Most of sales (80%) of Eric Units to date have gone to replace useless but costly existing systems and the remainder (20%) to those who have chosen Eric as their first system.

It is far easier to deal with customers who have had experience of ‘disaster systems’ that need taking out because these people are well aware of the shortcomings of them. Once they see how simple Eric units are to install and maintain, only then can they make true comparisons.

I have yet to come across any customer who is even mildly dissatisfied with their Eric purchases but will continue to refuse to make ANY retail sale unless I have details of the pond on which they are to be installed. In truth, and as I have mentioned to Matt Cameron who has installed many Eric units, on many occasions, it is almost impossible for any Eric unit NOT to produce the claimed results that I have promised.

The ones that concern me are the customers who have chosen an Eric unit as their first filtration system. Again, I know that their filter will perform superbly but they cannot be blamed for assuming then that ALL filtration systems are equally as good when we know that this is not nearly the case at all! If these customers knew how many Nexus; Sieves; Multi-bay and assorted Bead units we are continually replacing with Eric units they would be very surprised indeed.

On first glance, Eric units are probably the most costly of any ready-made filtration unit but when we take into account that all the units sold to date are handling the TOTAL filtration on each pond without any other items needing to be purchased then they are not nearly as costly as first thought. They certainly do not need a sieve before them or a bead filter after them; these costly add-on items also take up far more space plus extra charges in pumps, pipe work and fittings etc. If all this is taken into account together with low running costs, Eric systems are really quite inexpensive.

Of course, many are still waiting for me to ‘prove’ Eric to them further by installing these units on my own pond and this is of vital importance that I do so as soon as possible.

The main problem has always been dismantling and removing the existing equipment which also involves removing the patio roof of the existing filter house first.

TOP – This is the existing filter house as of now together with a shot of the patio roof below.

There are four bottom drains in the pond each supplying three Vortex units. All twelve of these units need to be removed and the plan is to lift the entire raised roof section where the wood furniture can be seen. This will allow all 12 Vortex units to be separated and lifted out individually after the entire pond has first been drained.

After this, just about every other bit of equipment will be taken out, cleaned and stored under cover nearby and this will leave us an empty room, which is 29 feet long by 9.5 feet wide.

The long centre drain channel is no longer required and this will be filled with concrete to leave a perfectly flat floor. After this, the four ‘Eric Four’ units will be lifted in and the roof made good.

The entire room will then be steam cleaned and re-painted completely and the ceiling will be re-plastered at the same time.

This scale plan gives an idea as to what the room will look like after the Eric units have been placed into position. According to the dimensions, they should ‘just’ fit in as shown.

(As of right now I have no idea what to do with all the remaining free space as just about all the water pumps; air pumps; U/V; pipelines and the like can be installed either above or below the filter units.)

After this it will be a simple job to connect them to the four drains and then to the water pumps.

I will be taking shots as to all stages of progress and show them as things progress.

Hopefully I will get it all completed by Christmas providing that Matt Cameron has some days free in which to do this?

As always, customers do come first.

Actually, I’m getting quite excited!
Waddy.