Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

YES , I will attempt this with a wheel barrow.......just been down to Blackwoods .......and if i fail at that I will hire a contactor and a Pozi Track !!! At the last resort !!

Black plastic layed and the builders plastic is of low quality. It tears and holes too easily.

There is better black plastic available, so be aware, probably cost more, but I wish I had it.

I feel the Black plastic is the finish and the most important part of this process , so quality is essential.....the thicker the better.

Side filling stand pipes are being cut under the drop saw. 2 cuts needed to make the stand pipe with this drop saw.

Wow, you're going to try and barrow all that????



Nice work..

Stand Pipes created and all the 11 tonns of dirt made it onto freight and is in town.....Better move along too much rock not allowing good acess in for the 5 tonn forklift !!!! i might get into some strife

Let me NOT freak out, now I have a cosmetic issue, the stand pipes i cut are WAYYY too high, need to retrim all 16 ........maybe, maybe I can grow the plant growth so high, it won't matter.......Now I have an issue

Look on the bright side; at least you have a drop saw! If it were me, I'd have to handcut with a hacksaw!

I would too, until I borrowed of an old mate

want to hear a laugh........ i can't post any more pictures until i find where my new Bull Arab puppy buried the cam corder cord

I don't know what is worse.......44 ton of rock that weighs an absolute back breaker, the 12 ton dirt wanting a place to be stocked and dished into the new garden beds or the Irish girl worker carring on everytime we have to drive over a bit of gravel, and has to do a bit of manual labor.

The Irish one is killing me the most........

Can you roll the standpipes over on a, say 30 degree angle to get the right high?

Depends how neat you want it? Laying them over sill leaves an unsightly piece of pipe sticking out that i would cut anyway.

Just a tip before you put anything in i would fill to the level you want with water just to test leaks
Its bloody hard to fix after they are full
in my 11 beds 2 leaked
You can still put the stones in with the water in there it helps hold the plastic in place

Good thinking F+F. We did hold the plastic in the air to look as we gently layed it down like a bed sheet, and went around and placed duct tape band aids on a few places........

I might end up a few more band aids

The plastic is crappy low grade.....100um, just called Blackwoods, so I am off to pick up a roll of 200um, and use that instead....double the thickness.

The 100 um won't go to waiste, it can be layed out on the sand dune waiting for the rocks to get spread on top. Cheers mate, it has been playing on my mind

OHHH I don't know should I up the plastic to 200um?????

Now i would always use 2 layers you can use the thin stuff first then the thicker after
just quoting from experience [ been there done that]
duct tape and band aids will leak you have to be shore theres no leaks
just a small hole will make the bed useless

Thankyou F+ F Priceless information..........I will do as you are directing......double layers.......reshovel all the 2 tonne of rock out, re layer and rock back in.....You have got to love gardening to torcher your self like this

Yea F&F is the wicking bed guru