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Making a Volcano... suggestions? |
Choptop
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Joined: May 15, 2003
Posts: 121 |  Posted: 2007-05-09 9:47 pm Permalink
found a resource for the volcano makins....
http://www.bragdonent.com/gfguide.htm
I'm getting down to it. Will take pics of the backyard and site on Thurs. Gas, power, water lines are run. Its time to start gathering supplies.
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Choptop
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Joined: May 15, 2003
Posts: 121 | Posted: 2007-05-09 9:50 pm Permalink
if you want flames out the top... here is any easy, but not cheap, way to do it...
http://www.cunninghamliving.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1843
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Choptop
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Joined: May 15, 2003
Posts: 121 | Posted: 2007-05-09 9:54 pm Permalink
some more flame sources...
http://www2.yardiac.com/list_categories.asp?tgs=2863694:44466218&cart_id=4522017:825818312168&id=695
and dont forget the red fire glass...
http://www2.yardiac.com/show_category.asp?tgs=2863694:44466218&cart_id=4522017:825818312168&category=1844
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mieko
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Joined: May 01, 2006
Posts: 531
From: San Diego
| Posted: 2007-05-10 09:08 am Permalink
Wow, great resources Choptop! Thanks for sharing those!
The fire glass is kinda cheaper than I thought. I'd be pretty tempted to do a mix of colors, some red, orange, yellow and clear, since flame/fire isn't really solid red, but a lot more orange.
Maybe I will put a fire pit in my backyard after all. 
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tikitammy
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Joined: Jun 21, 2004
Posts: 140
From: Little Rock, AR
| Posted: 2007-05-10 2:27 pm Permalink
I'd also like to thank Choptop for the fire glass link. We recently purchased a propane firepit from Lowes that we have on our deck. This gives me some ideas. THANKS!
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King Leo
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Joined: Apr 18, 2007
Posts: 13
From: Long Beach
| Posted: 2007-07-23 2:01 pm Permalink
Okay! Its been a few months but my wife and I have been working hard. We had to. A co-worker of mine has some Koi fish that he needed a home for and he heard I was building a pond. So we had to work pretty fast.
The hole with some of the bottom plumbing. Concrete was poured over this to base the side walls:
Other View:
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King Leo
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Joined: Apr 18, 2007
Posts: 13
From: Long Beach
| Posted: 2007-07-23 2:05 pm Permalink
So then we _needed_ to make the Volcano/Waterfall. So we made a base and formed the shape with rebar.
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King Leo
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Joined: Apr 18, 2007
Posts: 13
From: Long Beach
| Posted: 2007-07-23 2:07 pm Permalink
My wife is the Queen of Concrete ... she somehow was able to coat the tied rebar and stucco mesh with aggregate concrete ... oh so artistic!!
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King Leo
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Joined: Apr 18, 2007
Posts: 13
From: Long Beach
| Posted: 2007-07-23 2:11 pm Permalink
*** Commercial Break ***
We needed our pond to not kill the fish with the lime in the concrete ... this took a bit of asking around .. this is the stuff. It is rated for potable water:
Its made by BASF ... they have specs on the website
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King Leo
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Joined: Apr 18, 2007
Posts: 13
From: Long Beach
| Posted: 2007-07-23 2:16 pm Permalink
After painting with concrete and patio paint ... the red is regular latex house paint:
I bought a mister unit .... it has 9 heads ... awesome!
Oh ... did I mention it hides the plumbing?
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King Leo
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Joined: Apr 18, 2007
Posts: 13
From: Long Beach
| Posted: 2007-07-23 2:20 pm Permalink
Skimmer
Oh and the Tiki we made to return water ... we affectionately call "Spitter"
Now on to the rest of the yard .. the Denizens have a home!
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McTiki
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Joined: Aug 22, 2004
Posts: 1945
From: Sunny Florida
| Posted: 2007-07-24 03:15 am Permalink
Sweet project! That's alot of work there. Very nice.
Mahalo
McTiki
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mzoltarp
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Joined: Apr 28, 2006
Posts: 163
From: Bakersfield, California
| Posted: 2007-07-24 07:32 am Permalink
The volcano is wickedly insane! I love it. This would work perfectly in my front yard and I may have to steal the idea.
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tikigik
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Joined: Oct 25, 2005
Posts: 118
From: Ann Arbor Michigan
| Posted: 2009-06-17 8:53 pm Permalink
I'm thinking of a volcano (eventually) but it may end up inside so I will probably
use the fake "flaming pot" things from Spencer's, etc. and MIGHT add in a few of
the flickering flame lamps as well.
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tikifred
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Joined: Dec 20, 2009
Posts: 64 | Posted: 2010-09-17 06:17 am Permalink
That is so cool! Reminds me of the volcano at Epcot in the Mexican pavilion restaurant!
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