RAIN!

[Thenewguy]

hey, i have a small, probably simple to answer problem. Its been raining
cats and dogs here and the liner of my pond seems to be floating up, should
i have add rocks to the bottom of my pond. i believe its all water coming in
from the ground underneath the liner...any ideas?

[RichToyBox]

The water under the liner will probably seep into the ground within a few
days of the rain stopping. If it does not, then a piece of tubing/pipe
inserted down along the edge of the liner to get the end in the water near
the bottom of the hole under the liner. This can be hooked up to a pump, or
siphon, and drain the water from under the liner. If the edges of the liner
were higher than ground level, then adding water to the pond will put
pressure on the water under the pond and the water will be forced upward
along the edge and overflow.
--
RichToyBox
http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html


"Thenewguy" > wrote in message
...
> hey, i have a small, probably simple to answer problem. Its been raining
> cats and dogs here and the liner of my pond seems to be floating up,
should
> i have add rocks to the bottom of my pond. i believe its all water coming
in
> from the ground underneath the liner...any ideas?
>
>

[RichToyBox]

The water under the liner will probably seep into the ground within a few
days of the rain stopping. If it does not, then a piece of tubing/pipe
inserted down along the edge of the liner to get the end in the water near
the bottom of the hole under the liner. This can be hooked up to a pump, or
siphon, and drain the water from under the liner. If the edges of the liner
were higher than ground level, then adding water to the pond will put
pressure on the water under the pond and the water will be forced upward
along the edge and overflow.
--
RichToyBox
http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html


"Thenewguy" > wrote in message
...
> hey, i have a small, probably simple to answer problem. Its been raining
> cats and dogs here and the liner of my pond seems to be floating up,
should
> i have add rocks to the bottom of my pond. i believe its all water coming
in
> from the ground underneath the liner...any ideas?
>
>

[Bob in PA]

Check this out: http://trains99.tripod.com/newpix2.html
Pictures near the bottom, and it says what we did to remedy it.

"RichToyBox" > wrote in message
.net...
> The water under the liner will probably seep into the ground within a few
> days of the rain stopping. If it does not, then a piece of tubing/pipe
> inserted down along the edge of the liner to get the end in the water near
> the bottom of the hole under the liner. This can be hooked up to a pump,
or
> siphon, and drain the water from under the liner. If the edges of the
liner
> were higher than ground level, then adding water to the pond will put
> pressure on the water under the pond and the water will be forced upward
> along the edge and overflow.
> --
> RichToyBox
> http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html
>
>
> "Thenewguy" > wrote in message
> ...
> > hey, i have a small, probably simple to answer problem. Its been raining
> > cats and dogs here and the liner of my pond seems to be floating up,
> should
> > i have add rocks to the bottom of my pond. i believe its all water
coming
> in
> > from the ground underneath the liner...any ideas?
> >
> >
>
>

[Bob in PA]

Check this out: http://trains99.tripod.com/newpix2.html
Pictures near the bottom, and it says what we did to remedy it.

"RichToyBox" > wrote in message
.net...
> The water under the liner will probably seep into the ground within a few
> days of the rain stopping. If it does not, then a piece of tubing/pipe
> inserted down along the edge of the liner to get the end in the water near
> the bottom of the hole under the liner. This can be hooked up to a pump,
or
> siphon, and drain the water from under the liner. If the edges of the
liner
> were higher than ground level, then adding water to the pond will put
> pressure on the water under the pond and the water will be forced upward
> along the edge and overflow.
> --
> RichToyBox
> http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html
>
>
> "Thenewguy" > wrote in message
> ...
> > hey, i have a small, probably simple to answer problem. Its been raining
> > cats and dogs here and the liner of my pond seems to be floating up,
> should
> > i have add rocks to the bottom of my pond. i believe its all water
coming
> in
> > from the ground underneath the liner...any ideas?
> >
> >
>
>

[Susan H. Simko]

Thenewguy wrote:
> hey, i have a small, probably simple to answer problem. Its been raining
> cats and dogs here and the liner of my pond seems to be floating up, should
> i have add rocks to the bottom of my pond. i believe its all water coming in
> from the ground underneath the liner...any ideas?

I had the same problem due to a leak from the waterfall. However, I
have to pump the water out as the pond basin is carved out of stone. To
do this, I stole the connection ends (short pieces of hose) that run
from my two hose reels to the water faucet. I then put an $8 drill
powered pump in between and used it to pull the water out from under the
liner. I bought the little electric drill powered pump (drill not
included) from Lowes. Definitely well worth the investment.

Susan
shsimko at duke dot edu

[Susan H. Simko]

Thenewguy wrote:
> hey, i have a small, probably simple to answer problem. Its been raining
> cats and dogs here and the liner of my pond seems to be floating up, should
> i have add rocks to the bottom of my pond. i believe its all water coming in
> from the ground underneath the liner...any ideas?

I had the same problem due to a leak from the waterfall. However, I
have to pump the water out as the pond basin is carved out of stone. To
do this, I stole the connection ends (short pieces of hose) that run
from my two hose reels to the water faucet. I then put an $8 drill
powered pump in between and used it to pull the water out from under the
liner. I bought the little electric drill powered pump (drill not
included) from Lowes. Definitely well worth the investment.

Susan
shsimko at duke dot edu

[ponder]

Just let it dry out it is just ground water collecting. You must have very
good clay under there:)
Now if you have allot of fish and they don't have room then put the fish in
a kiddies pool or tank to something and pump out the water from under. This
happens a lot in the spring when the thaws happen.


Susan H. Simko > wrote in message
...
> Thenewguy wrote:
> > hey, i have a small, probably simple to answer problem. Its been raining
> > cats and dogs here and the liner of my pond seems to be floating up,
should
> > i have add rocks to the bottom of my pond. i believe its all water
coming in
> > from the ground underneath the liner...any ideas?
>
> I had the same problem due to a leak from the waterfall. However, I
> have to pump the water out as the pond basin is carved out of stone. To
> do this, I stole the connection ends (short pieces of hose) that run
> from my two hose reels to the water faucet. I then put an $8 drill
> powered pump in between and used it to pull the water out from under the
> liner. I bought the little electric drill powered pump (drill not
> included) from Lowes. Definitely well worth the investment.
>
> Susan
> shsimko at duke dot edu
>

[ponder]

Just let it dry out it is just ground water collecting. You must have very
good clay under there:)
Now if you have allot of fish and they don't have room then put the fish in
a kiddies pool or tank to something and pump out the water from under. This
happens a lot in the spring when the thaws happen.


Susan H. Simko > wrote in message
...
> Thenewguy wrote:
> > hey, i have a small, probably simple to answer problem. Its been raining
> > cats and dogs here and the liner of my pond seems to be floating up,
should
> > i have add rocks to the bottom of my pond. i believe its all water
coming in
> > from the ground underneath the liner...any ideas?
>
> I had the same problem due to a leak from the waterfall. However, I
> have to pump the water out as the pond basin is carved out of stone. To
> do this, I stole the connection ends (short pieces of hose) that run
> from my two hose reels to the water faucet. I then put an $8 drill
> powered pump in between and used it to pull the water out from under the
> liner. I bought the little electric drill powered pump (drill not
> included) from Lowes. Definitely well worth the investment.
>
> Susan
> shsimko at duke dot edu
>