UPDATE 4/6/10

This gives some idea as to how the pond will look after surfacing of the courtyard is completed and only the face bricks will be visible.

As mentioned before, water supply lines for the fountain are inside one of the stainless steel legs. After the four legs had been filled with concrete, a cross-brace of 1” stainless bar was welded just to be sure of the strength of the supports.

The octagonal stone that is now the base of the fountain was cut to size and core drilled underneath at the exact points to allow the four legs to sit inside the stone itself. The two fountain parts were then placed on top of the base as shown.

Final water level will be near the top of the base stone.

The finished pond base has a flat circular area of 1.5 metres diameter around the central drain and the gentle slope of 30cms commenced from the vertical pond walls to finish at the circumference of the flat area.

The capping stones were all cut to shape and size from stones reclaimed from other structures no longer required.

The specification of glass fibre laminating could have been finished in two clear days but rain stopped play on one day, in the end it was a three-day job.

Whilst the glass fibre was curing and setting, the pond had to be covered. Normally this would be a piece of cake but, in this case, there was a tall fountain to be considered!

Unfortunately we had run completely out of skyhooks that day and so young Cameron unluckily drew the short straw!

Don’t blame me, I’m only the designer.

This shows Matt about to be elevated in order to get the sheet atop of the fountain. The heavy stone in his hand is to anchor the sheet inside the bowl of the fountain.

This shows the base and drainage lines for the area where the filters and all equipment will be housed.

This shows another pond finally underway after planning has now been granted. This is a four-drain design and the bottom drain feeds to the four Eric Four units can be seen outside the pond near to the bricklayers.

I will do more on this system separately later as things progress.