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Reply With QuoteI have rock and gravel in mine and landscaping around the pond.
I'm having a minor/to major "flooding" problem. Whenever we get bad rains, like last night for instance, water seems run right under our pond and push it upwards making it seem like there are big air bubbles underneath. I'm thinking the problem is the fact that there is a 2-4 inch deep, 3-4 foot wide path dug out all the way around it. Pond was meant to be bigger, but due to the lack of suppliers in Charleston, wasn't able to find a large enough liner. Would filling the surrounding area of the pond with dirt be enough to stop this flooding problem? I've been thinking about keeping it and just installing a small irrigation pipe running to the nearby ditch, that would be buried of course, and the surrounding "path" filled with mulch, but if I could just fill it with dirt or concrete it would be much smoother at this point and save money on the mulch. If the path were filled to the same height as the surrounding land, the pond would
still be atleast 3-5 inches higher than the ground level.
I have rock and gravel in mine and landscaping around the pond.
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The ponds we build we dig out an overflow ditch. A small area to let the extra water out. This can be open or piped to allow the water to move away from the pond. Many skimmer boxes have built in outlets that can be plummed with PVC. I really like having a overflow ditch as it makes cleaning a pond easier when you can over fill a pond and let the water do the work.
I have never had a problem with bubbles since I installed this pond 9 years ago.
