The rebuild begins

[350mike]

I have started the edging now. I had to buld up the right side and wasn't sure how it would look. Looks good and should be just fine for protection from run off. Thank you for the comments on the deck! It finally looks like it belongs. As the digging began, the original size was to be 11' x 28' by 3.5' deep. Then as we progressed and I started measuring, I realized I could go wider and deeper. Now, the pond is 12' x 28' x 3.7' (shallow end) and 4.3' (deep end). I had calculated 8085 gallons with the original size. Now, I haven't any idea how to calculate. Anyone care to venture a guess? I am having difficulty with the calcualations because of the sloped sides. The bottom is between 10' and 11' wide. Oh, and if anyone is interested, I have a lot of free dirt! Anyone needing to fill in a hole?? Oops, wrong site for that, sorry! LOL

 

[DrDave]

Looks good.

 

[stroppy]

looks good .. you could build a rockery with that soil ... bet it was a bit cold in that water !!

 

[addy1]

great job there! your fish will love it

 

[350mike]

Well, it is all done, I must apologize for slacking at the picture posting! :redface: Finally going to show you the completed project along with more of the in between.

 

[350mike]

Wouldn't have wanted to do all this with a shovel!! :sad: It took 2 days to fill. Once it was full, it was time to once again, wait for winter to come and go. The spring of 2011 arrived but we had a big mess! With family help, we managed to finish it. Then, in 2012, we were invited into the local pond tour so, once again, we were back at it. It was well worth it. Lots of hard work, but we are proud of it. These pictures are all from October of 2010.

 

[350mike]

Spring and summer 2011. Sorry for the pics not being in order. Having to upload from pictures that have been taken from several different cameras. should have done some organizing. You can sort of see the progress from the Spring of 2011 through the summer. The last pictures were the very beginning, after the snow!

 

[350mike]

More pics to come. It takes a long time to upload. I'll go through them again ad try to put them in better order.

 

[addy1]

Neat shots! Like your stream coming down the slope. They upload a little faster if you resize them. I still use xp and can just right click the images and do a resize, when I feel like it lol

 

[sissy]

nice pond and great place for it and looks like you really do get a lot of snow .I like your tank filter what is it .like how it comes up to the edge of your deck .Have your dogs just ran out and fell in yet . :razz: