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Installing Water Storage Blocks

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What happens here

After excavation, the crew installs permeable matrix blocks into the pond basin. These blocks are designed to create a large void for water storage underneath the pond, reducing the visible water surface area while maintaining significant water volume. They are carefully placed and interlocked to form a stable base. The team explains that these blocks are essential for preventing pump damage by providing a clean, protected water source and minimizing evaporation.

Goal: Create an underground water storage reservoir using matrix blocks

Tools and materials

  • Permeable Matrix Blocks — Creating an underground water storage and filtration area
  • Shovel — Leveling the base for the blocks and moving soil

What they say

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[Music] take that over here I'm driving and we could it looks like we can move it it'll slide yeah yeah yeah I'll spin that one there you go um all right so when you set this and we gotta hand dick this that middle block this is gonna sit in there but that middle block the bottom of it is going to rest on this okay so when it rests on this we gotta dig this down I think this is like seven inches so you got to just dig a pocket for this to sit down in and then that block that edge is going to sit right on this so you can see see that seam line in the blocks it's almost this block this is going to sit right here so this goes under it that way we have clean flow of water going down and in right the purpose of these blocks are water storage tanks clean flowing water the number one killer of all water features your pump is not protected the pump is a heart it's one of the most expensive if not the most expensive thing in there protect it clean intake easy in and out no mess no tools needed that's why it's important that these are set level and then this is going that bottom grade is going to be right about here to where this sits level okay so there will be a space on the back side there's going to be a space on the back side down the road when you guys get more and more and more into these you're going to be ordering or you do custom sized basins so we need there it's called water in motion right your moving stream is water in motion we'll calculate how many gallons in motion we have at minimum you need to store twice as much down here to make sure it's cycling you're going to have some evaporation loss Chris right that's just natural you got water we got oxygen we got Stones we want to store as much as we can down here when you guys start building these like custom size we'll calculate how

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