How long has this lasted /do you think it will hold up? I love the retraining wall idea, but I've seen rain wash sand away within a year even next to small ponds.
@@Kingmelz247 Highly recommend it. One thing I would do different is run the landscape material up and down the slope rather than across. It’s started to push up as material gets underneath it. I have to bring in about 5 yards of mason sand a year in the summer because the rain washes it out bad. Make sure you build in drainage to divert water around the area to minimize it and maybe even a small bulkhead in the bottom to help it pile up. Or depending on your access you could just bring a dump truck load in and let them drop it let it wash itself in. Either way the kids we treat the pond like a pool with a sand entry. The mud just ruins it for them.
This is the American Dream my Brother
This is incredible. The memories your family will make will last a lifetime. Good job man!
Epic as hell, suprised the prissy neighbors havent called the hoa lol.
The neighbors run the HOA!! They love it!! Great neighborhood!!
The neighbors run the HOA!! They love it!! Great neighborhood!!
Awesome! Love it! 🥰🙌🏽
This is epic. You rock
How fabulous !!!!
Looks amazing!!!!
Brilliance ant❤
Next up for the pond: wake surf boat. Now you're talkin!
Needs a cable park for sure. Not big enough for a boat ☹️
How long has this lasted /do you think it will hold up? I love the retraining wall idea, but I've seen rain wash sand away within a year even next to small ponds.
It takes a little maintenance but no more than any other water structure. About $400 worth of sand per year
I placed a landscape barrier underneath it and added a retention wall past the water line to stop the sand from sliding into the pond.
How's this going now mate? Looking at doing this in the lake we live next to in Australia
@@Kingmelz247 Highly recommend it. One thing I would do different is run the landscape material up and down the slope rather than across. It’s started to push up as material gets underneath it. I have to bring in about 5 yards of mason sand a year in the summer because the rain washes it out bad. Make sure you build in drainage to divert water around the area to minimize it and maybe even a small bulkhead in the bottom to help it pile up.
Or depending on your access you could just bring a dump truck load in and let them drop it let it wash itself in. Either way the kids we treat the pond like a pool with a sand entry. The mud just ruins it for them.
awesome
Wow! Just bought a house on lake Darbonne in Farmerville and thinking about doing something like this. Where did you get the sand?
Any dirt and rock shop can get mason sand
Is this in Florida, any worries about Gators or snakes?
Nah. Snakes spend most their time worry about me! Lol. This is a community pond. Very few snakes and no alligators so far. We keep a close eye out.
How to watch sand wash away into the water is what they should be called