Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations Drain Valve

I have to agree with Cecil, especially if you are in an area that gets a freeze over. Ice can do wonderful things to anything that sticks out into a pond. I know from experience that even if you have anti-seep collars on a pipe running through a bank all it takes is a little heave of thick ice and there goes your overflow pipe. If you are lucky all you will get is a little leak along the bottom of the pipe, if you are as unlucky as I tend to be it can be much worse. In my opinion a safe minimum in 'colder' areas is to make the inlet flush with the pond banks. (Of course if you never see ice this tidbit of info is of little interest)