Dave and Sue Pond Build 2008/09

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Hi,
Update setting the coping stones, hopefully cutting and fitting next week, if the weather permits, it is getting a job to keep everything dry.
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Hi,
A few more photo's getting towards the end now :shock: :shock:
Dave.
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Hi Dave, lookin' good. So what media are you gonna be putting in your block filter ?

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Hi Garry,
About 200L of kaldness K1 and 20 layers of jap matting, all behind 15ft of settlement, 2 x optimax 10,000. 1 on the main return, 1 from the skimmer through a Midi Sieve and the UV. 1 x Aquamax 3500 as auxilary return
Hope it will be OK.

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Hi Dave, sounds good and nice big settlement area. Have you got a boiler and heating sorted ?

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Dave,

Been going to come up and have a nose but I don't think its stopped raining the last couple of days. Are the fish in yet and looking into the house through the window?

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Hi Guy's,
No boiler, no heating this year! :cry: :cry:
Ian, you know your welcome, just bring your wellies :lol: :lol:

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Hi,
Updated photo from this Year,
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have you just rendered the inside walls???? No liner of any sort????
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Hi,
Welcome to the forum.
The walls were rendered and then fibreglassed, did not include photo of them being glassed?

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