level pond

[kentvilla]

Hi i have just dug out a pond 4m x 5m and .7mt deep in the deepest part. but i have my suspicions that the sides arnt level. are there any ways to build the sides up to make the pond level before laying in the liner. i had the idea of putting in the the liner and fillling to the lowest point and then placing/packing the soil around the edge and filling with water and keep doing that all the way round till the pond was level.

Does any body have any other ideas

this is a below ground pond.

[diggleken]

hi kentvilla welcome to WAB.
Just a basic idea - use puddle clay to shore up irregularities when its filled and you can use stone to cover the exposed liner if necessary too.
Dont forget of course to build in a small creatures gradual incline escape route.
Cheers
Ken

[kentvilla]

thanks for the tip Diggleken i will certainly give it ago

[Cotham Marble]

Originally Posted by kentvilla

Hi i have just dug out a pond 4m x 5m and .7mt deep in the deepest part. but i have my suspicions that the sides arnt level. are there any ways to build the sides up to make the pond level before laying in the liner. i had the idea of putting in the the liner and fillling to the lowest point and then placing/packing the soil around the edge and filling with water and keep doing that all the way round till the pond was level. Does any body have any other ideas this is a below ground pond.

A 'brick layer's' or 'mason's spirit level is a useful bit of kit to have around - this is a small level which fixes to a string, the string then acting as a guide for the brick or stone coursing. You could use this to establish your levels across the axes of your pond; alternatively use a pece of timber and a full sized level.

CM

[Elean0r]

We had problems levelling our pond, which is almost the same size as yours. It's hard to explain what we did, but I'll have a go.

We knocked a post into the centre until the top of it was the level with the top of the pond - that was probably the hardest thing to get right. Then we balanced a long, straight, piece of wood on it, one that was long enough to reach the edge of the pond. We balanced a spirit level on top of that piece of wood and checked all round the edge of the hole.

We got it almost right, when it was filled with water we backfilled the few low spots.