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Hi all does anyone have any ideas how the pond...
Hi all does anyone have any ideas how the pond filter could be hidden or perhaps disguised?
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May 21, 2020
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Hi all does anyone have any ideas how the pond filter could be hidden or perhaps disguised? Thanks
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+6
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May 21, 2020
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Build a wooden box around it then stick stones to it and fill the gaps with tire grout, sounds weird but looks good!
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May 21, 2020
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higa
sounds great would you happen to have a photo so I can visualise? Thanks
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May 21, 2020
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higa
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scupper
this is kind of the concept but just imagine it on a larger scale with bigger stones. and not a fairy house lol! Xxx
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May 21, 2020
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higa
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Just use the same stone that’s around your pond now
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May 21, 2020
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scupper
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maybe a large plastic storage box with holes cut out for pipes? And covered with stones wouldnt be too heavy to move then for cleaning? Thankyou I get and like the idea.
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May 21, 2020
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Build a box round it with pallet wood, it’s what I’m going to do with mine. Just cut the holes out for the pipes
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May 21, 2020
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Put it in the ground
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May 21, 2020
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keim
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Stack rocks around it
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May 21, 2020
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I sunk mine into the ground and built up the soil n planted it up to hide it, it sits under the wee White house
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May 21, 2020
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fab idea thankyou but my filter is standing on concrete.
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May 21, 2020
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Use some rocks that match the pond.
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May 21, 2020
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I covered mine with old slates
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May 21, 2020
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Build a box with a lid n cover the lid with felt x
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May 21, 2020
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Wooden box, old palet?
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May 21, 2020
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Ours is in a hole in the border
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May 21, 2020
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My dad painted one white, then created a Tudor style house with black tape for the timber frame, doors and windows.
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May 21, 2020
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Plany or some. big rocks
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May 21, 2020
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I got to do mine yet
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May 21, 2020
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calcar
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Put box into your neighbours garden behind then just feed pipe back into your garden
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May 21, 2020
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haha! Love it!
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May 21, 2020
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Get some big green pot plants round it to hide it.
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May 21, 2020
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Just put a simple bamboo screen around it
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May 21, 2020
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Brick around it ;)
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May 21, 2020
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Make a box so u can just pick it up wen u need to get to the pump
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May 21, 2020
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fusilier
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Can I ask where you got that pump I'm looking for one to pump water in my pond
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May 21, 2020
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hi I bought mine in Maidenhead Aquatics some years ago now .
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May 21, 2020
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OK thanks need to find a cheap reliable pump for my fiancée pond she made with tyres
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May 21, 2020
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Palllet box? Paint it or make a feature of it
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May 21, 2020
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Mak a box to fit over it and make it look like rocks
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May 21, 2020
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Weve built the stones higher
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May 21, 2020
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Box it in, bushy plants or a giant plant pot upside down with a hole in and smaller plant pot and plant on top
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May 21, 2020
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Artificial ivy from amazon
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May 21, 2020
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With alovely brush plants.
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May 21, 2020
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I built an imitation log cabin round my mums and a water wheel round mine, sorry no photos.
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May 21, 2020
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Make a box
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May 21, 2020
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Bit of decking box
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May 21, 2020
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You can get some really nice plants that strive around ponds
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