6 feet deep is probably too deep unless you plan on swimming in this.
yes, steep sides are likely to cave in. here is the old website of the first pond we
dug and redug and lined with cement block
http://weloveteaching.com/hopepond/page1/pp1.htm
shallow sloping sides are almost always fine, except right at the edge where people
usually want to put heavy stone. we used wood decking right up to the edge.
OTOH, our current pond we used stud walls (we like steep walls because our ponds are
for our fish) http://weloveteaching.com/mypond/2000/p2000.htm
Ingrid

"Manky Badger" wrote:

I'm starting digging a pond today. the plan is that it's 4 metres long, 2
metres wide, and going down in steps to a maximum of 2 metres deep.
Anyone got any tips?

Some questions spring to mind - can I just dig the hole & line it - will the
sides cave in?
If I (as I hope to) use the soil from the hole to build up the sides of the
pond, how thick should the sides be?

And does anyone know of a decent pond shop in Kent (UK)?






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