How to Build a Waterfall - Part 1

Tips, Tricks

1. Love this look! We get more rain here than you do in CA. How would you prevent dirt from running down the hill above and getting into the pond?
2. I liked this guy til he gave me the finger around 6 minutes in
3. Think a pond heater at 25 constantly would be good for a pond year round so I can keep giant snakeheax
4. I love your videos and would love to take on a waterfall project in my backyard.  I don't have a lot of money for the rock and I have found the large character boulders are outrageously expensive at local landscaping businesses.  I would like to scavenge for some of those bigger pieces but I live in Illinois where the land is pretty flat and construction sites really don't have anything I can scavenge.  Do you have any suggestions on where to find large boulderlike stones?
5. great job guys looks awesome I'm going to have a bash in my garden hope it turns out OK
6. great ideas
   learning a lot!!
7. Eine seltene Gabe zu sehen - die Natur als hohe Kunst
8. Your vids are calming
9. We have a waterfall that causes lots of problem to keep it clean. What would be the best idea to get reed of algae that builds up in side the pond .Thankyou.
10. I dug my pond hole last year but was unable to complete because of the weather. The problem I am facing is the soil is very loose and difficult to make shelves that are solid.Any suggestions?
11. Love your vids man, thanks to you I've installed my mini oasis the Right way!
12. i dont believ i have ever seen you use flagstone in your videos any reason ?
13. What about overflow how do you or did you handle that?
14. First off I want to say great job on explaining the whole process and taking the time to explain the little tips... you have great insight and communication skills!!  Now for my questions:
    
    I have a six foot fence that will be behind my waterfall - similar to what you have...Will l still need to build a retaining wall rather than pile dirt up against fence if I have no worries about dirt on my fence?  I guess the problem there is I need to get behind waterfall, so how much room should I leave between fence and waterfall?
    
    If you wind up with too much liner or underlayment, would you ever want to cut it, or  just better to fold under?
    
    I live in Minnesota so my waterfall will be 3 seasons.. anything I should consider up front in terms of which equipment I buy etc. etc...?
    
    My view from the house faces the fence - should I angle the waterfall slightly which I think is what you suggested to add character, or, should I come straight on?
    
    If I am limited by space, is it ok to have waterfall dump into small pool and then have a stream take a "hard right" to a bigger pool?
    
    Thanks again, Mike
15. thx
16. i have a liner question: can concrete be used instead of that rubber liner as a more eco friendly alternative? my idea was to use the concrete and use stones and build something similar to a brick wall that goes from the bottom all the way up the sides. that way none of the stones have the potential to come loose and it would still look natural. i just dont like the idea of using rubber because of it being not so eco friendly.
17. If you got any good tips reg my big pond project....email me on castella@home.se  to bad we got the Ataltic crossing the easy way for contact....but Im happy with your videos ...Thx again Ponddigger
18. man ...you good at this and you serious and pro ...I like all the videos you have...my project is a a bit larger...still under plans....but my outer measure is like 50x90 and a second pond 4 feet abow the main with a waterfall 5 feet up in background and the water spilling down to main pond... ....its a big project ..I got tons of good intel from the videos you posted ...Thanks alot for it ...Love from Sweden
19. what type of fom do you use between rocks?
20. Strawberries AND a waterfall? Check it out:
    Hydropic Strawberry Wall w/Pondless Waterfall