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Thanks guys - going to have a good crack at it tomorrow and get heaps done with the beds and wooden
aesthetics.

[quote="Tonzz"]friggen ell thats not a sump, its the base of a boat yard.

very impressive[/quote

Its a lap pool

Some barrels in place - compliments to rocketrods idea of hoop iron underneath
Now the pipe has to be laid and wood panelling
Thinking of using upright old hardwood decking

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Love your work Jay. The timber looks great


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This is looking fantastic. I love the way the sump sits in the middle underneath. Reminds me of the bilge of a wooden ship. Very creative setup.

How would one effectively wash clay balls?
I was thinking a laundry basket by it would get pretty mashed by the end of 25 bags

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The best thing I could come up with was to loosely stretch some shade cloth over a wooden frame and suspend it somehow (crappy folding ladder). That way you can kinda shuffle the whole batch back and forth as you wash it down and I also kinda raked it around with a broom. I found the stuff I bought was fairly heavy with fines and needed 4-5x of the above to have clear water come out. There's a pic of what I mean in my system thread.

Just FYI, my patio was brown for weeks, even after successive washing

Started work on standpies and media guards

Used a plastic wheel on the grinder to thin the wall of the barrel - then put uniseal through end cap and barrel - works!!!

Question - how long should I make the horizontal pipe underneath if I want to run bell siphons?

Thanks for the tip on the gravel washing - perfect!! will do tomorrow

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tell us more about this plastic wheel on th grinder? please

great for cleaning IBC's with resin etc - google Paint Rust Removal Poly Strip Disc

tagging along, I love the under ground sump. Got me thinking about my system now because I only have a 40 gallon sump isn't nearly big enough for my system, can't do F/D with my system.

Great shapers those paint removers are. They work for wood as well.

Ball washing works a treat

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Ball washing works a treat

the mind boggles ...............

They sound like cocopops crackling away

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