted by Lite Beer

Yes. Did you finish it ok. Were there any unexpected problems?

Only a minor setback. Someone caught him stroking the chicken last night.

Quite clearly the pond was not finished.
A shame as I have read all of Buadhais thread and am thinking of making one. It would have been helpful to know how CM N got on but he does not want to share his experience. Never mind.

^
of course i want to share, i'm a lazy bastard I have also been fairly busy.

finished digging it last week, it's a nice size actually.

around 3 feet deep at the centre.

we had lots of sand, cement and stone left over so i went ahead and made my pond a concrete one without thinking.
finished it yesterday but i've been checking the internet and the lime from the cement is poisonous.

doh.

what's the best way to treat it, is it likely to leak given the iffy quality of my concrete mixing.

am i better off just lining it with pond liner on top of the concrete?

help much appreciated.

and don't nag me for pictures, i'll upload some tomorrow, promise.
too lazy to do it right now.

Put some water in it, eat some beans, sit in it and you've got your own eco-friendly organic jacuzzi.

Originally Posted by Lite Beer

Quite clearly the pond was not finished.
A shame as I have read all of Buadhais thread and am thinking of making one. It would have been helpful to know how CM N got on but he does not want to share his experience. Never mind.

wouldn't happen to know our dearly departed would you?

no advice??

oh well, guess i'm a bit of a boy crying wolf.

this was hard work.

here are the pictures of the completed pond being filled this morning.

not sure about the colours.

the first shelf is about a foot deep and the bowl in the centre about 3 feet.
we'll put lots of plants on the outside shelf i guess.


we are filling it now.

it's about 4 metres by 4.

biggest problem was when i dug the initial collar, there was a drop of about 8 inches from top to bottom.

looked flat enough when i started.

crap thread sorry.

i'm too lazy to upload pics and too lazy to build a pond in less than 2 months.

Decent looking fish pond there, CMN. Well done !!

How much did you pay the workers?

dogs are in it at the moment.

still waiting for a response about treating the lime in the cement.

would have been easier just to line it.

according to websites you need to fill, empty, re-fill for about 6 weeks if you don't treat it.

then you need to use a single goldfish as a guinea pig.

if it floats to the top, you can't put more in.

this was never meant to be a fish pond building thread sureme a la buadhai.
can't compete with that.

only opened it to ask for help.

Originally Posted by NickA

How much did you pay the workers?

zilch, zero.
nada....
most cynical.

will admit my wife did most of the concrete mixing.

it never would have got finished if i hadn't quit the booze.

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

then you need to use a single goldfish as a guinea pig.

Richard Gear eat your heart out

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

will admit my wife did most of the concrete mixing.

I always make my wife do a bit of the work and make sure I take a piccy too, just in case some nasty person decides to report me. Well, that is my excuse anyway.

Originally Posted by NickA

I always make my wife do a bit of the work and make sure I take a piccy too, just in case some nasty person decides to report me. Well, that is my excuse anyway.

after the house building that she supervised, she became pretty adept at mixing concrete.

pasting it on was an easy job.

she actually used the base of the pool as the mixing bowl.

thought that was quite clever.

anyway, how to treat the lime?

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

then you need to use a single goldfish as a guinea pig.

Concentrate
Don't do it the other way around