Gee thanks for the page flipping efforts. I too cannot wait to see the fishes in there. However still have to wait for the final touches and a water test for leaks, filter setup and so on. Will be another few more months b4 that happens.
Work on the Pond Base is now getting on, with the usual preparation and a few more workers to prepare the cement mix. The Base will be laid with another 3-5" of cement sand mix depending on where the area is due to the slope of the pond to the two outlets.
The Lines showing the pond base levels have been done with a plastic tube filled with water. from the front end a line was marked which dropped 4" to the end of the pond. (From Front to back of the room)
Pic 1. Cement Mixing in progress
Pic 2. Filter Base was done first.
Pic 3. Show the initial Cement with the blue shirt worker putting the cement heaped to the right height according to the lines drawn on the wall - cannot see in this pic.
More Cement, Pack down, Scrape Level and so on down the length of the pond.
Pic 1 Leveling with a long stick
Pic 2 Cement Boy shoveling all the heavy cement mix.
Pic 3 Waiting for more cement.
Pic 4 Packing the stuff before leveling is done.