Houston Home Inspector lines pond with Sodium Bentonite

[John Onofrey]

I made these videos while I was lining a small pond in my backyard with sodium bentonite to prevent it from leaking. The results were good and I will be uploading the third and last video of this project to youtube soon.

Lining pond with sodium bentonite Part I

Lining pond with sodium bentonite Part II

[Greg Bell]

I think it would have been much better if you let your wife narrate.

[John Onofrey]

Originally Posted by gbell

I think it would have been much better if you let your wife narrate.

Greg, your proposition assumes that she was pleased, or at least was in agreement with, the inception of this project.

[Michael R. Boyett]

Looks like a lot ff work but I bet it was all worth it. Looking forward to seeing the 3rd video.

[Brian E. Kelly]

hmm go figure the end of the second video you mention Concrete Structure for Fish.... Sweet...

Excellent Video, I smell Oscar

[Michael R. Boyett]

Is Oscar that little peek-a-poo?

[John Onofrey]

Originally Posted by mboyett

Is Oscar that little peek-a-poo?

Sarge is gonna be so pissed when I tell him you called him a peek-a-poo!

[Dale Duffy]

Originally Posted by jonofrey

I made these videos while I was lining a small pond in my backyard with sodium bentonite to prevent it from leaking. The results were good and I will be uploading the third and last video of this project to youtube soon.

Lining pond with sodium bentonite Part I

Lining pond with sodium bentonite Part II

Slick John, we used Bentonite closing Landfills years ago, trenching with a Track-Hoe 30 feet deep around the perimeter of a Landfill making containment walls, then filling the trench with Bentonite-Dirt-Water Mixture, so no soup-juice from the Landfill can pass through the Slurry Wall...and a perforated collection pipe-system was installed in front of the Slurry Wall, at about 20 feet deep, Waste Management would pump the contaminates from the Manholes the perforated pipe went into, and the Bentonite acted as a damn, not letting any noxious - juice from the landfill to pass by the Containment Wall......really slick, I can see how it would work for a Pond as well.

Duffy

[Michael R. Boyett]

Originally Posted by jonofrey

Sarge is gonna be so pissed when I tell him you called him a peek-a-poo!

Well, I just got a glimpse of him, sorry. Apologize to him for me.

[Doug Edwards]

Hey John, looks great. Will your State stock ponds or are you going to have to buy the fingerlings yourself? My brother put a pond in on his place years ago over in LA. It wasn't long before the snapping turtles and snakes took it over (about an acre) and bout cleaned his fish out. Great fun though with a 22 rifle and a twelve pack.

[ldapkus]

John, you already got a cement pond, why don't you put your fish in there?

[rsmith24]

Interesting! Not sure why, but i guess i learned something new. Would like to see it full.

[Preston Sandlin, 1126]

good info. I learned some stuff I didin't know. Look forwar to hte third video. Nice place too by the way.

Preston Sandlin
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[David A. Andersen]

Is it full yet?!

[Erby Crofutt]

Dang, you're own fishing hole. Nice!