Ted's Pond upgrade

[fatherted]

Can't hold back Jason - must keep on going! Roz originally said when I started it that she wanted it finished by May.

Haven't managed to get a mixer yet so looks like I will be mixing mortar by hand. Must do some shopping for blocks etc this week but if I don't get sorted I will start on pipework.

[jason-m]

Ted, you will not lose any money buying a mixer mate, i got a brand new Belle off Ebay for £165, when i have finished i will put it back on there and near enough get my money back for it...

[fatherted]

The ones I have been watching keep going for too much. Was yours from an ebay shop or was it a one off?

[jason-m]

It is a chap from stoke who works for belle, last time i looked he still had some

[Gazza]

Didn't Dunc have one for sale recently ????

[fatherted]

He did but I think he removed it. I pm'd about location and then about it's transportability but it then dissapeared so I think it went.

Jason - do you have anymore info on the seller?

[jason-m]

pm sent Ted.

[fatherted]

The pond edge just couldn't hold out anymore and the serious rainfall has finally won. A few bits had fallen in over the last week but today it really went. Worryingly close to our boundary fence now...

[img]http://www.koivista.com/files/fatherted/250 ... re_007.jpg[/img]

I am sure there is a concrete slab under there somewhere

[dave a]

Ted
get the slab cleaned up and some blocks on site and I will come over and sling them up for you if you mix the muck

Just a thought does andrew have a mixer you could borrow ?

[fatherted]

If I had known you did blockwork as well I would have had you in before the rains started Dave! I have a mixer on loan from a friend now but have been unable to make any progress as with the constant rain the hole keeps filling up.

For obvious reasons I have abandoned the 'thin wall well backfilled' construction plan and was thinking I would have to lay blocks on their side instead to acheive some strength.

[fatherted]

Next skip ordered and due tomorrow. The big clean up begins - please stop the rain

[kimr]

Hi Ted
I am so sorry to hear you are having so many problem's due to the weather. How great of Dave to offer to come and help, he is so kind he offered to help me out when thing's got tough. I hope you can start to get on with the pond finger's crossed the sun start's to shine

[B.Scott]

Poor Ted. You're a victim of our crappy weather

[fatherted]

Well everyone, the weather finally came good and a few days of work, another skip and a bit of sweat and we seem to be getting somewhere. My brother even turned up for a couple of hours and cut me some blocks

[img]http://www.koivista.com/files/fatherted/258 ... re_008.jpg[/img]

The dog couldn't handle the heat and was actually asleep by the wall. The mixer was running and I was lifting buckets full of concrete backfill over her. No rest for the wife though, she was laying the base for the extended filter housing.

[img]http://www.koivista.com/files/fatherted/257 ... re_006.jpg[/img]

And finally, the walling was done. Still a bit of cleaning up to do before the render but at last, progress.

[img]http://www.koivista.com/files/fatherted/258 ... re_011.jpg[/img]

Big thanks to Dave Arnold for repeatedly offering to help but I held out because it is all mine and I am proud of it!

A little bit worried about the water line that has appeared today but I am not going to let it bother me.

[jason-m]

Nice one Ted, you've soon got them blocks up...
All being well i will be on my way with mine soon...