So here's the plan:
Rake out an area next to the dock where the BG bedded last year. Build a 16' x 16' frame out of 2x6 and line the bottom with the geotextile fabric. I will purchase 85 bags of the pea gravel from HD. This should give me 4" of gravel which I will then cover with approximately 2" of masonry sand.
Total cost of project should be just under $600.
What are your thoughts and concerns?
Dean
Do you have a hard clay bottom ?
If so, there is an easier way.
Make 50 to 100 plate size impressions (a colony - see pics) in the clay bottom. Put in fabric next leaving enough slack in the material to contour the impressions. Add a double handful of gravel to each impression. then add about the same amount of sand. A shovel is a great tool for this. Put shovel on ground and step on the blade to make the impression, then use it to add sand and gravel. The impressions (bed) are important as BG will have a hard time moving gravel to make beds.
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