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So I have my 8 laterals cut,
And I also have eight caps because what we're gonna do is,
we're gonna glue the lateral into place.
And then we're gonna have a cap on the end so we can control the water to do what we want.
So the next step is, I'm gonna glue these caps on all of these laterals.
Now that the caps are all on, now the next step is to glue the laterals into place.
I'm just gonna glue them all in like so.
Look like that when we're done.
Now one little thing that I do when I'm gluing my, my bog manifolds together and
laterals, if you'll notice, I always put that line in the downward position so
if I go to take a photograph it looks real clean.
So I'll take the line in the up position, give it a twist till I can't see it.
That way if I decide to take a picture,
I don't have lines randomly sticking up everywhere.
Okay, there we have it.
Okay, that assembly's done.
And now, we need to create some slots for the water to pass through.
So let me take a little, little time to explain how this, this is gonna be working.
We're gonna plumb through the bottom, we're gonna be sending water through here.
The water's gonna be shooting down this line, and
then it works its way out these manifolds.
So right now there's no place for the water to go until we put the slots in there.
So this is the top.
I'm gonna flip it upside down.
And look, you see all my black lines there.
When doing a bog filter, this is a real low flow system.
In this pond I might be having 600, maybe 900 gallons max running through the system.
So two inch pipe I'm using right now, I know a lot of people are thinking,
wow that pipe's really big.
Hey, how can I use inch and a half, can I use inch and a quarter, can I use one inch?
A lot of things going through people's minds like that.
I like to oversize the pipe because it's gonna reduce your maintenance and
it lets the water flow through there at a different speed.
So since it's gonna be an active bog and we're gonna have plants planted
in on top of the gravel, the root system is gonna work down through there.
You'll need to take the time to manage the plants and,
and thin them out on occasion, and not let the roots get bound up in your system here.
So, what I'm gonna do is,
I usually want about every four inches, I want slots.
I want, that's where I want the water to come through, about every four inches.
So, I'll cut my slots here, and here.
I'm just gonna go through and mark all this.
And then I am going to show you how I'm gonna score this thing with a skill saw.
I use a carbide-tipped blade so it's, it's nice and thick.
And then even come down this line as well.
So what I've done here is I've, that four and that eight,
the four inch line marks pretty good right here, all the way down.
So I'm just gonna come through and put my slots right here.
And then what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna drill a small hole in the cap of each one of
these guys so water can pass out through that section as well.
So marking it all up so we can see what we're gonna do here.
Now notice about every four inches, we have a mark and that's where we're gonna cut a slot.
And I even have a mark in the caps so water can come out the cap.
Now if you'll notice in this section,
from here to here I have, what do we have, about nine inches.
So I want a slot about every four inches.
Now since this is not a high pressure system, it's all low flow,
I'm gonna put a lot in the middle of my fitting here.
And as I work my way this way, four inches,
four inches, this area I have about seven inches.
So I wanted about, at least every four inches, to have a slot.
So as you work your way down this line,
you'll see I'm gonna put a little slot right here for water to come through.
And I'm also gonna add a slot right there.
So now I have an area every four inches where water can percolate up through.
And then those slots are gonna be facing down when we put it inside the unit.
So now it's time to start cutting those, those slots in there with my skill saw.
Okay, so now I set the blade on my skill saw.
What do I have here?
It's set at about three-quarters of an inch.
So I don't want a really big slot,
I don't want this thing all falling apart after I make my cuts in there.
So I set the blade, and it's at about three-quarters of an inch, and
I'll just run straight across all these guys.
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Now, I'm gonna drill a hole in the cap of each one of these.
I have this cool little unibit, and
I'm just gonna drill about a quarter inch hole in each one of these caps.
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Double check all of our slits, got the holes on the end.
Let's check it out in the container to see how it fits.
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Alright, it's just perfect.
I can get my bulkhead fitting right here.
I have laterals about every 12 inches.
Let's talk about the gravel that we're gonna use in here,
cuz it's a really important factor.
This is the gravel we're gonna use, it's a smooth gravel.
It's, I ordered it as three-eighths to three-quarters, and it's nice and
smooth and round.
If you use angular rock it's cheaper, but if it's angular and
they're touching, it's not as open.
So it doesn't work quite as well, and the plants don't grow through it as nicely.
Now another thing is, for
decades, pond owners have been using lava rock to build filters and
as, as good as lava rock is, as becoming a filter it's not great in an active bog.
Because in an active bog you have the fine,
fibrous roots from all the, the marginal plants we'll be planting in there.
And, and frankly the, the lava rock's a little bit sharp.
So as the roots are trying to grow through the,
the smooth gravel it's real easy to move through.
In the sharp stuff it's a little bit harder for the plants to, to work in there.
And then when we're doing your maintenance, you want the roots to come sliding right out,
you don't want them to get shredded by the lava rock.
So that's why we wanna use the, the smooth gravel instead of the lava rock.
That's gonna conclude this segment.
We still have a lot work to do here.
We still have to install the pump.
We have to do all the, all the drilling of the holes in the bulkheads.
We're gonna trim it with wood.
But that's gonna conclude this segment.
If you have any questions about what we've done so
far, please put them in the comments section.
I'm Eric Triplett, The Pond Digger.
Thanks for watching.
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