I am trying to figure out the best bang for my volume solution to filling in an old water feature that was here when we bought the place. Any ideas other than basic top soil?

2/9/2009 4:00:36 PM

any particular kind of water feature? fountain or pond or stream or mini waterfall or ...?

2/9/2009 4:01:27 PM

It's just one of those basic plastic tubs. I'm taking the tub up. It's about 5x4x2, or around 1.5 cu yd. Mulch masters won't deliver less than 5 cu yd and charge $30 to do it. I'm leaning towards just getting 20 bags of soil from lowes or something.

2/9/2009 4:03:52 PM

Maybe if you had a way to transport it you could pick some up from someone?

http://raleigh.craigslist.org/search/zip?query=dirt&minAsk=min&maxAsk=max

At least it would be free.

2/9/2009 4:07:19 PM

yeah, dirt at lowes isn't too expensive. it'd be easier that way, unless you have a truck and a friend who lives in the country that'll let you dig.

2/9/2009 5:06:41 PM

i would dump a good base of rock in there. Just putting soil in will settle over time, leaving a depression that might be unsightly at best and dangerous at worst.

Also, dont forget the time capsule!

2/9/2009 5:18:26 PM

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"Any ideas other than basic top soil?"

Make sure you have good quality top soil in the top 12-18". If thats not an option, you can always add in composted organic matter (peat moss, leaf compost, composted manure) and till it up. If you just put in plain dirt, you won't be able to grow anything there.

To minimize settling, add your fill a few inches at a time. Tamp it down, add another lift of fill, repeat until finished. If you dump it all in at once, it will slowly settle and create a depression.

2/10/2009 12:16:46 PM

make coy pond. bring you good ruck.

2/13/2009 7:22:20 PM

^^

just drive ny a construction site, find a pile of dirt, and fill your truck up

2/13/2009 7:35:12 PM

Drill some big holes in the bottom of the plastic tub to allow for water to have some means of escape or your going to end up having a giant mud pit right there one day with a heavy rain.

2/13/2009 9:45:16 PM

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"Drill some big holes in the bottom of the plastic tub to allow for water to have some means of escape or your going to end up having a giant mud pit right there one day with a heavy rain."

Why would you want a plastic tub buried in your yard?

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"just drive ny a construction site, find a pile of dirt, and fill your truck up"

Only do that if you don't want to grow a lawn in that area.

2/16/2009 1:47:42 PM

Yeah, the tub will be removed and I'll actually use it as a holding for the fish from the other pond whenever I need to drain and clean it. The area actually doesn't need grass there. So, I'm probably going to fill the majority of it with rock/fill and have the top 6 inches or so with top soil in the event I do want to grow something there some day.

2/16/2009 1:56:52 PM

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"Why would you want a plastic tub buried in your yard? "

Didn't read enough of the thread to realize he was pulling the tub out. Some of those things are quite large and some people just fill them in without thinking.

2/16/2009 2:09:05 PM

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"the top 6 inches or so with top soil"

Yeah, thats the way to go. Some people will tell you to do 4, but I would go with 6.

2/16/2009 2:20:12 PM

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"coy"

koi

2/16/2009 2:44:03 PM

you can pick up mulch from the yard waste composting facility on new hope road for a nominal fee

2/17/2009 5:35:52 AM

lolololol.

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"make coy Koi pond. bring you good ruck."

that's how my friend spells his name... must have had him on the mind.

2/17/2009 5:54:41 AM

fill it in, lay some stone tiles, install a propane firepit and some benches. it would be nice when the weather's decent.

2/17/2009 7:58:00 AM

i can give you dirt soil if you have a way to get it

(stockpile is at centennial campus)

2/17/2009 8:30:22 AM