Creating a Lake

[CurlyDave]

When you recover, a couple of pix of how you did the concrete would be very interesting.

You have a great project going here.

 

[EddieWalker]

The storm wasn't as bad as predicted. Only half an inch of rain, so it was worth the extra effort to get the cement dumped on the pipe.

To make it all fit in my trench I had to use my super duper pipe holder.

Works pretty good too!!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Eddie

 

[EddieWalker]

The concrete is to stop water from traveling up the length of the pipe. All it has to do is stop the water.

You can also buy an anti-seep color which is a piece of rubber cut into a square and stretched out by a wood frame. Then a hole is cut in the middle and the pipe is slid through it. This is the most common method.

I have no idea which is better, but for $70 worth of readi mix, it seems like cheap insurance.

Eddie

 

[EddieWalker]

Last night I made this in my workshop. Sure is nice having a place to work on things with lots of room.

Anybody recognize what it's for? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif


Eddie

 

[EddieWalker]

If you said it's a filter for my inlet pipe, you got it!!! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

I used 3/4 PVC and 30 T's to create it. The screen is solid plastic and it's held on with tie wraps. Nothing larger than two inches can fit through there to clog up my drain line.

I wanted it long enough to still allow enough water to get through no matter how much debri settles to the bottom of the lake. The tent design is to cut down on what might settle on top of it.

It's held in place by the weight of the pipe. Once I backfilled the pipe, this became very solid.

Eddie

 

[EddieWalker]

While walking around down there I noticed some of my trees are starting to bloom. Forgive me because I have no idea of what it's called, but this flowering trees has the most amazing purple flowers. They are fairly common, but spread out and not very large.

Anybody know what it is??? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

Eddie

 

[Dozernut]

Looks like a Red Bud tree, not sure about the trees in Texas so I could be wrong. Our Red Buds will bloom in a few weeks here. BTW, nice job on the lake.

 

[Michael_E_Tx]

Hi Eddie. We're about 50 miles northeast of you. That is most assuredly Red Bud. Ours are beginning to bloom also. The Dogwood are leafing out also. They will have very pretty delicate white flowers. We've been here a little less time than you've been on your place. We go around and mark all the Red Bud and Dogwood with surveyors tape so I don't accidently cut down either in the course of clearing brush and thinning on our 55 acres.

Michael

 

[Bird]

The Red Buds are definitely blooming in this area, and the Bradford Pears have been blooming long enough that the wind yesterday blew a lot of the blossoms off and the leaves are growing fast now. I'm in the process of watering in a heavy dose of Weed & Feed and granular insecticide on the yard.

 

[wushaw]

I'll fourth on the Red Bud tree /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

And just for grins the next time your at Wally World go and price them.