On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 07:36:12 -0400, "pixi" wrote:

Today I crawl into my new pond and start lifting rocks out. Am still hoping
to get that filter raised and find the leak. It's a slow leak. It is
raining so much that the pond is not draining down to the leak.

I think it is where the liner is attached to the skimmer but don't know.
And I want the rocks that the landscaper lined the pond with out of the
water. That @#$%^ landscaper promised me last fall that he would come back
in April and finish the job. It is almost July so I don't think h e'll be
here any time soon.

At least I will probably have more muscle when it's finished. Again, wish
me luck. I'll need it.

Pixi


FWIW, I had to put rocks -in- my pond to keep the liner from floating
up during heavy rains. Seems water was getting under the liner, which
would float upwards, then when the rain stopped and teh water level
dropped, the liner would sink. The net result was that it looked like
the pond had a major leak, as it would be 6-7 inches low 2 days after
the rain.

Lots of people say that gravel in the pond is a Bad Thing, so I put
about 10 -large- rocks in the bottom, and I've not had that problem
again.

Besides that, the rocks in the bottom look good, and some of them are
stacked so the fish have a place to hide when a heron comes by for
lunch.

HTH
Mike
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