Pond Boss Forums POND CONSTRUCTION Renovating a Pond or Lake? Question about sealing a 1.5 acre pond in PA

I would think that if you have a good pond builder doing the work, he should be able to push the muck out of the pond without taking the seal away that is underneath the muck. Also, if you are replacing the worn out pipe, it will be gone and repacked to seal that area. A siphon in a nice way to go, just make sure that one gets installed properly when done.

Now there is the possibilty that the pond never held water good before. Or, if you want to deepen it further down that just the muck. If either of those are the case, resealing would be a good idea. If you are going to do this work soon, I would drain the water down as far as natural gravity would allow. The sooner it starts dying up, the better the dirt guy will like it.

What would be your long term goals?

Have fun and WELCOME to PONDBOSS, Jim