How to make DIY Pond Surface Cleaner - Skimmer

[@manuelalejandro8972]

David, I really enjoy your content and I can't hardly wait to see you on a cooking show, thanks for sharing.

[@lukasdziubalski2001]

I'm sure that there is beer somewhere over there, hidden, on such a nice sunny day. You are changing the ordinary into the extraordinary Sir. Thanks for your videos. Cheers.

[@jedodd64]

That's fantastic. I'm currently digging a big hole in the hopes of it being a swimming pond. Thanks for all the info.

[@johntaper]

Possibly my favorite Monty Python sketch ever. I don't even have a pond, let alone one that needs skimming. What am I doing here? Ha!

[@PhilG0BVD]

Brilliant David. I have been suffering with sediment coming off the bottom of the pool & floating on top of the water. This could be my answer to the problem. Many thanks for sharing. Phil North Devon

[@llcwalsh1]

You have inspired me to attempt a large scale public swimming pond here in Ontario, Canada. I love the idea of low power usage and the pond cleaning itself organically. If it really works this well, why are other commercial applications using extensive piping and filtration?

[@nKw-qg5tt]

$$$$$$. All about money. And people are lazy.

[@Thoughmuchistaken]

I'm in Ontario. Did you ever attempt the public swimming pond?

[@OverlandNTH]

@@Thoughmuchistaken nope. Gonna do a private pond though

[@adamwilkinson1472]

awesome vid David, many thanks, i was wondering how i was going to build the skimmer using bubble tech!! (im digging the ever growing hole at the min) : )

[@pabloirigoyen2483]

Great idea, thank you very much for sharing. I have been wondering if one could use this simple, yet effective design of your, and add a biofiltre along the 4" pipe, by doing so, im forcing the water through the biofiltre at the same time im skimming the surface. Just an idea. Again, thank you for your videos, they have been very use full and may i add, lots of fun too. Greetings for Chile

[@kusnezoff8705]

you could also put a float on the box so that the unit floats on the waters surface an can be placed where you want it or have it just float all over the place as the hose allows. just a thought.

[@kartikeyabahadur]

sounds great, especially if the water level fluctuates too much.

[@guilhermeferreirarolim8818]

Hi David, how are you? I've been thinking about a floating (or fixed) filtration system, with the airlift system, where there would be a box full of bio balls. The airlift piping would come from below, causing the aerated water to pass through the bio balls and exit through a grate on the side of the box. What do you think of this idea?

[@davidkeal3974]

Thanks for all the information you are providing.... I'm going to be building a pond next month here in Kentucky...I notice that most of the air supply lines go in the top of the bubbler is there any reason they shouldn't enter the bubbler from the bottom or side?....

[@MrBsmurfy]

Do you adjust height up and down relative to water level? or do you find your water level stays relatively stable?

[@yohjokromwood2327]

nice video david houw is your fish pond doing? realy intrested in that

[@steveg4334]

Very Tommy Cooper-esq. Nice one, very useful, and entertaining.

[@Tailss1]

I'm thinking about having a go making one of these pools but am worried about making my kids sick (ear infection etc). How would I ensure the water is safe?

[@ajrwilde14]

It's self-cleaning.

[@nKw-qg5tt]

Throw them in a mud puddle first. Build up the immune systems. 😁

[@adamwilkinson1472]

Wonder if there an optimum outlet 'height' relative to the inlet to maximise flo rate?

[@2010wembley]

Adam Wilkinson 1.5 metres

[@antsmith8588]

Hi Dave where did you get that skimmer from you bought......

[@EMILCAT7]

Where can I find the standard pool skimmer to begin with. I'm from Chile. I need to get it online, but I don't find any!

[@collinblake9957]

Is this the way he pulls water from the pond to the wetland filter?

[@1065Olivia]

Love this!

[@cliffstevenson5773]

Brilliant.

[@msmeganmole]

I’m kind of confused with the process. Hard for me to follow. Sounds brilliant wish I had step by step directions thank u.

[@Tailss1]

Briliant idea and uses little power also.

[@joblo497]

FAB squire 🙋

[@amitthakali8141]

why's his voice on a Johnny Depp mode from "The Pirates of the Carribean"?

[@themanfromvolantis]

So, to make a DIY skimmer (as per title), the first thing you need is a pool skimmer. Right. Sorry for being a stick in the mud but doesn't this defeat the object of DIY? Admittedly, if you just buy and use a normal skimmer, you don't get the unbridled joy of saying "flange" dozens of times.

[@IwakuraKonata]

It's a mod to make the skimmer work using only bubbles (air pump) instead of a regular water pump, same working principle, different suction force origin

[@fleetmapping999]

An exercise in how not to make an instructional video. The concept is good, the video dreadful.

[@daveprice6870]

Sorry but there was far far too much fluffing around which made this video almost un watchable for me! Sorry but I couldn’t watch anymore.

[@jeffreyd1701]

suggestion: show us what you are making and how it works, then you can go into detail of how you did it and why. otherwise it's a bit of gobbledygook video.

[@2010wembley]

Jeffrey Dubinsky suggestion. Read the description. Listen to what he's saying. It's very clear.

[@soilsurvivor]

@@2010wembley Clear as mud. A brief discussion of what an "air-lift" pump is and how it works would have been a much better use of time than watching him drill holes or repeatedly telling where water goes in and goes out. Also, what was it he dropped into the inner pipe at the very end? "This is what's known as a silblflfkspodlfksdfnkn".??? Huh???

[@soilsurvivor]

This vid explains airlift pumps ... kzbin.info/www/bejne/ioC5i2eloNF1fNk

[@2010wembley]

Nick Seidenman cylindrical air stone. Learn English son.

[@soilsurvivor]

@@2010wembley There is nothing wrong with my English, sir. (Note the comma after "English".) There is nothing wrong with your English, either. Your elocution, however, becomes mumblesome at times. Basic pedagogy: emphasize terms of art such as _cylindrical air stone_.

[@MB-zl3cn]

Is anyone else thinking about Kenny Everett ? 🤣😂🫨