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Bathroom Renovation – Intro
About five years ago, we lucked into a great loft in the Castleberry Hill neighborhood near Downtown Atlanta. The condo is one of five units in what used to be an ice cream distribution center for a local ice cream maker by the name Aristocrat Ice Cream. Back in the early 2000s, a couple of…
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Rebuilding the Original Pond
As I began to dismantle the original pond, I realized that there was absolutely no underlayment or support for the liner. It had several holes and was likely going to leak forever. Rocks and debris with sharp corners were exposed under the existing liner, making them easy puncture targets. The 2x4s used to support the…
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Design 1 – Aristocrat Pond
Waterfall Issues: Because the water was being pushed about 14 feet up into a waterfall riser, the result was an incoherent stream of water that had 14 feet to fall. Without a significantly more powerful pump to push a lot more water through the fall, it got frayed and it was easily affected by the…
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Intro – Aristocrat Pond
The Aristocrat Pond located in the back courtyard of the Aristocrat Lofts has the following characteristics: Rectangular pond with short walls in front and to the left when facing Tall walls in back and on the right a black pond liner has been used to hold the water a sump-pump pushes water up to the…