That was a waste of time

macafee2 · 30th December 2021, 18:45

Earlier in the year the wife and I spent days pumping out our pond, about 47ft X 18ft X 2ft6 - 3ft, taking the liner out, catching fish, empting the pond weed and a back braking day loading wheel barrows with rubble and tipping into the empty pond.

Days of rain and a high water table and this, gggrrr
Looked in the well and can see water with the cover only part open. In summer we had to remove the cover to see the water

macafee2

planenut · 30th December 2021, 21:30

Disappointing, good luck with your future plans.

macafee2 · 30th December 2021, 21:58

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Originally Posted by planenut

Disappointing, good luck with your future plans.

Thanks I'm "sure" come summer it will have gone.
A neighbour has to keep pumping their cellar out, I think they said they need to do it until March.

macafee2

COLVERT · 30th December 2021, 22:26

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Originally Posted by macafee2

Thanks I'm "sure" come summer it will have gone.
A neighbour has to keep pumping their cellar out, I think they said they need to do it until March.

macafee2

If that's the naturel water level it's mostly going to stay like that.---It's amazing how many people live just above the natural water level and are never aware of it.--Patio coming up ???

The Rovering Member · 31st December 2021, 13:28

At least you can take the fish out of the bath now.

macafee2 · 31st December 2021, 14:46

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Originally Posted by COLVERT

If that's the naturel water level it's mostly going to stay like that.---It's amazing how many people live just above the natural water level and are never aware of it.--Patio coming up ???

water level does drop. We have a pond/lake in the field and it dropped a couple of feet during summer and has only risen this last month. My son in law climbed part way down our well in the summer and it was more then 5 feet down to water. As long as it remains a foot or more below the surface, when we finish filling and grassing the area, it wont turn into a mud bath in winter.

Patio's seem fine.

macafee2

31st December 2021, 13:28	#5
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planenut Regional Secretary Rover 1.8T Tourer Join Date: May 2007 Location: Heathrow Posts: 6,948 Thanks: 1,551 Thanked 2,036 Times in 1,264 Posts	Disappointing, good luck with your future plans.