We ended up keeping one Sequence 8200 pump for the skimmers that went about halfway up the hill into the Biomech to reduce some of the head pressure. The other pump…
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Contractor’s Corner I The Pond Lady Rocks
A Hybrid Fish/Swimming Pond
The pond was built with a shelf around most of the perimeter to allow safe, stable and easy access for both the customers and maintenance crew…
Contractor’s Corner | A complete home makeover for 38 large koi
In addition to the crumbling walls, it had a very small biofalls and two inline pressure filters. There were also two homemade skimmers made out of large Tupperware containers underwater!
Contractor’s Corner | No Reservations Required
Pondless waterfall spawns a birdwatching paradise.
When any of us builds a waterfall, we have a vision of what we think or want to happen with the water. What kind of sound it will make? What will…
Contractor’s Corner | Creative Recreation
A late-winter renovation on the Delaware shore.
Skimmer boxes, for example, make great shop trash cans, and I’ve found that large biofalls can be turned into compost containers…
Contractor’s Corner | Light up the Night
Illuminating a palm paradise in southwest Florida
Our client’s love of statues, big boulders and fountains fit right in our wheelhouse, and we were happy to indulge these passions…
Contractor’s Corner | Facing off with an American Icon
Creating a Koi Pond to outperform…a Corvette?
I decided to incorporate a 4-by-13-foot bog system, the most natural way to keep a pond healthy and the water clean.
Contractor’s Corner – Whose Pond Is This?
Building a plunge-style backyard pond for a surprising client.
Out from nowhere came a black Lab at Mach 2. My stomach fell to my feet. Stella wasn’t their child — she was their dog!
Contractor’s Corner | An Uphill Climb
A leaky water feature transforms into a pondless paradise.
I approached the homeowner and asked if fish or plants had ever been a part of the leaking pond, and they said that they did…
Contractor’s Corner | Think Outside the Pond
How an old hot tub and some extra stone transformed a client’s backyard
One of these “outside-the-pond” projects presented itself to us at Full Service Aquatics following a pond-construction and backyard-renovation…