Seeing as most others have done the same, I will document my progress here.
Started 23 August 2013 and all done by hand.
Pic 1 - Lifting the turf from the area that the pond is going in to
Pic 2 - Marked out and started the digging out of the clay
Pic 3 - The shape is coming along
Pic 4 - Getting there
Pic 5 - The wife clearing out the loose large spoil from the clay bed (she couldn't use the spade as she had a steroid injection in her shoulder on the 22 August!)
Pic 6 - Slowly filling to test the liner.
All these pics were taken between 23 - 26 August 2013
Not bad progress considering I have Multiple Sclerosis and other spinal/nervous system problems and had to take it easy.
You may ask why I did it and not got help in, well easy answer to that question is that the people who said they would help, suddenly were "too busy" when it came down to the crunch.
Next stage is to pump out the test fill of water and then excavate a trench around the edge to place 3x2 concrete slabs edgeways to increase the depth and raise it off ground level.
The liner will then be pulled over the top of the upright slabs and a treated fence placed 12" away from it, which is then going to be backfilled with the soil excavated from the hole, and capping stones placed over to finish.
The filtration is still to be 100% decided upon, but a Wet&Dry Pond filter is looking favourite.
Started 23 August 2013 and all done by hand.
Pic 1 - Lifting the turf from the area that the pond is going in to
Pic 2 - Marked out and started the digging out of the clay
Pic 3 - The shape is coming along
Pic 4 - Getting there
Pic 5 - The wife clearing out the loose large spoil from the clay bed (she couldn't use the spade as she had a steroid injection in her shoulder on the 22 August!)
Pic 6 - Slowly filling to test the liner.
All these pics were taken between 23 - 26 August 2013
Not bad progress considering I have Multiple Sclerosis and other spinal/nervous system problems and had to take it easy.
You may ask why I did it and not got help in, well easy answer to that question is that the people who said they would help, suddenly were "too busy" when it came down to the crunch.
Next stage is to pump out the test fill of water and then excavate a trench around the edge to place 3x2 concrete slabs edgeways to increase the depth and raise it off ground level.
The liner will then be pulled over the top of the upright slabs and a treated fence placed 12" away from it, which is then going to be backfilled with the soil excavated from the hole, and capping stones placed over to finish.
The filtration is still to be 100% decided upon, but a Wet&Dry Pond filter is looking favourite.