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Garden pond needs cleaning

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  • 04-09-2006 12:41pm
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    Hal1
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    Hi all,

    Just seeking some advise on a solution for cleaning out a pond at my home. The pond is oval shaped and about 1.5ft deep in the centre, there are 3 points in the pond where it is shallow. The pond hasnt been cleaned in a few years and attempts with buckets to remove the water have failed :o.

    There must be 0.5ft of slith and muck in the middle of it and what I need is a pump to remove, the water and the mucky slith that is at the bottom of the pond.

    If anyone has any suggestions I would appreciate it, once its not too costly.


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    Dermot2468
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    lidl are doing a water pump and it can pump dirty water http://www.lidl.ie/ie/home.nsf/pages/c.o.20060907.p.SubmersibleWaterPump
    is that what you are looking for


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    Hal1
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    Dermot2468 wrote:
    lidl are doing a water pump and it can pump dirty water http://www.lidl.ie/ie/home.nsf/pages/c.o.20060907.p.SubmersibleWaterPump
    is that what you are looking for

    That looks about right, but I doubt it would be up to the job as the end of the pond is like slurry (shoite):o.


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    Dermot2468
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    Could you use that pump to pump out the water and the put on the wellies and bucket it out, also aldi had one and i think it was stronger maybe that would be up to the job?


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    Hal1
    Registered Users Posts: 8,720 ✭✭✭Hal1


    Dermot2468 wrote:
    Could you use that pump to pump out the water and the put on the wellies and bucket it out, also aldi had one and i think it was stronger maybe that would be up to the job?

    It looks like a small pump and I got something of similar spec already that I use to filter the water. It hasnt been used in the pond in years though,and it would be clogged up in a few minutes I reckon. Using buckets would take forever and would need an army of people handing out buckets of the water.


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