Very natural looking...I love it, Ralph!!!

@pondscapesaz

Ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

Such enthusiasm from your worker's!! They're like yeah, more coffee please then I'll think about it... 🤣 Nice pondless!!! 😁 Landscaping can make or break the whole effect, turned out sweet... 🤩👍

Several years ago I built a water feature for our back yard. I used stones I had dug up from a little excavation I had done for the waterfall. I made it about four feet high and so it would fall into a small pool. The water would flow from there by a little stream to another small pool sitting a little lower than the upper pool. Watching yours and others videos about building water features, I see some mistakes I made. I didn't backfill the liner enough in places along the stream bed and didn't remove enough grass along the sides. The grass wound up growing over the sides and into the stream causing excess water loss. Turned out pretty nice and looked fairly natural. But a few years ago I added some river and pond pebbles. Then started having algae growing in and have had to continually pull it out. It's a hair or string like algae. Not a big problem, just had to keep scooping it out. It's about like a clog of hair in a sink drain. Yuk. lol. Good video and very nice waterfall you guys made.

Nice job…..exactly what I would like for me yard. 👍🏽

@pondscapesaz

Ай бұрын

Thank you, Let’s make it happen! 😃

Absolutely amazing natural looking waterfall, great job, guys!

@pondscapesaz

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🙌

Check it out!!!! Love seeing the landscaping in the finish. It looks great Ralph...God bless

Fantastic job fellas! 👏 it was the perfect size and location for that yard.

@pondscapesaz

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! The feature did fit nicely in this setting. I would not have gone bigger.

Looks great!!

@pondscapesaz

2 жыл бұрын

👍

Amazing

The landscapers only put the frosting on your beautiful cake!

One of my favorites brothers awesome job

Amazing! I’ve watched this many times and catch new little details every time. Your work in inspiring my friend. Thanks for the great content as well.

@pondscapesaz

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and the kind words 😁

WOW!!!! Those after shots are great I Love the transformation!!! Pondscapes Az changing lives!!!!!

@pondscapesaz

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy!!

Wow... looks very natural! Love how the bottom of the boulders are hidden/buried!

@pondscapesaz

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Great idea with the reinforcement tape

Beautiful as usual! Picked up some useful tips as well! Thank you for sharing Ralph!

@pondscapesaz

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Keith!

An amazing piece of work…congratulations guys…

@pondscapesaz

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🙌

Nice 😊

@pondscapesaz

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tony!

a cool video keep up the great content.. Thank you…

@pondscapesaz

2 жыл бұрын

No, Thank you!

@magicworldbyjorg

2 жыл бұрын

@@pondscapesaz Thank you very mutch... have a nice Start of the week .... see you….

Ralph I have watched this several times and I learn something each time, especially when I read your answers in the comments. I like the 'bib' method you use and your explanation is very good! I also like how you have large rocks and gravel outside the spillway; that is different than I've seen before. I know my deer will want to drink from the one I build and that will give them a place to stand w/o injuring the liner or my built up mound (they love to climb mounds of dirt). I saw that you used a 4-8 pump and I was curious what the head was on this 12' feature. This is the BEST video I have watched and I have seen a lot of them!

@pondscapesaz

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and the kinds words. This feature had about 5’ of head.

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Love it, awesome job!!! How do the reservoirs collect the water with all the holes in it before sending it to the holding tank? Thanks for sharing!!!

@pondscapesaz

4 ай бұрын

The water is contained throughout the entire system via the rubber liner that is installed prior to the blocks.

Beautiful waterfall guys, that's about the dimensions I was thinking of for my waterfall , what size of pump are you working with to get that flow?

@pondscapesaz

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! This pump is a Aquasurge 4000 to 8000 gph.

now that's a place you can enjoy after a long day at the office. Question: does it matter where you put the pump vault? thanks and keep the video's coming.

@pondscapesaz

2 жыл бұрын

The pump vault should be installed at either side of the excavation for the aquablox. I try to put it on the same side as where we put the waterfall spillway but it doesn’t always work out that way. I don’t like the pump vault at the end or in front of the stream because it takes up more space and is harder to hide. Thanks for watching 👍

Do you guys come to San Diego, CA? I am looking to have one installed within the next 6 months.

@pondscapesaz

Жыл бұрын

We have traveled for many projects. Give us a call to discuss your project. Pondscapes office 480-987-7781

This is a beautiful waterfall, hope when we get ours it’s like this. They ordered a medium kit with 3pl-3000 pump. You think that enough flow for 16’ft medium?

@pondscapesaz

5 ай бұрын

Who is “they”? 3pl flow in this waterfall would definitely not look the same as this.

@rudyarredondo7732

5 ай бұрын

@@pondscapesaz the aquascape contractor in San Antonio that’s going to build for us. I was going to ask him either way if they should upgrade the pump. Thank you for replying

@pondscapesaz

5 ай бұрын

We all have our own style and opinions but with a 16 ft stream I would recommend an Aquasurge 4k to 8k pump.

@rudyarredondo7732

5 ай бұрын

@@pondscapesazthank you, I will ask about that, plus the 3pl does not have the app like the others

Wow, very natural. Was there a reason the soil was not compacted or excavated and replaced with stone under the large boulders at the highest spot to prevent them sinking in?

@pondscapesaz

Жыл бұрын

We do compact as we build up our elevations. Usually I use 1/4”minus as it compresses very tight and doesn’t settle.

@billboswell4509

Жыл бұрын

Good to know. We are scraping away the topsoil then using washed 3/4 stone and compacting in 6" layers under 8-10 boulders of half a ton each.

Bigger!!!! More water crashing down for better sound effects. A little higher for the water fall. Over all looks good.

@pondscapesaz

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tips 😉

Is there any benefit of using that 1/4 minus rock over fill dirt instead? Thanks!

@pondscapesaz

2 жыл бұрын

I like that it compacts tighter and is cleaner to work with when wet.

@blainecahill3619

2 жыл бұрын

@@pondscapesaz awesome. So you do most of your structural mounding with that but still do edges with dirt?

💯🔥💙👍

@pondscapesaz

2 жыл бұрын

🙌

nice job guys.

@pondscapesaz

10 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Hey Ralph, you told me previously on another job that I commented on, about the why you need to do bib lining that it depend on the situation, am I understanding that on this particular job that instead of trying to achieve the right level of each ( bassins or levels ) as you call them, whit the dirt underneath the liner by flipping on and off till you achieve the desired level it give you more control the way you did on this job? What will be the disadvantage of having the water going to the gravel instead knowing that you will have gravel over the bib liner...Thanks in advance for this response.

@pondscapesaz

2 жыл бұрын

Raymond I like using this technique because it gives me more flexibility with my rock selections. There could absolutely be a disadvantage if you don’t do a good job of sealing the levels with your foam and liner/fabric. Inevitably water will leak through each level ( because the foam is just a water diverter, not a sealer ) but it is not a problem as it passes through the gravel then hits the liner and rolls downward into the vault to be put back in circulation. If there is excessive leaking due to poor bib sealing then you will have a situation where the amount of water rolling over the falls is less than desired and you potentially have a high volume of water in motion that is not seen because it is passing through the gravel instead of over the top of the waterfalls. Great question!

@davidjamesellis99

Жыл бұрын

@@pondscapesaz I am so thankful for people like you that do these videos. I have learned so much from yall. I do have a question because I am confused about why you use the "bib liners". Maybe I am confused. It is my understanding that you have the underlayment against the ground, then the liner, then you have your stone placed along with gravel for the stream bed. Then it looks like you put the bib and then another layer of gravel. If I am understanding this correctly, why do you need the bib? What is the difference between the lower layer of gravel and the top layer? Again, thank you so much for taking the time to do these videos. I know it takes a lot of time and intentionality to do them.

@pondscapesaz

Жыл бұрын

@@davidjamesellis99 thank you for the kind words. You are correct about the order of materials for the bibbing process. The reason we do this technique is we have more freedom with the rock work when creating waterfalls. Instead of flipping the liner and backfilling with dirt which eats up liner length we do the bibs that allow a wide canvas to build on.

Nice fall, but a bit wierd how it 'sit' ON the landscape/garden, rather than IN it. I realize that's when you don''t have a natural slope, but it still make a piece and not a part..

@pondscapesaz

Жыл бұрын

Ok. I wonder if you’re watching the entire video…

How much does something like that cost.

@pondscapesaz

Жыл бұрын

Starting point for a pondless this size is $15,000

How much would something like this cost?

@pondscapesaz

2 ай бұрын

Something like this would start around 15,000

WHAT WOULD SOMETHING LIKE THIS COST APPROXIMATELY??????????????????????

@pondscapesaz

Жыл бұрын

20k range

@51inches

Жыл бұрын

@@pondscapesaz THANK YOU.....I WAS CURIOUS......GORGEOUS JOB......

@pondscapesaz

Жыл бұрын

@@51inches Thank you!

Seems very disorganised

@pondscapesaz

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@pondscapesaz

2 жыл бұрын

What would you have dot to clean things up?

@riesche82

2 жыл бұрын

You are smoking crack Ralph did an awesome job explaining in great detail how this is built The waterfalls I always see people build looks like a mound of rocks this looks like a great Creek coming down a Hillside Very natural with the rocks set into the ground instead of on top of the ground

@ArizonaTortoiseCompound

2 жыл бұрын

@@pondscapesaz Your work looks great and nice videos!

Nice work!