Do I restore a natural pond?

[bcp]

I believe you will have the least possible problems (legal and geological) if all you do is clean out the old pond.

If you have a solid tree for an anchor on one side, and a solid work place on the other, a dragline arrangement of cables and scoop can clean it while it is wet.

Bruce

 

[dragoneggs]

I believe you will have the least possible problems (legal and geological) if all you do is clean out the old pond.

If you have a solid tree for an anchor on one side, and a solid work place on the other, a dragline arrangement of cables and scoop can clean it while it is wet.

Bruce

Thanks Bruce... pretty much the plan but maybe make it just a little deeper. Might try a little bentonite if I can procure some for a reasonable price.

 

[Happy Gilmore]

Keep us posted!

 

[dragoneggs]

Keep us posted!

Will do... Gonna be awhile with the wet weather and my business travels but high on my project list for this summer. Will be taking it slow.

 

[wngsprd]

Sounds like a great project...with that great view of the Olympics while you work!

 

[fishheadbob]

Nice to find out it won't be a neighbor problem. I have some sites I cannot use because neighbors built downhill from them. Again, good luck with the reclamation.

 

[Gary Fowler]

Hey Happy... Original pond very small... 20 x 30 feet by about a foot deep. QUOTE]Heck that isn't a pond, that's a pot hole.
I would dig it out to max size and at least 6 feet deep and preferably deeper on the deep end and not less than 4 feet on the upper end.

 

[dragoneggs]

I would love to go down about 4 feet! My 83 year neighbor is suggesting a zip line from our deck and another from his! I think it's too steep though.

 

[PhysAssist]

Thanks Bruce... pretty much the plan but maybe make it just a little deeper. Might try a little bentonite if I can procure some for a reasonable price.

Keep an eye out here: Repurposed Materials - - repurposedMATERIALS -they did have some bentonite [I think in a liner format] once or twice if I am remembering correctly, but they have also had other items that have been/would be awesome in reuse as a pond liner [roof membranes comes to mind immediately].

Keep us posted, we're all looking forward to the panoramic pastoral pictures of your pending piscine paradise [in process]...

Sorry- I was on a roll [or was it a bagel?],
Thomas

 

[PhysAssist]

I would love to go down about 4 feet! My 83 year neighbor is suggesting a zip line from our deck and another from his! I think it's too steep though.

Just extend the attachment point out as needed to get the slope down to a manageable speed [across the 2 roads and ditch systems sounds right] and put a soft stop connection at the point where a pond drop is optimal.

Don't forget to figure out the ballistic path from the stop to to the water correctly, that ground may be soft, but it isn't that soft.

JK,
Thomas