Nice job trying something new. Great idea to mark where the water was getting through before, to see the progression. And also a nice idea to keep applying as it gets a few feet higher at a time.
Great update. We just got our 10 pails in last week and will apply it soon....bought the Wizz electric spreader to apply it!! We also are going to put down bentonite on the surface at the same time so the Damit grabs it and takes it to the bottom. We guttered some of our buildings and pipe that rainwater to our pond....maybe that's something you can do as well to keep the pond full.
Make sure you wear clothes you are ok ruining and if you can avoid it do not get any of the product that is on you wet. It is much easier to dust it off when it’s dry. Once it gets wet you need a pressure washer to get it off your clothes
Watching this makes me thankful for our clay....I made a 60x140 skating rink 1' deep, with an overflow drain at one end. Put a plug in the drain in the fall, take it out in the spring.Never lose any water with the clay. Pond is the same thing. Dug a 20' hole 1/2 acre size and it just stays full. Thanks for sharing about this product though in case I ever do have problems!
Adam that addition sure does justice to the pond and house. Really impressive looks great. Congratulations looking forward to the next update on the build. Thanks for sharing. Stay safe
I'm clicking your new video before I click the Morgan's new video. Nothing against the Morgans. I know it's not a competition. Just thought you might like to know.
Great explanation of the polymer sealer. I have a green light from my better half to go ahead with my pond project this summer. I plan to plumb in some drains from our house and garage roofs to supplement the natural wetness of the area the pond will be in. Trying to work with Mother Nature as she has kicked my butt more than one time on this property!!😂👍🏼☔️🌊
Hey Adam would you recommend the pond sealer, I know you have other problems with the pond leaking but it looked like the dam leaks improved after the pond sealer. You have a beautiful place my friend look forward to more updates on your pond my friend, God Bless !
I ve been going through basically the same thing, the main difference between our ponds mine is on top of rock. It’s hard to stop the water flow on top of rock through the damn. I believe I’m gonna have to get a truck load of bentonite and mix it in if I have to do another core on the the back side! Good luck with yours 🙏🏻
Wow, I am hopeful the sealer is working. Gaining an inch a day sure seems to point in that direction. Hopefully it’s working so you can focus on the garage. Good luck!
Hey Adam, I'm glad your pond fix is working. I'm wishing you the best, hopefully you'll get all the seeps plugged as the pond fills and you'll be good to go. Take care and stay safe. TC
I had a similar issue with less than desirable clay(sandy mix clay). The "DAMIT" pond sealer product was not successful until I paired it with natural clay. I applied the polymer with a seed spreader and immediately scattered "Special Kitty" cat litter on top of the polymer. Bentonite clay not available in my area and too expensive to order so natural clay cat litter was my roll. The cat litter was $5 a bag and even though some suggest clumping litter the non clumping worked perfectly, leak was sealed by next morning. Just my 2 cents friend
Adam just a suggestion if you got a truck load of clay you could spread a 3 to 4 " layer on the exposed bank of the pond so as the water rises you will be less likely to create new leak paths just the face of the south side dam. even 2" compacted with a roller or tamp might be enough i think it will help and you wont have to chase leaks with the product
is your house gutter drain system also added to the drain. thats collects tons of water. i had a much smaller pond but the drain was fed into there. every rain would exchange the water. kept it clean.
Good stuff Adam. Was Damit the only product you used that solved the issue? Also, is your pond naturally that blue green color or did you add color to it? Dave
will this work on Florida sugar sand? I have a small escavation I made to elevate a driveway I want to turn into a pond in central florida, only about 10x10x5, but it's soft white sugar sand. I don't want to install a rubber or fiberglass plastic. Was thinking of just mixing in some portland and then painting it with rubber sealer.
What soil composition do you have? I have sandy loam for about 17ft them clay but can't really dig that deep. I do have 6000lbs of sodium bentonite and 12 yards of clay to start a 50x100 foot pond but planning on hauling 100 yards of clay minimum. I have seen a different product similar to this polymer you used but they told me my soil would not benefit from the use as I have way to much sand.
I’m attempting the same project this weekend. I noticed you went back to the fertilizer spreader. Any recommendations on that over the scoop and toss method?
Make sure to get the powder off of you before you get it wet. Once it gets wet you need a pressure washer to get it off. When it’s dry you can just brush it off
I'm not sure if it would work, but would slipping a 10' piece of 1.5"pvc pipe over the depth marker be an adequate method of extending the depth gage? (Use a sharpie to write on the pvc pipe).
Did you not hire someone to build your pond? If so, are they not willing to fix their key way? Seems like your leaks are due to poor keying on your dam given the wet spots on the back of your dam.
If you put a 5 gallon bucket under the spring fed pipe and time how long it takes to fill. Then you can calculate the gallons per day that are being added to the pond.
I agree. I think the pond builder mixed in too much top soil or organic material or sand in lieu of clay soil. This should never happen if the pond is properly built. Only clay soil should be used. Watched a lot of pond builds by Chris on letsdig18. He is very careful about that.
In fairness to the reality of how the product does/doesn’t work, you need to remind why it’s needed in the first place (failure to properly compact the soil).
Beating a dead horse will not bring it back to life. I’m pretty sure he is aware it is due to compaction and the rocky soil. All that is past now and this is a possible solution to the pond builders lack of knowledge of pond compaction.
if its still seeping through after that last application, might not be a bad idea to just cut your losses, pump out and drop a liner against the back wall. just my $.02
I loathe muskrats......able to destroy a perfectly good pond in a very short amount of time....Most of mine have died of lead poisoning, but the odd one still manages to show up from somewhere.....
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I was watching for it…. Oh the power of editing… 😂
All good things come out of Australia lol glad it’s working cheers love your channel
I think your theory is spot on. Could we please see you tip over in that pond. Click bait guy flips his kayak spreading polymer sealer.. Great update
Morning all from Sunny Ontario
Adam, thanks for the update... you can always send Doug down with pond caulking 😉
Good update
I’m really glad it’s working for your pond. Cheers from France.
Australian here, and I've used this product with great success :)
Horse shoes and hand-grenades. 😂😂
Have not heard that for a long time.
Nice job trying something new. Great idea to mark where the water was getting through before, to see the progression. And also a nice idea to keep applying as it gets a few feet higher at a time.
Watching you with that spreader, boy you are a fast worker!
Whoop whoop!! Great way to start my day! God bless you and your family 💞 Always great videos!! Thanks 💞
Great update. We just got our 10 pails in last week and will apply it soon....bought the Wizz electric spreader to apply it!! We also are going to put down bentonite on the surface at the same time so the Damit grabs it and takes it to the bottom. We guttered some of our buildings and pipe that rainwater to our pond....maybe that's something you can do as well to keep the pond full.
Make sure you wear clothes you are ok ruining and if you can avoid it do not get any of the product that is on you wet. It is much easier to dust it off when it’s dry. Once it gets wet you need a pressure washer to get it off your clothes
One of those cheap disposable Tyvek full body painting suits from Home Despot might be a good idea.
Excellent job on the pond and your garage is looking nice too. Keep up the great work.
Looking good. The glimpse of the garage looked good, also.
Looking good. Time will tell.
Hey Adam, happy to hear the Snot has taken hold. Looking forward to the upcoming content
Watching this makes me thankful for our clay....I made a 60x140 skating rink 1' deep, with an overflow drain at one end. Put a plug in the drain in the fall, take it out in the spring.Never lose any water with the clay. Pond is the same thing. Dug a 20' hole 1/2 acre size and it just stays full. Thanks for sharing about this product though in case I ever do have problems!
Good news: hopefully it will completely fix all of the leaks. 👍
Adam that addition sure does justice to the pond and house. Really impressive looks great. Congratulations looking forward to the next update on the build. Thanks for sharing. Stay safe
Excellent work as always! Can’t wait to se the garage!!😊
Wishing you all the best.
I'm clicking your new video before I click the Morgan's new video. Nothing against the Morgans. I know it's not a competition. Just thought you might like to know.
When we see a track loader in Adam's yard, we will know!
Great explanation of the polymer sealer. I have a green light from my better half to go ahead with my pond project this summer. I plan to plumb in some drains from our house and garage roofs to supplement the natural wetness of the area the pond will be in. Trying to work with Mother Nature as she has kicked my butt more than one time on this property!!😂👍🏼☔️🌊
I learned something new Adam . . . thank you.
Hey Adam would you recommend the pond sealer, I know you have other problems with the pond leaking but it looked like the dam leaks improved after the pond sealer. You have a beautiful place my friend look forward to more updates on your pond my friend, God Bless !
I ve been going through basically the same thing, the main difference between our ponds mine is on top of rock. It’s hard to stop the water flow on top of rock through the damn. I believe I’m gonna have to get a truck load of bentonite and mix it in if I have to do another core on the the back side! Good luck with yours 🙏🏻
Hello Adam, Appears its working, Beautiful Pond 🚜🪵👍🏼🇺🇸
Wow, I am hopeful the sealer is working. Gaining an inch a day sure seems to point in that direction. Hopefully it’s working so you can focus on the garage. Good luck!
Hey Adam, I'm glad your pond fix is working. I'm wishing you the best, hopefully you'll get all the seeps plugged as the pond fills and you'll be good to go. Take care and stay safe. TC
Love your very informed commentary! Keep it up
I hope it works out for you. Ten thousand thumbs up!
I had a similar issue with less than desirable clay(sandy mix clay). The "DAMIT" pond sealer product was not successful until I paired it with natural clay. I applied the polymer with a seed spreader and immediately scattered "Special Kitty" cat litter on top of the polymer. Bentonite clay not available in my area and too expensive to order so natural clay cat litter was my roll. The cat litter was $5 a bag and even though some suggest clumping litter the non clumping worked perfectly, leak was sealed by next morning.
Just my 2 cents friend
Pond looks great Adam!!
I’ve been looking forward to an update on this. I’m thinking about doing the same thing if it works well for you
Adam
just a suggestion
if you got a truck load of clay you could spread a 3 to 4 " layer on the exposed bank of the pond
so as the water rises you will be less likely to create new leak paths
just the face of the south side dam.
even 2" compacted with a roller or tamp might be enough
i think it will help
and you wont have to chase leaks with the product
ADAM, scuba diving by August and, full size ice rink in January!!
Can't wait to see fish added to the pond
Congratulations, inverted spray cans work good for marking as well.
Hey, at least your new garage will turn out to be a good investment.
Volleyball T-shirt. You are the man!
Now you (and Neighbor Doug) need to make and Install a Longer Depth Metering Stick!
I like to add something to the "just get it close" saying:
Close enough like horse shoes, hand grenades, & atom bombs.
😅😅😂😂
Glad it’s working
Loved the short video update
new garage is coming along ;)
I hope it works for you, then I'll know what to get to fix mine!!
Waiting for a garage update.
Makes you wonder if it would have been better to apply this product just before filling the pond for the first time? Would you have spent the money?
👍
The pond wouldve been filled if built in one of the two rainy springs we had a few years back, but timing is everything
is your house gutter drain system also added to the drain. thats collects tons of water. i had a much smaller pond but the drain was fed into there. every rain would exchange the water. kept it clean.
glad its helping
👍 Yay
Good stuff Adam. Was Damit the only product you used that solved the issue? Also, is your pond naturally that blue green color or did you add color to it? Dave
Damit is the only thing we’ve done. And yes we add a blue pond dye to the water
Good to hear
will this work on Florida sugar sand? I have a small escavation I made to elevate a driveway I want to turn into a pond in central florida, only about 10x10x5, but it's soft white sugar sand. I don't want to install a rubber or fiberglass plastic. Was thinking of just mixing in some portland and then painting it with rubber sealer.
If you care about eventually retrieving your measuring stick, you should tether a float on it so you can find it after the water level is high.
Is applying it just above the waterline an option to try to seal the as of yet unwetted dam surface?
That’s good news
55 pound bags are $330. Haven't seen it not work yet!
Great news!
What soil composition do you have? I have sandy loam for about 17ft them clay but can't really dig that deep. I do have 6000lbs of sodium bentonite and 12 yards of clay to start a 50x100 foot pond but planning on hauling 100 yards of clay minimum. I have seen a different product similar to this polymer you used but they told me my soil would not benefit from the use as I have way to much sand.
Can you compact the back of the dam because you did the inside but not the outside, you may find you’ll close the seeps by compacting the back
I’m attempting the same project this weekend. I noticed you went back to the fertilizer spreader. Any recommendations on that over the scoop and toss method?
Make sure to get the powder off of you before you get it wet. Once it gets wet you need a pressure washer to get it off. When it’s dry you can just brush it off
If I gained two and a half feet in 30 days, I'd go to the doctor. I'm very happy with the two feet I already have.
How many totes got filled since 4/1 ?
Are you meeting your 1 cord per month quota ?
I'm not sure if it would work, but would slipping a 10' piece of 1.5"pvc pipe over the depth marker be an adequate method of extending the depth gage? (Use a sharpie to write on the pvc pipe).
What's that fancy spreader your using to apply the product
When will the next garage build video be
Will it also prevent mosquitos problem from the pond ?
Did you not hire someone to build your pond? If so, are they not willing to fix their key way? Seems like your leaks are due to poor keying on your dam given the wet spots on the back of your dam.
What did you use to spread it?
Have you tried pigs to seal the pond?
Do u plan on swimming in this pond & is this product safe for yourselves?
Yes and yes
How much was the new building
Do you still have leaks?
hope it works for you.
If you put a 5 gallon bucket under the spring fed pipe and time how long it takes to fill. Then you can calculate the gallons per day that are being added to the pond.
I did this in our last pond update video. It was about 10gpm
@@HometownAcres wow so that’s 14000+ gallons a day. And sorry I missed that one.
Just curious why the pond builder isn’t taking care of this problem. Obviously there is a compaction problem or poor soil quality when it was built.
I agree. I think the pond builder mixed in too much top soil or organic material or sand in lieu of clay soil. This should never happen if the pond is properly built. Only clay soil should be used. Watched a lot of pond builds by Chris on letsdig18. He is very careful about that.
Tried Dammit, it DID NOT WORK. What did work and cost way less, was granular bentonite clay, we put 90,000lbs down
Can you do a update please
Dose this bother fish or wild life?
No it claims to be eco friendly
Way dont you get some sticks and put on your stand pipe to see how much water you have
In fairness to the reality of how the product does/doesn’t work, you need to remind why it’s needed in the first place (failure to properly compact the soil).
Beating a dead horse will not bring it back to life. I’m pretty sure he is aware it is due to compaction and the rocky soil. All that is past now and this is a possible solution to the pond builders lack of knowledge of pond compaction.
if its still seeping through after that last application, might not be a bad idea to just cut your losses, pump out and drop a liner against the back wall. just my $.02
Im dealing with muskrats in my pond 😡
I loathe muskrats......able to destroy a perfectly good pond in a very short amount of time....Most of mine have died of lead poisoning, but the odd one still manages to show up from somewhere.....
Horseshoe and a hand grenade?!?
🤷
hello friends the video is very good success for friends, if you like to stop by my house 🙏
Horse, Hand Grenades and Atom Bombs
Hand grenades covers the explosion component …now you’re just getting redundant (while sacrificing alliteration)
you should read the instructions
Wow, this might be a good video on how NOT to build a pond.