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Pond construction

Brian & Eve's pond - page 1

The mini digger The pond is dug out
When the work was begun then Brian hired a mini digger, and excavated the hole in one week-end.
The garden is quite large and uneven so he was fortunate in being able to spread the soil over the
garden without having to hire a skip.
The concrete pumping truck The first concrete base is in
A pump truck and ready mixed concrete was then used to lay the first six inch of the concrete base.
The pipes and vortex chamber in place

The 36 inch polypropolene vortex chamber was then put in place, and the 4 inch terrain pipes were then connected and laid out in place.
More details on page 3.

 
Pouring the concrete Spreading the concrete
The second layer of cement was then delivered and laid in the same way as the previous layer.
This diagram shows the method that was used to build the base of the pond, and is described as method 1 in the construction pages.
 

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