projects: zuki's Pond
Summer 2002
The phone rang in August and it was Zuki, a new client, on the phone. He was calling from Montreal and decided he was going to rebuild his pond
I loaded my van beyond capacity and make the 5 hour trek to Montreal a week later. After spending 10 days there, the filter and heating system were installed. I stayed at Zuki's home and was extended every courtesy
Zuki has become my "second father" [as we joke about] and his son, Evan shares my passion for computers. It was a lot of fun

Zuki's home backs onto a mountain in Westmount, Montreal. His waterfall is actually carved right into the rock and is about 20 feet tall. The pond measures 26 x 17 and is about 10k gallons

The first thing I had to do upon arrival was cut the bottom drain in and start running lines to around the side of the house were the filters were to be located

The rough in of the system has been started. The vortex is screen to stop larger debris from moving to the next filter chamber

Everything has been installed, including a 180 gallon black quarantine tank seen in the top left. One of Zuki's older filters was plumbed to run this. Each filter chamber has its own drain for easy purging

Zuki has some nice koi which he feeds constantly. The large pond promotes rapid growth. Two pumps, a Dolphin 3k and 4k, run the system

Zuki's waterfalls is about 20 feet high and goes right up into the mountain. A great feature
Building a good pond is quite an undertaking.
We build every pond like it was our very own !
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Construction Fundamentals page to see
the steps to success that we advocate
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Portfolio 4 to
see more of this pond