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figuring it out- tree watering system
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<blockquote data-quote="R Crabtree" data-source="post: 2846813" data-attributes="member: 2885"><p>I spent a lot of time playing around with different methods and media for filtering a small koi pond pump. The material I have settled on is the stuff used in gutters....no idea what it's called. Anyway, it comes in 5-6 foot sections at the local big box hardware places and it cuts to various sizes easily. It's like a thick plastic porous foam. Cheap too. Looks like this...</p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.gutterguides.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/gutter-cover-300x225.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>.</p><p></p><p>For my application I took a simple box shaped piece of tupperware with a locking lid. I drilled inlet holes in the box on one end and stuffed that side with the plastic flow through gutter material cut and shaped to fit snug. Then I placed my little pump in there with an outlet hole for the pipe on the opposite end of the box. The material is of the right density to filter without straining the pump. </p><p></p><p>For a creek application I would first dig a hole in the creek to create as much space between my inlet box and the bottom. Bottom sediment is gonna big your biggest enemy...but I'm sure you figured that. I'd think a couple of pieces of rebar driven into the creek bed would provide a means of rigidly securing my box to suspend it off the bottom. Maybe lash it to the rebar with some wire. Then run your pick up line into the box on the side opposite the gutter filter. </p><p></p><p>Anyway, just some random thoughts without actually seeing what you have to work with. Hope there's something in my ramblings that helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="R Crabtree, post: 2846813, member: 2885"] I spent a lot of time playing around with different methods and media for filtering a small koi pond pump. The material I have settled on is the stuff used in gutters....no idea what it's called. Anyway, it comes in 5-6 foot sections at the local big box hardware places and it cuts to various sizes easily. It's like a thick plastic porous foam. Cheap too. Looks like this... [img]http://www.gutterguides.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/gutter-cover-300x225.jpg[/img] . For my application I took a simple box shaped piece of tupperware with a locking lid. I drilled inlet holes in the box on one end and stuffed that side with the plastic flow through gutter material cut and shaped to fit snug. Then I placed my little pump in there with an outlet hole for the pipe on the opposite end of the box. The material is of the right density to filter without straining the pump. For a creek application I would first dig a hole in the creek to create as much space between my inlet box and the bottom. Bottom sediment is gonna big your biggest enemy...but I'm sure you figured that. I'd think a couple of pieces of rebar driven into the creek bed would provide a means of rigidly securing my box to suspend it off the bottom. Maybe lash it to the rebar with some wire. Then run your pick up line into the box on the side opposite the gutter filter. Anyway, just some random thoughts without actually seeing what you have to work with. Hope there's something in my ramblings that helps. [/QUOTE]
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