Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations Preventing pond outflow tube freezing.

Hey Lads thanks for the input.

I do have a small amount of water flowing into the pond at all times from below ground level, though since we haven't had significant rain or anything much less then 85 degrees here for a month, even that has slowed to a halt. (Was gainging an inch a week, now loosing 2 a week.)

My concern is because last year before the pond was completed and I didn't have an overflow tube in what happened was either the ice would float up on top of the water getting thicker as it went, or it would crack around the edges and water would flow in. Mind you even in the dead of winter in 2-3 feet of water I was working in there with my backhoe so that skews the whole observation a bit. My concern is that the rising water will either freze solid around the pipe not allowing any to flow out, or the ice will lift the pipe out and/or push out the banks as it freezes.

I guess my best bet is to try and at least keep the area free of snow and put down salt to losen the ice if needed.