what i worry about is what will dog claws do to the liner - if u follow jans
suggestion and then put slate or even thin cement pavers on top of the liner
and then sand on top of this u would avoid the problem of a soon punctured
liner - another note - 6" is way too deep for birds. donna


"~ jan" wrote in message
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On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:24:05 EDT, Jim Elbrecht wrote:

One of the cautions I received when I proposed making a sloping beach
in my mini pond was to not use sand as it would all end up in the
bottom of the pond.

OK- so then I saw an article online that proposed mortaring a band of
round stones across the slope to hold the beach from slipping lower.
I'm in NY so I'm always conscious of frost heave and don't like the
idea of sharp broken edges of mortar on my pond liner. [it will be 45
mil EPDM]

I've been looking unsuccessfully for something online that discusses
doing the same thing with silicone or some flexible cement.

I want a few feet [about 15-20 square feet] of stone bottom, up to
about 6" deep for birds & dogs to splash about in. What's the
best way to accomplish this?
Jim

How about instead of thinking on the liner, think under? As in make a
ridge
under the liner and lay the liner over it? ~ jan
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