Intake Bay on my DIY Pond

[@allkindsofoutdooractivities]

That’s a really nice set up. Good job

[@TheStump29]

@@allkindsofoutdooractivities thanks!

[@allkindsofoutdooractivities]

@@TheStump29 you are most welcome!

[@feviking1]

I used around 80 milk crates in my bog filter ..huge cost savings.

[@TheStump29]

Absolutely! I’m using heavy duty plastic pallets for my bogs.

[@feviking1]

@@TheStump29 , I wish I would of thought of those, would of been a lot easier to lay down.

[@6HARIS]

Awesome, I have almost same size backyard here in Houston and thinking of swim pond build

[@TheStump29]

It’s been a huge investment and a ton of work, but I know it’ll all be worth It

[@SlackerU]

Seems like it would be easer to have a 1000 gallon OSSF installed as the water-treatment for a natural pond filter. The water in my clarifier-tank is quite clear where I imagine a pond would use UV instead of chlorine like my OSSF for my home. With a large enough OSSF you could let the trash-tank fill for years as the pond would be producing far less waste than a three bedroom home full of people. Then for cleanup you would just hire a septic-pump-truck to empty your pond's trash-tank & aeration-tank every 3-5 years or longer. I'm no engineer or permit approver so IDK what they'd allow.

[@user-kx1dq9bn9t]

Looks great brother! Nice work!

[@johnporco4307]

I love it. I’m about to rip out my 12,000 gallon Aquascape pond and my 30,000 gallon ingrond swimming pool to make a 75,000 gallons swimming pond. Excavation has begun. Living the pond lifestyle without Aquablocks. Lol

[@TheStump29]

That’s a big project! Definitely document if you can, I’d love to see that

[@juliedoulaworkshop]

This is amazing!

[@stevethorne4978]

Great looking build. May I ask what did the stone and gravel cost?

[@TheStump29]

@@stevethorne4978 thanks! I wanna say I’m probably around $6-7,000 into rock and gravel. I did get quite a bit of stone for free on marketplace also.

[@SlackerU]

3:16 the cost is in an accident, if someones foot goes through a rotted-crate that requires stitches & antibiotics then that's over $3200 in medical bills or monthly-insurance-contracts worth of problems. Just put a Do-Not-Step sign somewhere there, or keep-out-of-water sign, maybe 'authorized personal only'... IDK how negligent litigation works. My county put $3k bond on two teens for having fart-spray in school so I risk very little.

[@TheStump29]

The milk crates are strong enough to hold the weight of a person.

[@SlackerU]

@@TheStump29 I agree as we've all seen the viral milk-crate-challenge... but they are not manufactured to perform that task so you would assume the liability risk, especially since they are hidden with only you knowing what's actually under there. You want a warranty to blame so that the accident is an act-of-god.

[@ChrisShortyAllen]

Does he have a duty to prevent the rock and gravel from becoming slippery? Danger do not swim deep water? Get a grip.

[@SlackerU]

@@ChrisShortyAllen One is an act of god & the other is installing a product beyond its manufactured purpose. I agree it's not a big deal but I wouldn't do it b/c I have been alive long enough to see you must pay for accidents you create. I'd want manufactured products used as they were manufactured unless I lived where I could have 100ft setbacks.