How to make a bubble powered surface skimmer for an Organic Pool. David Pagan Butler shows how to use adapt a conventional pool skimmer to use bubbles.
Brilliant David. I have been suffering with sediment coming off the bottom of the pool & floating on top of the water. This could be my answer to the problem. Many thanks for sharing. Phil North Devon
I'm sure that there is beer somewhere over there, hidden, on such a nice sunny day. You are changing the ordinary into the extraordinary Sir. Thanks for your videos. Cheers.
awesome vid David, many thanks, i was wondering how i was going to build the skimmer using bubble tech!! (im digging the ever growing hole at the min) : )
You have inspired me to attempt a large scale public swimming pond here in Ontario, Canada. I love the idea of low power usage and the pond cleaning itself organically. If it really works this well, why are other commercial applications using extensive piping and filtration?
Great idea, thank you very much for sharing. I have been wondering if one could use this simple, yet effective design of your, and add a biofiltre along the 4" pipe, by doing so, im forcing the water through the biofiltre at the same time im skimming the surface. Just an idea. Again, thank you for your videos, they have been very use full and may i add, lots of fun too. Greetings for Chile
Thanks for all the information you are providing.... I'm going to be building a pond next month here in Kentucky...I notice that most of the air supply lines go in the top of the bubbler is there any reason they shouldn't enter the bubbler from the bottom or side?....
you could also put a float on the box so that the unit floats on the waters surface an can be placed where you want it or have it just float all over the place as the hose allows. just a thought.
I'm thinking about having a go making one of these pools but am worried about making my kids sick (ear infection etc). How would I ensure the water is safe?
suggestion: show us what you are making and how it works, then you can go into detail of how you did it and why. otherwise it's a bit of gobbledygook video.
@@2010wembley Clear as mud. A brief discussion of what an "air-lift" pump is and how it works would have been a much better use of time than watching him drill holes or repeatedly telling where water goes in and goes out. Also, what was it he dropped into the inner pipe at the very end? "This is what's known as a silblflfkspodlfksdfnkn".??? Huh???
@@2010wembley There is nothing wrong with my English, sir. (Note the comma after "English".) There is nothing wrong with your English, either. Your elocution, however, becomes mumblesome at times. Basic pedagogy: emphasize terms of art such as _cylindrical air stone_.
So, to make a DIY skimmer (as per title), the first thing you need is a pool skimmer. Right. Sorry for being a stick in the mud but doesn't this defeat the object of DIY? Admittedly, if you just buy and use a normal skimmer, you don't get the unbridled joy of saying "flange" dozens of times.
It's a mod to make the skimmer work using only bubbles (air pump) instead of a regular water pump, same working principle, different suction force origin
David, I really enjoy your content and I can't hardly wait to see you on a cooking show, thanks for sharing.
Possibly my favorite Monty Python sketch ever. I don't even have a pond, let alone one that needs skimming. What am I doing here? Ha!
Brilliant David. I have been suffering with sediment coming off the bottom of the pool & floating on top of the water. This could be my answer to the problem. Many thanks for sharing. Phil North Devon
I'm sure that there is beer somewhere over there, hidden, on such a nice sunny day. You are changing the ordinary into the extraordinary Sir. Thanks for your videos. Cheers.
That's fantastic. I'm currently digging a big hole in the hopes of it being a swimming pond. Thanks for all the info.
awesome vid David, many thanks, i was wondering how i was going to build the skimmer using bubble tech!!
(im digging the ever growing hole at the min)
: )
You have inspired me to attempt a large scale public swimming pond here in Ontario, Canada. I love the idea of low power usage and the pond cleaning itself organically. If it really works this well, why are other commercial applications using extensive piping and filtration?
$$$$$$. All about money. And people are lazy.
I'm in Ontario. Did you ever attempt the public swimming pond?
@@Thoughmuchistaken nope. Gonna do a private pond though
Love this!
Very Tommy Cooper-esq. Nice one, very useful, and entertaining.
Great idea, thank you very much for sharing. I have been wondering if one could use this simple, yet effective design of your, and add a biofiltre along the 4" pipe, by doing so, im forcing the water through the biofiltre at the same time im skimming the surface. Just an idea.
Again, thank you for your videos, they have been very use full and may i add, lots of fun too.
Greetings for Chile
Thanks for all the information you are providing.... I'm going to be building a pond next month here in Kentucky...I notice that most of the air supply lines go in the top of the bubbler is there any reason they shouldn't enter the bubbler from the bottom or side?....
nice video david houw is your fish pond doing? realy intrested in that
you could also put a float on the box so that the unit floats on the waters surface an can be placed where you want it or have it just float all over the place as the hose allows. just a thought.
Brilliant.
Do you adjust height up and down relative to water level? or do you find your water level stays relatively stable?
Hi Dave where did you get that skimmer from you bought......
Nailed it! (with a screw,..backwards, somehow).
Briliant idea and uses little power also.
Is this the way he pulls water from the pond to the wetland filter?
Wonder if there an optimum outlet 'height' relative to the inlet to maximise flo rate?
Adam Wilkinson 1.5 metres
Where can I find the standard pool skimmer to begin with. I'm from Chile. I need to get it online, but I don't find any!
I'm thinking about having a go making one of these pools but am worried about making my kids sick (ear infection etc). How would I ensure the water is safe?
It's self-cleaning.
Throw them in a mud puddle first. Build up the immune systems. 😁
FAB squire 🙋
I’m kind of confused with the process. Hard for me to follow. Sounds brilliant wish I had step by step directions thank u.
why's his voice on a Johnny Depp mode from "The Pirates of the Carribean"?
suggestion: show us what you are making and how it works, then you can go into detail of how you did it and why. otherwise it's a bit of gobbledygook video.
Jeffrey Dubinsky suggestion. Read the description. Listen to what he's saying. It's very clear.
@@2010wembley Clear as mud.
A brief discussion of what an "air-lift" pump is and how it works would have been a much better use of time than watching him drill holes or repeatedly telling where water goes in and goes out.
Also, what was it he dropped into the inner pipe at the very end? "This is what's known as a silblflfkspodlfksdfnkn".??? Huh???
This vid explains airlift pumps ...
th-cam.com/video/TOVZ4oklBFw/w-d-xo.html
Nick Seidenman cylindrical air stone. Learn English son.
@@2010wembley There is nothing wrong with my English, sir. (Note the comma after "English".) There is nothing wrong with your English, either. Your elocution, however, becomes mumblesome at times. Basic pedagogy: emphasize terms of art such as _cylindrical air stone_.
So, to make a DIY skimmer (as per title), the first thing you need is a pool skimmer.
Right. Sorry for being a stick in the mud but doesn't this defeat the object of DIY?
Admittedly, if you just buy and use a normal skimmer, you don't get the unbridled joy of saying "flange" dozens of times.
It's a mod to make the skimmer work using only bubbles (air pump) instead of a regular water pump, same working principle, different suction force origin
An exercise in how not to make an instructional video. The concept is good, the video dreadful.