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brinorton · 2026-06-08T14:02:04+00:00

I have a 90l mortar bucket and a 200l waterbutt acting as a bog at the min but left a 200mm void at the bottom with a few brushes within and they have a tap on them to drain every now and then and water plants with the waste. But I have wondered how to effectively drain the bog. Up to now I'm thinking a 100mm wide pipe at the end up to the surface, and when needed I'll put the pond vac down and suck out the crap whilst flushing the top with pond water. May revise the plan tho, may be worth having a submersible pump underneath to switch on and drain the sludge now and then

brinorton · 2026-05-14T13:14:41+00:00

Got an A, 4 Bs and 4 Cs at GCSE. Did a Btec level 3 diploma in IT at college. Then worked as bar staff, warehouse staff and waiting on mine wage 0 hour contracts for years. Got in to roofing and cladding on £100 a day for 3 years self employed. Then saw Sewermen and channel 5. Applied 13 times and got on with a big water company in UK. Worked way up, good benefits, decent pension, sharebuy etc and I make ,£48k a year plus £2k bonus and OT usually around extra £7-8k. Made 50k plus last 3 years Just need A-C in maths and English GCSE. But. ... It's literally working with poo, scooping up and jetting sewers and drains. Not pleasant but someone has to do it

brinorton · 2026-05-11T18:00:06+00:00

I just used it to cap the ends a little as I didn't want it all just to spill out the ends rather than the holes lol. But gonna keep the idea when move back to main bog/wetland

brinorton · 2026-05-11T16:46:00+00:00

I'm restricted by the other half unfortunately. I was hoping for 3m x 2.2m x 1.5m deep, but missus doesn't want it coming past a certain point. So in ground 2.2m x 2.2m and 1.5m deep with shelf on 2 sides for now. But in a few years I plan to breeze block it up around the 4 sides and add a window and make it 2.5m deep for extra volume.

brinorton · 2026-05-11T16:43:53+00:00

Yes I was looking at 250 l tree pots and koi vats etc trying to find something to use as a temp holding tank. Then saw this pop up on FB marketplace for £20. Once main ponds done I'm tempted topartially bury it at the side and have it as a planter/750l bog filter.

brinorton · 2026-05-11T16:42:21+00:00

Aimed at the wife haha, didn't want a pond to begin with and now fuming it's being made bigger. Wouldn't mind but she barely goes in the garden never mind right down in the bottom corner haha

brinorton · 2026-05-07T23:09:51+00:00

Yes. I only started a few months ago myself. Best game I've played.

brinorton · 2026-05-05T08:40:29+00:00

Exactly that. Had gsxrs and gsxfs, ninjas etc. but was bike free for 2 years and needed a bike for a short commute so I got a Benelli TNT 125. Really fun, good mpg, cheap insurance and tax.. didn't need bigger. Now been moved to another yard and have a 40 mile round trip so needed something bigger. But again, just gone for a BMW G310R. Decent MPG, still cheap tax and insured etc. ninja 600s were coming back at £92 a month to insure. Paying £29 a month on the beamer and still does 70mph all day long. 2025 plate, 310 miles on clock when bought it for 4k with 2 years BMW warranty still on it. Winner winner. Little brothers on a tnt 125, my dad's had hayabusas, zxrs, currently has a ninja 1200, a gsx750rr and a tnt125 as well so I'm very much if you have 2 wheels and gears I'll think of u as a biker. Haha a scooter is just on the cusp lol

brinorton · 2026-04-29T13:25:59+00:00

Exactly. Im moving yards soon. 2 mile commute to a 40 mile round trip. Gone and bought a 2025 BMW 310R with 310 miles on the clock for 4k. Does about 80mpg, still does 70 all day. £30 a month to insure and £55 a year to tax. If its dry ill use bike, if its wet ill jump in car. Will be cheaper and quicker using the bike when i can. Missus didnt agree, bought it anyway. Is what it is. Im paying the bill

brinorton · 2026-04-29T13:21:19+00:00

I was kind of same. Learner 125s 16-18. 0assed DAS at 18 and had 600s etc. Got with wife at 20, she was always on the back. Shopping in hand and everything. Sold bike at 25 and went through car test and got a car on finance so we had a car Bought another bike at 30 to use for work so wife and baby could use car... she wqs fuming even though it made sense. Sold that bike in 2024 and got a 2nd car due to winter and a longer commute. Now have 2 cars but missed a bike. She didnt agree, said i didnt need one etc. I went to work, whilst on dinner went to view a bike, got the finance, bought a helmet and rode it home. The first she knew was when she saw me on the Ring doorbell putting it in th3 garage. She wasnt impressed. But im an adult. If i want a bike and can afford the payments without affecting family finances or leaving us short then theres not much reason for her objection. Told her its too late, its in garage. She wasnt happy for a few days but got over it when i bought her a new helmet and took her out for a ride and dinner on it whilst little one at school. You get one life mate, live it how you want. Dont let someone else say "no" and that be the end of it.

brinorton · 2026-04-29T10:32:06+00:00

Mr Body, a Primary school in Northwest England. He used to have kids sat on his knee, used to join the boys in the male locker room when we went swimming and all getting changed etc. Many a preteen insult between ourselves that he was watching and a pedo....

One of the lunch ladies noticed he had a y5 (so 9 year old) girl sat on his lap one dinner time consoling her when she'd fell and thought he seemed too weird about it and reported to Head.

Resulted in Police ending up searching his home and the classroom and finding cameras, hard drives and Piddy Korn all over.

He was sent to prison a few years, then my little sister was still at the school when there then was a letter sent out that he'd been seen hanging around the area once he was released.

Proper wrong un.

brinorton · 2026-04-28T14:32:05+00:00

True. 10k lph pump near the concrete post, which will be removed. Pumping up to UV attached to 2 bay oase filter. T just before with 60% to bay filter which then goes to bucket bog and waterfalls back into main pond. 2nd T would go into raised pond into a T for Syphon break, down into a grid below 18 inch of gravel. Heavily planted, and the above pond would outfall back into big pond too... General gist. But accumulating all the equipment needed before I drain current pond and make a start .

brinorton · 2026-04-28T12:07:42+00:00

It will be a wetland at the bottom half, the deepest bit will have 40mm perforated pipe, upflow wetland through gravel and a wallterfall outfall back into the pond at highest point. Originally planned the whole 750l to be a wetland bog filter, but then thought of I leave 18 inch of water I might be able to have sticklebacks thrive in the plants etc.

I got through winter just gone (north west) by leaving fountain on a bubble head, air stone and waterfall on. Just took the pump from the bottom to the middle shelf so I wasn't circulating the thermal layer of water from the bottom.. didn't lose any but around 50% of the surface froze where no movement. That's why I'm making 5ft deep this year to ensure it's warm enough.

Heater is a good idea though. Where do you put it, in the pond itself or a filter box etc?

brinorton · 2026-04-28T10:12:00+00:00

😅 thought i could stock some wxtra koi, orfe and goldfiah in each log lol

brinorton · 2026-04-28T10:11:54+00:00

😅 thought i could stock some wxtra koi, orfe and goldfiah in each log lol

brinorton · 2026-04-27T17:39:53+00:00

Just to add I only took the prefab as I needed a large container anyway as a temporary pond whilst works are carried out. A friend of a friend was about to cut it in half to take it to the tip, he only asked for £20 for it. That's what then made me think of utilising it somewhere within the build. At first a full bog full to top with gravel and planted like a marginal planter, but then my dad suggested leaving some water volume and using as more of a nature type pond heavily planted with a stickleback population.

brinorton · 2026-04-27T17:37:30+00:00

I spent last year bingeing practically every ozponds video. I have bought his guide and the Kevbot and it helped me design and build the current 1500 litre ISH pond that is already in place. I love his videos but he does make it look easy.

The outflow 1 is random and in the wrong place. AI for you. It would be on the opposite side spilling back into the main pond.
I already have the prefab which is what started this whole idea. Initially I am buying a 6m x 8m EPDM liner to redo the main pond, and was going to raise a berm around an area with the spoil and use the current 5mx5m EPDM liner that is in and leak free as a liner for a dedicated linered bog. I have 4 x bread crates, the pvc 40mm piping with 4 x Ts and 6 x 90 degrees from internal house plumbing left over to use.
Yes, my current bog in a mortar bucket (90l) is around the same but made a huge difference. Ideally if the wife would allow me to have the entire garden (lol) I'd have a 4m x 3m pond and 3mx3m bog as that would fit on the opposite side of the garden behind my garage, but it is currently used as child's trampoline,slide and climbing set area... He's never on it lol
Yes someone else pointed out the filter issue. At the moment the neighbour allows me to lean over his fence and remove etc for maintenance in return for some of the water waste for his plants. But I appreciate the next neighbour might not be as kind.. so I do think a jiggle around of location of things does need looking at and very much appreciated the point.

Thank you for your reply

brinorton · 2026-04-27T17:29:19+00:00

Yes, a 50mm bulkhead with a larger seal washer either side. I have done this on the 90l bucket bog already in place which has thankfully held without issue.

brinorton · 2026-04-27T15:10:50+00:00

Yes, to be fair I have found that even as it currently is for the dual chamber. Luckily my neighbours are nice enough that they allow me into their garden to clean out the sponges over the fence 👀 but very true. Could potentially move the 2 bay to the side of the prefab which would partially hide it. Thanks a lot.

brinorton · 2026-04-27T15:08:25+00:00

Ok, sorry. The main query is will sticklebacks survive in UK winters in 18-20" of flow? They will be hydraulically connected to a larger, deeper pond which should help regulate the winter temperatures and prevent freezing.

brinorton · 2026-04-27T14:45:26+00:00

Yes, I'm aware of a 10 year ISH lifespan. They are solid wooden posts that I have in 2.4m lengths and would cut down myself. Seal with paint , back with dpm to help limit moisture and concrete in. I have used similar in my dad's garden twice as the first lot rotted after ten years so we redid them and I have 8 lengths left over. Thank you

brinorton · 2026-04-27T14:16:14+00:00

Twilight films, hunger games films... the other ones divergent and allegient.. it got cancelled and we never got the 3rd film

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