Help with a dig pattern.

[Jeff]

1.31"  of rain thursday raised the pond 4"  not as much as I was hoping for, but it was so so dry and everything wanted that water before it got to the pond this time.



 

 

[doc henderson]

I remember you showing pics driving a well point at a cabin.  Is it this area and can you do that to get the volume up.  then you are just depending on the rain to keep it up.  an old windmill would add to your pristine county life there.  IMO.

[Jeff]

Absolutely negatory on that here. My property a mile down the road was totally different than this. To get to the water below the clay here, you have to go through limestone.down there, it is sand and stone, and the water table high. That being said, a well would be great, but not achievable. 

[SwampDonkey]

Well, you've had quite a summer up there scratching around. ;D

[Jeff]

Cedar and I have been working on expanding the pond here in the U.P. The digging was finished a couple weeks ago, but here in the far Eastern U.P. we have had a serious lack of rain this summer. There were times I would dig 7 feet deep and not see moisture

We got our first significant rain event a few days ago, and I was crazy anxious to see how much our pond level guage goes up I created in an earlier video. It is raining hard again as I type this and I hope we gain some more depth

How much Rain does it take to fill a Pond? - YouTube

[Don P]

Grab a few pics of the upper roof transition there... I suspect a missing flashing.

I think Mucca just met his first bear  .

[Jeff]

It aint never leaked that bad! We had some heavy winds right out of the south. This morning, a good hard rain, not a drip. Ill get up over the edge and snap a shot when it quits raining. 

[SwampDonkey]

And last year you were floating in water. The corn thought it was a rice patty. :D Been no shortage here for sure.

[doc henderson]

do you know what the sq. footage of the pond id.  you can figure how many feet would have to drain into 

[Jeff]

So far we have had about .82 inches since midnight. I extrapolate from the last datta that the pond should of come up at least 2 more inches, but this time the soil is not as dry, so I may see a slight increase in runoff.

@Don P Tammy told me I am not to climb on that roof, (Gawd, it's about flat) until she is here, but in her wisdom she said I could go upstairs and take pics from her sewing room window. Took some practice to get it pointed right.;)

 

 

 

 

 

[barbender]

That is not the correct flashing for that Jeff. The right flashing should extend about 6" up behind the siding, and at least 6" out on to the roofing. Then there is a foam seal that goes underneath the flashing to seal it from backsplash. 

[Don P]

Yes, that looks far safer than being right side up out there  :D.

Yup to what barbender said, there's always something else for the list. Caulk it with polybutylene for now, it'll fail but buys you some time.

[JD Guy]

That is not the correct flashing for that Jeff. The right flashing should extend about 6" up behind the siding, and at least 6" out on to the roofing. Then there is a foam seal that goes underneath the flashing to seal it from backsplash.

Yep, agree with Barbender. What is there looks to be more like a drip cap and not proper flashing. Good that you're finding the problem so it can be remedied or there would be bigger problems down the road smiley_clapping

[Jeff]

Chiapond! I'm not getting pond filling rain like all around me, but I'm getting great growing rain for my around the pond starter vegetation.



 

 

 

 

[thecfarm]

Like the drone!!!!!

[Jeff]

1.7" of rain raised the ponds another ten inches. Only about 4" on the old side, and about 2' on the new side to join up.

[Nebraska]

Dry weather has my pond down about 6 inches..

[Jeff]

 

 

 

 

[SwampDonkey]

Almost touching hands. ;D

[Jeff]

Oh! I forgot. This past week I got up there on that porch roof with a hammer and a broom. A pair of scissors and 3 rolls of 8" wide, 5' long of Flexseal tape. 1.7 inches of driving rain and not a drip. That flex seal even rolled and sealed into and along the roofing corrugation.

[Jeff]

 

 

 

 

[Nebraska]

Suprised you could fly that drone so high, since you had all that cloak and dagger stuff going on next door.....

[Jeff]

No kidding eh?

[doc henderson]

looks like s golf course with lots of trees.

[Ljohnsaw]

Miniature golf with the color of the ponds! ;) :D