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Topic 3: Our $3000 boondoggle, aka: the turtle pond
Well, it isn't an official boondoggle yet, but the price tag on that sucker --the pond that we didn't want to pay someone else $10K to build so we're building ourselves to save money-- yeah, it's steadily ticking upward.
The concrete was poured, and we were told it needs to cure for 28 days before the waterproofing agent can be applied and the turtles can inhabit it. We were told to go ahead and fill the pond with water and let it damp cure, so that the concrete doesn't dry out as it dries (huh?) So yesterday we do that --probably 2,000 gallons of water-- and that wasn't even filled to the level it needed to be. When we get back from the OC, we drop the hose back in it, and maybe half an hour later the f-ing thing fills up just high enough to pop six leaks! And that's just in the concrete above the ground level... who knows if it's saturating the ground below?
We are later reassured by my dad, who is a structural engineer, that leaks are normal and not to worry about it since we'll be sealing it anyway once it's cured. Then he says something to the effect that you get what you pay for (as if we had a choice who our contractor subcontracted with?)
But anyway, it's still getting to be one big headache. There still are pumps and filters and UV light things to buy, and unless we want to look at concrete walls (our ce-ment pond) we have to buy flagstones and mortar them to the sides... and we haven't figured out a waterfall or fountain, either, b/c the filtered water needs to be both pumped back in AND act as an aerator so the fish don't suffocate.
Sigh.
Remind me again that we're doing this ourselves so we DON'T spend $10K....
Re: Topic 3: Our $3000 boondoggle, aka: the turtle pond