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Beginners guide to building a garden waterfall - Part 1

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  • čas přidán 30. 07. 2020
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Komentáře • 96

  • @ThePondAdvisor
    @ThePondAdvisor  Před 4 lety +11

    Thanks for watching, the other parts are coming out Monday at 6pm and Wednesday at 6pm

    • @ianhutch101
      @ianhutch101 Před 4 lety +2

      My liner is in and I'm ready to place the rocks for the waterfall so am going to hold off and wait for your next video.

    • @ThePondAdvisor
      @ThePondAdvisor  Před 4 lety +2

      @@ianhutch101 thank you for your time

  • @scox7748
    @scox7748 Před 4 lety +4

    Man, i just spent the last two days ripping it out and starting again. Theres no way i can buy a kit here and it really is way more difficult than you make it look. Thanks for all the tips and inspiration. I just gave up today, ready to get a concrete truck to fill it all in. Good to come inside and watch this vid.

    • @ThePondAdvisor
      @ThePondAdvisor  Před 4 lety

      Please don't give up, thank you for being open with your comment, its not about buying a kit. I just believe if you have the right components its easy. What has been the most difficult part of your build? Turn that

    • @scox7748
      @scox7748 Před 4 lety +1

      @@ThePondAdvisor i think the hardest part was getting enough drop in a short distance. My gardens only 4m long. Also getting the stones placed. They always end up 20mm above the water level. Working in tropical clay mud is no joy either. Thanks for your encouragement, it really helps.

    • @ThePondAdvisor
      @ThePondAdvisor  Před 4 lety +1

      @@scox7748 When I am challenged with a low grade change I start the feature up high with something man made

    • @scox7748
      @scox7748 Před 4 lety +1

      @@ThePondAdvisor good advice. I have a big pot with a spout. Looks like next weekend will be third time lucky!

  • @lizblann7842
    @lizblann7842 Před 4 lety +3

    Fantastic video. Even I understand now. Looking forward to the following videos

  • @d252428q
    @d252428q Před 4 lety +3

    Brilliant looking forward to part 2

  • @MrStevebeech
    @MrStevebeech Před 4 lety +4

    Some excellent tips there Mark. Thank you. My son looked at me gone out when I was telling him how to use a shovel. Going to show him this vid now just to show him dad is right! 😂 looking forward to the next 🍻

    • @ThePondAdvisor
      @ThePondAdvisor  Před 4 lety +1

      lol its funny we find it hard taking advice sometime from loved ones, I was the same. Its hard teaching my wife how to build a waterfall. Monday 6pm part two

  • @fwolenski
    @fwolenski Před 4 lety +3

    I was doubting myself for starting on building a waterfall in my backyard, then I saw this video and feel very encouraged. Thank you kindly.

    • @ThePondAdvisor
      @ThePondAdvisor  Před 4 lety +1

      thank you, what has been you biggest challenge?

  • @charlottewilson4560
    @charlottewilson4560 Před 4 lety +6

    Ahhhh thanks for calling me out!! I now can’t wait to watch the other 2 parts. Some great techniques shared. Just what I have been searching for and need to brave my first pondless. After watching you all these years you make it look so easy and I know it’s not!! Finally a simple guide that I understand. Thank you for listening and taking time to go back to basics

    • @ThePondAdvisor
      @ThePondAdvisor  Před 4 lety +4

      It’s easy to build a waterfall, it’s making it look good that’s the hardest part. It does take practice. I can’t wait to see your first water feature it’s going to be ten times better than my first feature. 5 months and counting for a 2020 waterfall build. Like this comment or Charlotte comment if you want to watch this Journey of her first waterfall build.

  • @traceridpath6614
    @traceridpath6614 Před 4 lety +4

    Can’t wait for the next video in the series. Thanks for walking through it step by step. Very helpful. Kind Regards from Colorado mate 🙂

    • @ThePondAdvisor
      @ThePondAdvisor  Před 4 lety +1

      my pleasure, i hope you enjoy the next two videos

  • @definitelymaybe31
    @definitelymaybe31 Před 3 lety +2

    I just wanted to thank you for your videos. I'm in Tennessee, USA and am a first time garden waterfall/pond builder. Your videos have been incredibly helpful.

  • @user-gk6zd5zi5o
    @user-gk6zd5zi5o Před rokem +1

    Watched many of your videos on pondless waterfalls. Helped me build my own 👍🏻

  • @jonandlisa2000
    @jonandlisa2000 Před 4 lety +2

    This is brilliant 👍

  • @ollvebranch
    @ollvebranch Před 2 lety +2

    These tutorials are exactly what I wanted. Never done one, but even I feel like I can do this!
    I have a small square garden and my idea is to have a pondless/rill/waterfall coming out from under a spillway attached underneath a floating seat placed along a fenced border between pleached trees. A flagstone paver will cross over it, leading to my deck and I’m toying with a fire pit to centrepiece it and serve the floating seat area, to offer a multi-use area. (I know, ambitious!) One of my main worries was the change of height to achieve the result I want. Your tutorials have helped me think about how this will all work in my small space.
    Wish you were closer to attend one of your courses. Northampton is too far from the South Coast.

    • @ThePondAdvisor
      @ThePondAdvisor  Před 2 lety

      it would be good to see you if you do make it up this way, even if its for a coffee

  • @richardbaker5151
    @richardbaker5151 Před 4 lety +4

    Pond college?

    • @ThePondAdvisor
      @ThePondAdvisor  Před 4 lety +1

      Yes Pond College we were due to open late March covid slowed that down.

  • @chrislc35
    @chrislc35 Před 3 lety +2

    ahh, i am wanting to build a waterWALL. i presume its similar, a basin, then posts either side, then some marine ply and im putting an acrylic mirror on that. do you sell, or any idea on then how i go about the tubing, or the top cascade, spillway or nozzles for the drip effect?

    • @ThePondAdvisor
      @ThePondAdvisor  Před 3 lety +1

      Thanks for reaching out I know the walls you are talking about. I would talk to a specialist I have supplied the gear for a reservoir for someone that had a design but never built a waterfall with acrylic. Only built them with staked stone with my own manifold

  • @scox7748
    @scox7748 Před 4 lety +4

    I wish id known:
    Don't be too quick to trim the liner. Wait a week if you can. I wish i had of waited til it had rained once or twice.
    If you plant it, its much harder to pull it all out to fix it.
    Set each level with a stake or rock so you can get a level at each change in height.

  • @djswaterscapesandlandscaping

    Hi great news about the training bud any idea if there any spaces on the ed baloue training and your training also people I'm very interested in this please

    • @ThePondAdvisor
      @ThePondAdvisor  Před 4 lety +1

      Eds event was postponed, so more info will be out the best thing to do is sign up for the news letter on the website we have a waterfall day in Semptember, £87.98 more details to come.

    • @djswaterscapesandlandscaping
      @djswaterscapesandlandscaping Před 4 lety +1

      That's great already subscribed

    • @ThePondAdvisor
      @ThePondAdvisor  Před 4 lety +1

      @@djswaterscapesandlandscaping perfect

  • @anyat686
    @anyat686 Před 4 lety +7

    I did have to rip my waterfall apart. It was full of leaks. Please tell people to never have a join in the liner. After spending a fortune on rubber liner. I wanted to cry. I just about have it finished again today. Still not perfect. Not enough water in the reservoir. ( a dust bin) so now I’m having to narrow the stream and make spillways more shallow. I ordered a ton of river pebbles. They are way too small. Slipping into the reservoir. Needed chunky stones. So if your ever doing ponds gone wrong in Ireland, you know where to visit.

    • @ThePondAdvisor
      @ThePondAdvisor  Před 4 lety

      This is one of the reasons I highly recommended purchasing the waterfall kits. River pebbles, you need about 30% of the rock you use. If your using a ton or so of rock then all you need is 300kg of gravel/pebbles

    • @anyat686
      @anyat686 Před 4 lety +1

      I didn’t have the money. But when I see all the money I’ve wasted on liner and foam, it would have been cheaper to get the kit. Warning to others. If your serious about doing this; save yourself heartache, get the kit ! Also buy the foam gun! 🤪

    • @ThePondAdvisor
      @ThePondAdvisor  Před 4 lety

      Anya T thanks for watching and taking the time to pass on your experience.

    • @scox7748
      @scox7748 Před 4 lety

      Im struggling with mine too. Redone it and made all the same mistakes. Such hard work eh. Just want to fill it all in with concrete

    • @ThePondAdvisor
      @ThePondAdvisor  Před 4 lety

      @@anyat686 can you imagine the amount of money I have wasted on liner and foam (its the payment for a great education, worth every penny), I wish I got in front of you before you made these mistakes, your comment hopefully will also help others with the waterfall installation or building a similar water feature.

  • @peterboyle1280
    @peterboyle1280 Před 4 lety +3

    👏👏👏

  • @BFKILLER
    @BFKILLER Před 4 lety +3

    👍👍

    • @ThePondAdvisor
      @ThePondAdvisor  Před 4 lety

      love the double thumbs up

    • @BFKILLER
      @BFKILLER Před 4 lety +1

      @@ThePondAdvisor a very good video thank you.

  • @MrJasperspool
    @MrJasperspool Před 2 lety +1

    THIS IS GREAT

  • @alliedseawindvoilier2394

    You helped me soo much doing mine with all your advices ! ❤I wish I can send you pictures of what i did…
    (Im in montreal btw… 😉

    • @ThePondAdvisor
      @ThePondAdvisor  Před rokem +1

      Sounds like your super happy, I would love to see what you have produced.

  • @Tom_Prendiville
    @Tom_Prendiville Před 4 lety +3

    Hi Mark, is sandstone or gritstone bad for aquatic life. I have about 10 tonnes and am thinking of doing some kind of water feature but would like to have it flowing into a pool with fish in (i have a modern koi pond but want another natural looking feature).

    • @ThePondAdvisor
      @ThePondAdvisor  Před 4 lety +1

      Thomas Prendiville does the sand stone break down? Where did you get the stone from, has it been protected like in a wall or in the ground. If it’s old weathered stone it might be ok 👌🏻, you could always test a small feature way from the pool. The vinegar test is also another good one to use. Does the vinegar fizz if you put a little on the rock!

    • @Tom_Prendiville
      @Tom_Prendiville Před 4 lety

      @@ThePondAdvisor there was a huge rockery at a house we bought and it was an eyesore so I ripped it out the house is 20 years old tbe the rockery is the stone left over from the build, i will try the (white?) Vinegar test and see what happens.

    • @ThePondAdvisor
      @ThePondAdvisor  Před 4 lety +1

      Yes, if it got any lime in the stone it will cause algae, if it’s been weathered you should be ok, but some sand and grit stones break down with the water, back into sand and grit

    • @Tom_Prendiville
      @Tom_Prendiville Před 4 lety

      @@ThePondAdvisor thank you Mark.

    • @ThePondAdvisor
      @ThePondAdvisor  Před 4 lety +1

      @@Tom_Prendiville my pleasure

  • @Gainn
    @Gainn Před 2 lety +2

    I'd love to know how you'd go about adding a waterfall to an existing (raised from the garden level, but shelved left and right) concrete pond.
    I was tempted just to lap some liner over the edge of one of the raised sides, but worried the water will work it's way back up under there.
    Would I have to make some sort of a concrete spillway, or would it be OK with just liner?
    I don't really want an overhanging blade type thing which I guess would be the easiest way to do it.

    • @ThePondAdvisor
      @ThePondAdvisor  Před 2 lety +2

      You have options, rubber is the only way in our rule book, you can overlap or use a termination bar.

  • @CTJudy
    @CTJudy Před 2 lety +2

    I knew about putting the underlay down before the liner but never heard about putting it on top of the liner. It's OK that it gets continuously wet? It's not going to rot and fall apart and ruin all the work you did building your water feature? I am just about to rebuild my pond and want to do it the right way but am a little worried that putting the underlay on top of the liner may cause problems in the years to come.

    • @ThePondAdvisor
      @ThePondAdvisor  Před 2 lety +1

      No it’s cheap insurance or protection, prolonging the life.

  • @ThomasLips
    @ThomasLips Před 2 lety +2

    Adjustable slip joint pliers in America. Channellock is a manufacturer's name... like Crescent wrench is for an "idiot's wrench" 😉 Carry on...

  • @tracylewis5539
    @tracylewis5539 Před 3 lety +2

    Where is pond college? I am about to start building my first pond and I would absolutly love to attend. How do I get involved?

    • @ThePondAdvisor
      @ThePondAdvisor  Před 3 lety +1

      Tracy Lewis currently we don’t have any book able events. We are based in Northamptonshire. Sign up to the newsletter on waterfeature.shop and stay turned to the channel.

  • @markhoverd4993
    @markhoverd4993 Před 3 lety +2

    In my garden we have a tiny preformed pond installed by the previous homeowner. It goes green every year as soon as the sun starts shining. I want to build a much larger and deeper pond but I'm worried about putting in a pond liner due to a medium poplar tree nearby. I think a preformed pond would be better but I don't want to be limited to shape and size. Do you prefer pond liners or preformed and is there any liners you'd recommend for best quality?

    • @ThePondAdvisor
      @ThePondAdvisor  Před 3 lety +1

      1mm EPDM (.45mil in the US) I would protect the liner above and below. I don’t like preformed for the same reason, plus they are hard to install in the ground. Fine on a patio but hard to dig in and back fill and compact the soil.

  • @MatthewSmith-pt7gh
    @MatthewSmith-pt7gh Před 4 lety +4

    When are you running courses again Mark? Me and a friend might be interested. Also do you have receive any sort of accreditation once you've completed your courses. Thanks Matt.

    • @ThePondAdvisor
      @ThePondAdvisor  Před 4 lety

      Our next waterfall day is in September (to be confirmed), £87.98 per person, the best thing to do is subscribe to the waterfeature.shop newsletter

    • @ThePondAdvisor
      @ThePondAdvisor  Před 4 lety

      Accreditation, what would you be looking for

    • @MatthewSmith-pt7gh
      @MatthewSmith-pt7gh Před 4 lety

      Was wondering if you worked under the Aquascape umbrella, and provided Aquascape certification. No worries if not, we'd be very interested in attending in September.

    • @ThePondAdvisor
      @ThePondAdvisor  Před 4 lety

      Matthew Smith yes we help contractors with becoming certified, for more info please reach out via email. I would love to have a chat, the online courses and academy is a great place to start! We are the UK agents for aquascape

    • @MatthewSmith-pt7gh
      @MatthewSmith-pt7gh Před 4 lety

      Thanks Mark, will be in touch soon. Love your videos, they've been amazing help getting me back into a hobby and hopefully possible career I enjoyed so much as a kid 👍

  • @rossboyer8879
    @rossboyer8879 Před 3 lety +2

    Is that box big enough for a 14 foot stream about 1.5 feet wide garden stream with a bout 2 foot height difference top tobottom?

    • @ThePondAdvisor
      @ThePondAdvisor  Před 3 lety +1

      Yes this will work with a pump up to 15k litre per hour which is more than enough water

  • @andrewmitson1474
    @andrewmitson1474 Před rokem +1

    Hi Mark these are very helpful tutorials. What make is your spillway box, where can I buy one?

    • @ThePondAdvisor
      @ThePondAdvisor  Před rokem

      waterfeature.shop/search?q=spillway+boxes&options%5Bprefix%5D=last

  • @syedshawkethussainrizvi9503

    Could you kindly tell how much is biggers kit cost for 15x 20 waterfall

    • @ThePondAdvisor
      @ThePondAdvisor  Před 3 lety +1

      Our waterfall kits come with 10’ wide stream liners. If you want a 15’ wide it’s a custom liner.
      Here is a link to our waterfall kits

    • @ThePondAdvisor
      @ThePondAdvisor  Před 3 lety +1

      waterfeature.shop/search?q=Waterfall+kits+

  • @jem3149
    @jem3149 Před 3 lety +2

    Great ideas but way too long winded.

    • @ThePondAdvisor
      @ThePondAdvisor  Před 3 lety +1

      Thank you for the feedback, we have a number of videos on building waterfall, a number of people gave feedback these were too short. Some people want real time other want overviews. Have you got what you need to start or continue with a project? If we produced another what length would you prefer?

  • @yantiemmanuel9693
    @yantiemmanuel9693 Před 3 lety +1

    The waterfall dont need filter ?

    • @ThePondAdvisor
      @ThePondAdvisor  Před 3 lety +1

      Great question m.czcams.com/video/DrX3Oa-x_jg/video.html

  • @jamespalmer3716
    @jamespalmer3716 Před 3 lety +2

    What is a waterfall gun???

    • @ThePondAdvisor
      @ThePondAdvisor  Před 3 lety +1

      Waterfall foam applicator!

    • @ThePondAdvisor
      @ThePondAdvisor  Před 3 lety +1

      waterfeature.shop/products/economy-foam-gun-applicator

    • @jamespalmer3716
      @jamespalmer3716 Před 3 lety

      How far do you travel.. im in newcastle is that to far out your way mate

  • @markdecker2724
    @markdecker2724 Před rokem

    More information, less sales please.

  • @kodiakk1765
    @kodiakk1765 Před 2 lety

    dude 12 minutes in and you still havent got to the use of the rocks, get on with it