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#backyardproject

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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸

#backyardProject #PoolPond Update!

Since getting the liner in at the end of November I have been patiently waiting for the holes to fill with rainwater so that I can confirm and if necessary adjust the level of the edges and the overflow points.

#1 The pump intake bay filled first and is emptying into the main pool as desired (the water will be drawn *into* the bay when functional). I’ll adjust exactly how and where the water is drawn in with rocks.

#2 The bog filter hole is almost full now. Hopefully today’s rain fills it. By all appearances it should empty from its southwest corner closest to the main pool as desired. There is lots of extra liner to deal with in that spot so it’ll take some refining to make it nice.

#3 The last will be the main pool. If all goes as expected, it should overflow somewhere on the long edge. It should be overtop the wall of the bay but not overflow the bay or the short edges. I want the overflow to be closest to the house drainage system which is under the chicken coop at the top edge (left corner in the first pic).

The ponds themselves look good. The water has flattened the liner to the bottoms and sides (and steps of the pool!) which should help solidify things. No leaks detected. The liner doesn’t have too many extra folds in the holes which is good.

When I get rocks to make the inner pond wall I will probably start by putting flat stone along the bottom to protect the liner and keep it flat.

Of course… before I do that, I need to deal with Dirt Mountain, finish the fence, and remove the car.

But for now… I like how still the water is. #silentsunday
#diy #home #today #homeImprovement

Two large ponds are visible covered in black rubber material. Closest is the bog filleted pons. It is about 30cm from overtopping in one corner closest to the larger pond which is about 60cm from full. There is a halzelnut tree just on the other side of the filter pond between it and a smaller pump bay. In the background is a yellow cover over a car.
A view from the opposite direction shows the main pool pond and the bay to the left. The hazelnut is reflecting in the water of the pond.
A look down into the end of the pool pond shows some sediment settled on the bottom but mostly the black liner stuck to the sides and bottom in folds and ridges through the clear water.
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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸

I unraveled the other bundle of liner in the wrong direction which led to a more huffing and puffing, but, the deed is done!

I shall now continue battling with the rain gods to keep it reasonably empty of water, except to see where overflow points are.

Next: Get a big load of large rock (12-18" stones) to line the inside wall of the pool/pond and start filling the filters of the other two. Also time to think about plumbing design!

Oh! And Mr Arbutus is very happy! #pondpool #backyardProject

Initially, pulling the liner over the hole. The liner troops down partway into the hole.
The finished liner is in and shoved up the side of the hole. The edges are behind with the liner, all flipped over on itself with extra.
Longview of all of the holes
A young but tall Arbutus, Tree
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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸

Big thanks to @RandomCanuck for finding a CO2 answer!

This document (epdmroofs.org/wp-content/uploa) says standard 60mil* EPDM roofing membrane embodies 6.93kg of CO2/sqft.

So 45mil (1.143mm thick) will be 25% less:
6.93-25% = 5.198 kgCO2/sqft.

I bought a 70ft x 30ft section.
So 2100sqft x 5.198 = 10,915.8 kgC02**

That is equivalent to flying from #YVR to #HKG roundtrip, 13 times. Oooooff. That's a bit of a shocker. 🫢😐

OK, I guess I have some work to do to offset/capture some carbon in this here little pond/pool! The good news is, it will not feature any fish so I am hopeful that it will be, eventually, a carbon-negative operation as long as I plant it chock-full and periodically remove/sequester the compost to avoid methane emissions from decomposition.

*WHAT A STUPID MEASUREMENT lol “60mil” = 0.060in or 1.524mm thickness

** Holy heck I love the built-in math in the latest macOS/iOS update!!
#Ponds #Liner #CarbonFootprint #Rubber #BackyardProject #PoolPond

GIF
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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸

Here's some info I found from Dow on a new process they say *reduces* various polluting factors by ____% but of course they don't give absolute numbers because then we would have actual information. 🙄

dow.com/en-us/document-viewer.

www.dow.comDocument Viewer
#Ponds#Liner#CarbonFootprint
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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸

Just bought a lot of rubber….

Technically... I guess this is the largest carbon-purchase I've made in a few years, at least since I last flew a long distance. Now I'm curious on the carbon footprint of EPDM rubber materials. I'll have to go googling for the embedded carbon in rubber later.

#Ponds #Liner #CarbonFootprint #Rubber #BackyardProject #PoolPond
pondsonline.ca/firestone-pondg

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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸

End of the day. Goal achieved. Finalized the perimeter and approximate top level of the water. Now I can order the expensive part, the liner. In other news, the local squirrel yelled at me when I picked the last of "his" hazelnuts. #diy #gardening #rhubarb #pool #BackyardProject #portalberni

(and if you are wondering… I just priced it out, $3500 for the liner. It would have been over $4000 if we didn’t have some leftover from the front yard ponds! The liner in 2020 was 1/2 the price!) #inflation

A view of the large hole for the pond. There is a string along its length to set the level and another to the back toward the smaller hole for the pump. There is a large hazelnut tree just beyond the hole
Another view showing the three holes.
A small bowl of hazelnuts with their little covere sitting on the table beside
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