Pond Boss Forums GENERAL QUESTIONS Property Projects & Construction Leak repair?

I have helped my FIL install new drain tile (plastic) in farm fields when we have run into old clay tile lines installed in maybe the 1950's. For anyone who is unfamiliar, they are round clay tubes 3-4" in diameter and about 12" long. They were laid end to end in a trench without the ends sealed. This allows water to trickle from the soil into the tubes and be carried out of the field. Thus turning a wet spot into a place corn/beans/etc could be grown. Certainly not what one wants near his pond.

So you could seal the end of one 12" tube, but water would get in 12" further down. It sounds like Dono did the right thing by digging up 25 feet and resealing the trench, but perhaps it was not enough OR there is yet another tile in the area that hasn't been found yet.