Hello all,
My home has a large pond on it and the overflow/spillway pipe seemed to have lost its top or broken off or some many years ago. It needs to be about 18 inches higher to get back to the height it originally was. I have zero idea how it completely disappeared but it is GONE. There is also a crack in the very top which I assume was where it broke off. I pulled some twigs away and it started draining a little.
So I need some type of drop in pipe extension I can set on top that or affix somehow so that the water level can come back up 18 inches. Any ideas? All my local pond stores and builders only do little koi ponds and decorative ponds. This is a few acre fish pond. TIA!
We can't help you because we're all larpers
This is an outdoor recreation forum right? This is directly related to fishing and homesteading. I assume some of you older gentlemen like myself have some acreage and might have some knowledge on this subject.
I mean, I guess I could call up the local university agriculture/fisheries extension. Before I acquired the land, the state government paid half to have it installed. It's along a waterfowl migration route.
This board is trash, DIY might be better for this. I'd help but I have no experience with ponds, my first thought was to temporarily block the water around it somehow or to wait for the level to lower during summer and oxy weld a length of pipe.
I was hoping I didn't have to weld. Thanks.
Maybe inserting a long, slightly smaller pipe into it and sealing the gap with clay would work too.
If they fitted well enough clay would not be needed, in hindsight.
That was more along what I was thinking. A slightly larger diameter pipe with a crimped end I could set in there. Might need to secure with bolts but it would have to be long lasting and not leak too much.
You'd be better off with stick or flux core on something as rusty as that pipe, which fortunately for OP are the easiest methods of welding.
All he'll need to do is get a new section of pipe the length he wants, drain the pond, and weld the new pipe on. Doesn't matter how it looks, it'll be underwater, just hit it with some boat paint and forget about it.
It's hard heavy pipe. Built in 1978.
Might try something like that and see if someone can fabricate that. I want it to be heavy as hell too to it doesn't shift in ice. Or whatever the hell banged into the first one.
>It's hard heavy pipe. Built in 1978.
So? Heavier means it's easier to weld.
Wait I mean same diameter but one end is crimped a few inches so it sets inside.
Do you not have a single blue collar friend?
Are you too good for people with no degree?
Call a plumber you elietist shetbeg, this is easy shit
>plumber
Uh... I think you may be a bit off the mark there friendo.
Not at all
This is an easy task for a plumber
Do you think we just unclog toilets?
I never thought of you on the scale of this. If it is true, my apologies.
Two pieces of pipe, one the same diameter as the original, and one that's a tight slip fit either inside or outside. Cut the first piece to the length you need and use the second one to connect the two together.
Try DIY anon. They can be helpful on occasion.
The only permanent and maintenance free solution to something like this is welding. There's too much pitting for a coupling so it would always drain back to the coupled section every few months when the Black person rigging fails.
you could slip a 12" pipe over it and set the top at the correct elevation
picrel
godspeed pondanon
>no, goy metal is evil and toxic, you want to use my *wrings hands* safe... plastic.
Will consider. Thanks. Metal is heavier even in water I have zero knowledge of welding but that may work for quite awhile
>I have zero knowledge of welding
And you refuse to learn for what reason?
This is literally the perfect project.
Silicone sealant I reckon
Storm water pipes from a drainlaying/plumbing supply store.
Interesting. And the pvc won't crack and break when the pond freezes over?
It will, and it will also get damaged by UV which will make it crumble in a few years.
I've never seen a downpipe on a house crack in just a few years. You use proper drain laying shit not just shitty PVC It's designed to cope with storm water pressure and not break. It should handle freezing temps as well.
JB weld and a steel plate on top