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Digging the Pond Shelves

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How to install a backyard POND in ONE day Steps 1-7

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What happens here

Begin digging the pond by following the marked outline. Dig in distinct shelves or tiers rather than a single steep slope. The presenter suggests two to three shelves: the first shelf, an outlying shallow area, then another 8-10 inches deeper, and finally a third deep area in the center. Don't remove excavated soil from the site; instead, use it to build up the berm around the pond and waterfall, creating a natural-looking landscape. This approach saves time and money by eliminating the need to haul away excess dirt.

Goal: Excavate the pond to the desired shape and depth with multiple shelves

Tools and materials

  • Shovels Unspecified — Digging the pond excavation
  • Wheelbarrow Unspecified — Moving excavated soil around the site

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start installing a pond so step one is to mark out your paw I love me can't get to created with the shape decreed you don't have to go with just a circle we've laid out the pond the second step is lay out your filters so this is what you guys are gonna get in your truck it's gonna you can put this right in the back of a f-150 or maybe not a GMC or a Chevy sorry guys had to get that in there I'm just teasing Brian what's great about these pine kits [Music] what isn't great about the pike this is a better question what what's the nice thing about having different size pond kits well the nice thing about it is the flexibility everything that you need for the project comes in one box so all your fittings your silicone and your waterfall foam your piping your pump the biological filter the prefilter everything you need - the rock and gravel is inside this box so when you're doing a job you don't have to second-guess anything you know all the components are going to be there the beauty of it is it gets delivered very quickly and easily to the jobsite easy to move around and because of the range of sizes we could we could price it accordingly so you don't have to run to the store for anything ad last thing we want to do is run to the store because it we're gonna be doing this in six hours so if we lose one of our team members for two hours now all the sudden that shifts everything a guy's going around looking for a little random piece

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