Small Pond Repair and Renovation | Upgrading an Unsafe Backyard Pond the MDA Way
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- čas přidán 12. 11. 2021
- This small pond renovation in Knoxville, TN was visiting an old water feature that was not originally installed by Modern Design Aquascaping. John G had put a bid in for the original pond design, but ultimately did not get the job.
The pond and waterfall was originally installed around 2012 and the water still flows. However, many of the pond rocks have slid into the pond and other rocks have become loose and wobbly. The pond owners were justifiably concerned with the safety of their grandchildren, guests, and themselves! It was time to upgrade the pond. The family in Knoxville are subscribers to our channel (you should subscribe as well) and have been watching our pond videos. They love our water features and want to upgrade their pond the Modern Design Aquascaping Way!
Tristan Adams will take you through this small-grandchildren first-water feature renovation. While this project is called a repair and renovation, it is more of a pond redo. Renovating this water feature will go all the way down to the pond liner. Nearly everything is going to change with this pond and waterfall. All of the pond rocks are going to be removed, the pond will be reshaped and shelved, and a new pond liner and skimmer box will be installed.
Tell us what you think of the Manual Drone Footage. Will it revolutionize water feature showcase videos?
Be sure to catch Tristan’s GREAT building tips @11:00 about accommodating rocks and fish, and also a way to dig ponds to make setting your pond rocks easier.
Like John G says, “Do something, just don’t do nothing!”
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You may reach John Adams in East Tennessee at:
PHONE: (865) 995-1234
WEB: www.MDAquascaping.com
FaceBook: Modern Design Aquascaping
CZcams: / moderndesignaquascapin...
The CZcams channel is geared towards education on proper construction methods for water features and highlights many cool projects that the Modern Design Aquascaping team gets to be a part of!
Happy Pondering ;) - Jak na to + styl
You can call them plant shelves but they look more like grandkid shelves to me. Great transformation. Fantastic video. ✌️❤️
Ray you are so right! We know there is no way to make it kid proof- they are going to LOVE IT even more ;)
One mistake I made when building our water feature was not clearing the grass and all away from the edges far enough. Grass started growing into it. I also in my effort to make it all look natural and hide the liner the liner got pushed down enough for water to leak out in some places. Nice job on you pond and video.
Good stuff guys! Lots of little nuggets throughout this video. Keep up the great work ✌️
Thanks for following our fam and the channel!
@@KoiAddiction same to you man!
Great looking pond, and entertaining video!
Great video and great frog action! These guys really shaped this pond up nicely for these folks💙🐸🌎
Yes Stacy YES
Great job Team!
Those boys!!
Good job blending the pond and stream together
The boys did a nice job- it is more challenging for us doing the small projects, we are used to working in a larger space! Thanks again for your comments and engagement on our channel Tony✌️
You guys must be a blast to work for. looks like you have a lot of fun while working hard and enjoying what you do.
Well I will have a “come-apart” soon. Next episode or two I go walkabout…
So fun to watch!!! Tristian is always so entertaining. Love it and keep it up!!!
Keep tuning in Cory, we need your support!
Good job guys
Thanks man, we seem to not do many “small scale” features but I love when they do, it forces them to “color between the lines” and push their artistic skills!
LMAO over the drone footage....that was awesome! You always want stable rocks around your pond. You can think in your mind my kids or grandchildren will never try to walk on that rock....think again! Places that you would never think a child would try to get to...thats the one place they will go...lol. I learned the hard way about loose rock. Busted my own ass a couple of times. 😆 🤣 😂 God bless
If you aren’t falling sometimes you aren’t exploring enough!
Beautiful, as always! 💙 That spider! My jacket would have been off faster the a blink of your eye 😂 Love the frogs! 🐸🐸
I am not a spider lover either- Tristan loves all creatures!
The little stream and pond look spectacular, I love what you guys did and it has stronger rocks that will support the kids for sure, as always a very gorgeous job !!!
Simple construction technique but requires a different level of thinking and construction!
Love that sweet potato vine
Inspired by Miami Aaron!
Not bad guys, the only thing I think you should have added some more outcropping rocks in the landscape, to prevent the Ring of Pearls look around the edge and a small fish cave just in case they wanted to use some goldfish other than that good job!!
Yea, we might could have used some more rocks. It’s always a great thing to be able to look back at each job and ask yourself what you could have done better (within budget) for the next time! Thanks for hanging with us ;)
Great Job! I like how you were honest about the scope of the project! There's always the argument over bare lined ponds vs rocked and the latter is always a better option, not just because of the looks but also for durability and safety. UGHHHH those digging conditions though!!! Great end result and a great investment that will pay off for a long time!
It is tough for us to do these smaller projects- we tend to stay in the bigger realm. Rocking the small ones is harder to do for me anyways. Gotta love the Tennessee clay ;)
I couldn't agree more! It's so hard to be creative but you guys made it work! yeah It's very humbling to see when I want to complain about Michigan clay lol...worst can be busted through with a pick axe or a mini excavator.
Your design was a great resolution of your client's safty concerns about foot-step stability around the pond and aesthetically, well, two thumbs up, guys! (BTW, here in my state in Australia, by law, we have to have a full pool safty fence around any water body deeper than 12 inches in a front or back yard, can't have rocks, a tree or anything near the fence that might assist a small child in getting over the fence either and inspectors are strict. Naturally, all this makes designing the natural look a bit more challenging). Anyway, that pale yellow soil-rock mix that you said was so hard to dig at that site, we've got the exact same stuff miles away over here😁
Thanks for hanging out with us! I hope to get back over to your neck of the woods here in the next year or so- nothing on the books yet…I can’t wait to come out and build something more with the Aussies :) Heading to the UK in March-that’s as close as I am getting now. Happy New Year ;)
Nice stuff
Thanks ;)
I definitely need to start You Tube. Great marketing tool.
We have fun with it. We are currently trying to figure out how to make it more affordable! 🤣
Always playing with frogs. Lol. 100% better!
Thanks Brad!
Big improvement! Ugh, we don't see much of that kind of "soil" around here, but we have had a few digs in similar ground, and it sucks. Good thing it's possible to reshape and compact it. Nicely done!
We can’t get enough of this madness, it never ends 😭
John, have you always been able to float above rivers? I think you're liking that green screen too much. Lol.
I really like how you blended the two rock styles. It looks like it could of been all one job, not a refab. You guys are gonna have to get Tristan a Frog Whisperer t-shirt.
OK Ill look for the shirt! The green screen has made my life so much easier. You think we should just keep me in front of a brick wall>
@@KoiAddiction lol, good point. The green screen works great. Pretty soon your Oasis will be much better than a brick wall for sure.
very nice
Little by little we are knocking it out👍🏻😎thanks for hanging with us!
Классно вышло, делайте больше таких видео.
Hmmm. No translation here…
@@KoiAddiction Translation: That's amazing, would like to see more videos like this
"Caliche (also known as calcrete, hardpan or duricrust) can be extremely durable and present problems at construction sites"
OK you got me I’m going to have to look that one up😭
“Caliche is a layer-like accumulation of calcium carbonate that is deposited as part of the formation of soil in arid regions,” Stephen Reynolds of Arizona State University's School of Earth and Space Exploration says. “It represents material that was dissolved by water from the surface and the upper parts of the soil and then precipitated a meter or so down in the soil when that water evaporates.” OK I learned something today ;)
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😎 emoji man!
Not 100% but I’m pretty sure that rock/dirt is limestone😂 it’s very brittle but it’s still considered a rock
Yes you are true!
Is Hunter no longer with you? Just washed it and I didn’t see him members just wondering!
He’s on “vacation” for a year doing nuclear waste cleanup, getting married, having kids, etc,😂
Hey John, liked the pond way mucho. Great job, Tristan. Great job, MDA Team!
I thought you guys blended the existing feature with the new seamlessly. It was a little rough, but from what I could gather based on the conversation we were privy to in the video, that was the card you were dealt and you played the best hand you could given the hand you ended up with.
Tristan. Dude. I think you shaved another 3 months off my lifespan with not just holding that spider, which was bad enough in and of itself, but then you lost track of where the little beastie went!?!?!?!? 🤯 No! No! Ummm, Hell No!
I'm out!
LOL he is a creature lover, I don’t care for bugs either Whip! To each their own…
hay john?
What’s up Tim?, I just got back from some deer hunting last week!