Hello All!
I live in rural Arizona and have been excavating a pond in my backyard. I've had an incredibly easy time digging out most of the pond because the ground is basically semi-compacted sand. Most of it has been quite simple to dig.
The pond has taken shape and is 18' X 11' with plant shelves that are 1' to 4' feet wide at depths of 1' to 2'. The center of the pond will be 4' deep.
My problem is that the sand on the northern side of the pond is giving me problems because it's extremely loose. I've been trying to level the bottom but every time I scoop out loose sand, more sand comes pouring down.
I suspect I may just have to suck it up and have a 130 degree slope ... but before committing to the installation of the underlayment and liner, I thought I'd ask members of this forum if anyone has constructive (and yes that was a pun) suggestions about how to stabilize the north slope so that I could perhaps have a slightly steeper slope.
If worse comes to worse, a 130 degree slope would be okay ... but I'd really like to be able to level out the bottom of this slope without having more and more sand cascade down.
I was thinking about the possibility of spraying this slope with some sort of quick setting foam. I could then level off the bottom and put the underlayment and liner in place. Once the pond was filled, the weight of the water would hold the slope in place.
Does anyone have any thoughts?
Thanks,
David
I live in rural Arizona and have been excavating a pond in my backyard. I've had an incredibly easy time digging out most of the pond because the ground is basically semi-compacted sand. Most of it has been quite simple to dig.
The pond has taken shape and is 18' X 11' with plant shelves that are 1' to 4' feet wide at depths of 1' to 2'. The center of the pond will be 4' deep.
My problem is that the sand on the northern side of the pond is giving me problems because it's extremely loose. I've been trying to level the bottom but every time I scoop out loose sand, more sand comes pouring down.
I suspect I may just have to suck it up and have a 130 degree slope ... but before committing to the installation of the underlayment and liner, I thought I'd ask members of this forum if anyone has constructive (and yes that was a pun) suggestions about how to stabilize the north slope so that I could perhaps have a slightly steeper slope.
If worse comes to worse, a 130 degree slope would be okay ... but I'd really like to be able to level out the bottom of this slope without having more and more sand cascade down.
I was thinking about the possibility of spraying this slope with some sort of quick setting foam. I could then level off the bottom and put the underlayment and liner in place. Once the pond was filled, the weight of the water would hold the slope in place.
Does anyone have any thoughts?
Thanks,
David