Building a 8'x10'x5' deep pond into basically solid rock 6" under ground

hahaha my new boxer puppy fell in mine trying to drink lol

Your pond is going to look sweet! I cant imagine trying to get out all that rock, but you sir, are amazing and your pond is definitely gonna look good, cant wait to see the finished product.

Thanks!

Not sure if anyone in the area noticed but I again had to turn off gravity for a minute to get this rock up there. Actually I used the hand truck to get it close then rolled it on its side to the block I made and then tilted it up onto a cinderblock and up over onto the form. Its amazing where you can get rocks even thou you cannot lift them.
So then I put like 7-4" tapcons in the back of the cement block and took 3 tie down straps and wrapped them around the protruding screws and the tip of the rock so I could have it overhang, as you can see the wider end weighs more and the rock would just fall with how far I have that end hanging out. Will be putting some rubber coated wire (stuff I used to pull up a few of the rocks) wrapped around it as well as the straps will eventually fail due to being exposed to the elements.



I loaded them onto photobucket this morning before I left for work so hopefully it worked and I got the links right.

cool man i like it and the fact that u are doing most of ur pond at night wow good work

[QUOTE=Not sure if anyone in the area noticed but I again had to turn off gravity for a minute to get this rock up there.[/QUOTE]

You figure out how to do that, let me know. I still have some rock work to do, though no where near what your doing.

You do good rock work, nice tight fits. I take it that you did the wall in the back too, they match nicely. After you get this done I can see creek flowing along that back wall from another pond.

Thanks you. Getting these big roks tight has been a PITA, but I needed it to look good on the outside. Then I have the issue of getting it smooth enough on the inside for the liner.
Ya I did the other wall to. There is a link to the pics of it somewhere neer the begining. I like the idea of a creek. Next year the fence will be pushed back a few feet to be on the property line as of now I have a couple of feet behind it that is mine and the neighbor wants to make a nice fence right on the property line. So once I gain those few feet I can see there being room do to that and I own the a huge hill ro the right where a upper deck around an upper pond with a glass bridge where the creek comes out down to the pond Im building now, which would overflow to a creek that goes to the pond in the frount yard! I told my girlfiend all this and she thinks im crazy.

So, im getting very close to when the liner will be getting installed and Im sort of kicking myslef for going with a liner rather than using something like Pond Armor epoxy liner or having someone come out and Polyurea it. It is more expensive, but would work so much better. It is just such an akward shape and the fact that I dont want all these folds sticking up. I guess for now I will have to go with gluing the liner to the edge of the rocks and than gluing flat rocks above where the liner ends and have them cover the folds and stuff. I hope it works otherwise its really going to look like poop.

How I have the rock attached:

How I have the valve on. I ruied my first ball valve by sticking too short of a peice of PVC in so I went with a threaded type. Makes it a little longer, but I switched to a regular 90* as the height of this on cinderblocks made it imposible and it was pointless really.



First test fit. FAIL


I had to raise it up with a 4x4 in the rear and 2-2x4s screwed together in the front.



The drain plumbing...PITA.

The wood...no good.


But its level.


The valve again


And the ditch for the plumbing