First time trying to build a pond 5 bricks deep. Without water it looked good.
I had a feeling that the bricks wouldn't hold the water. And unfortunately that was the case. The lower level side began to buckle.
Placed some bricks at the bending wall to reinforce it temporarily. I've now siphoned out the water to reduce the pressure. Tomorrow will be a long day trying to figure out a solution.
17Dec2019 update: the day after... i was toying around with a few ideas. One was moving the plant boxes to lean against the lowest wall. But due to its shape, the box would only press against one layer of bricks.
The second idea was to get all the spare bricks I had and double up the wall. I didn't have enough bricks. So did that for 80% of the wall. Pray that sorts it out.
With full water, the double wall looks better. I dont know if it's my imagination but now the opposite wall looks like it's tilting under the pressure.
17Dec2019 update: the day after... i was toying around with a few ideas. One was moving the plant boxes to lean against the lowest wall. But due to its shape, the box would only press against one layer of bricks.
The second idea was to get all the spare bricks I had and double up the wall. I didn't have enough bricks. So did that for 80% of the wall. Pray that sorts it out.
With full water, the double wall looks better. I dont know if it's my imagination but now the opposite wall looks like it's tilting under the pressure.
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