We have a timber framed pond as part of our deck. It was installed by the former owner. The pond consist of three pools, with two weirs from the top pool, one from the middle pool to the lower pool, one from the lower pool to the pump chamber. One of the biggest problems we have had is with the flow rate. Too much flow from the pump and the volume of water increases in the upper pools; as volume from the pump is greater than the volume that can go over the weirs. Consequently the pools rises above the pond liner. If we were to rebuild the pond I would have it designed so that there were several inches of liner above the maximum possible height the water can rise. When you get your pond operational you will find you have to learn about flow mechanics, biology, chemistry, and several other fields that you have avoided all of these years.

Hi, I am painting my mom's living room this weekend. I am curious if anyone has used Valspar's Lyndhurst Timber. If so, could you please let me know and post some pics of this color. I have found a few pics of it online, but not a real clear pic of it. Thanks

Yes, it's sideways. There is no tool here to change the orientation after you post it. If I'm posting and my picture needs rotation, I do it on my computer before I post it and then it has the correct orientation in my post. You could use the edit function in the upper right corner of your post, delete the picture, and re-post it properly oriented; or you could re-take it with the phone oriented 90 degrees from the shot above, and then post that. Did the photo you posted seem to have the proper orientation before you posted it?

Old post but still critical: On the single sided upholstery: 1) yes its by far and away the most common way leather is upholstered. True literally no matter who makes the couch. This says absolutely nothing whatsoever about quality. Single sided upholstery is the standard whether its a Chinese Coaster or Home Elegance sofa sold at Walmart for $500.... a Vietnam/India/Chinese sofa made for Article, EQ3, West Elm, Pottery Barn or CB2.... or a $4,000 leather sofa manufactured by American Leather in Texas for Room and Board..... or an $8500 leather sofa manufactured in North Carolina for Restoration Hardware.... or a $15,000 leather sofa manufactured in Italia or Germany for BB Italia/Minodi/Roche Bobois/Poliform/other simarly super high priced stuff. 2) No iCustomSofa. Its not about ventilation. Its not about sliding. It is always always always about cost. both ventilation and sliding have easy, simple, straightforward solutions. If it was truly about those phenomena, then vinyl or PU sofas would similarly never have double sided upholstery. They ALWAYS do. Seriously go talk to Jonathan Louis about that horrific ultrasuede (its PU) that they sell for people with cats. Double sided. 3) Why do people believe that American Leather is "good quality" or "good craftsmanship"? AL is not an example of quality per se If they are an example of anything it is high consistency high efficiency.... "low cost for the particular product". Domestic leather furniture. In that sense they are pretty cheap and sell a reasonably good product. They achieve that through extensive use of garbage foam, plywood/engineered hardwood, and just extremely judicious use of leather. Other than their sleepers. Now JL furnishings is out of business, AL has the only specialized premium sleeper on the market (JL used to make a directly competing "Elite Leather" sleeper that was better than the AL sleepers)