Hole pluggers might also consider a combination of mowerdog's cement bag approach and an approach that has worked well for us. We open the hole up a little from the top if necessary and begin filling with pea gravel from a 5 gallon bucket. The idea is to not completely stop the exit of the water, but to form a structure of gravel that will support a upper sand or dirt mixture. This would not prevent the Muskrats from digging the hole out, which the cement bags might. I call this method my basement sink method after observing that debris in the basement laundry sink would hold water for days.
@mowerdog
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome!
@ssgret53
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you very mush your fix for your pond works great I had a hole about the size of a base ball put the bag in 7 day ago we have had over 10 in of rain her in Mansfield arkanas. pond is now holding water and full this works grate thank you
@mowerdog
4 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Great job!
@HelenfromGeorgia
4 жыл бұрын
Great job I just Subscribed. Blessing from Ga.
@mowerdog
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you Helen! I subbed you back. You have a great channel!
@TheTorkerman
4 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU!! I have been waiting for an easy fix like this, I have similar problems with rabbit holes here in Australia and will now try this. I will reply again if it works for me, Adam, Australia
@mowerdog
4 жыл бұрын
Yes, please let us know how it works for you.
@jacquelinesteenson2664
3 жыл бұрын
Adam, how did you go?
@johnhart9262
Жыл бұрын
I did something very similar, waiting for rain in Oklahoma to see how it works. 👍
@howard.corder562
2 жыл бұрын
Best 5 dollars I have spent ,it works
@mowerdog
2 жыл бұрын
Now go buy a lottery ticket!
@idigdaytona4478
5 жыл бұрын
Nicely done !
@mowerdog
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you. It's still not covered up because it's been raining everyday! It's still holding tight though...
@markallio1670
4 жыл бұрын
This is brilliant!
@mowerdog
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@Qingeaton
2 жыл бұрын
We also have a 30 yr pond with many muskrat tunnels. I quit trapping muskrats when we found a mink in our live trap. I have hand dug, collapsed and refilled the channels with soil and rocks for years, and they often form mazes that are hard to believe. What I am contemplating is a way to pump mud back into the holes. Some fabricator could probably come up with a way, maybe using a wood splitter for the muscle, and a plunger run by it via linkage that would force mud down a pipe, then into a hose. I took my tiller over the top of a new area and the tunnels fell in over the winter about 60% of the total runs, which then get hand dug. Then carting dirt to fill the hole, it's back breaking work.
@mowerdog
2 жыл бұрын
You're a beast doing all that digging!
@Qingeaton
2 жыл бұрын
@@mowerdog I didn't see the spot where the water came out on your hole. Does that stay empty, hollow and un used?
@musician1000
2 жыл бұрын
How about expanding foam filler, injected with a hose or tubing? Closed cell foam needs moisture to cure, and is waterproof. I don't have a pond, rats, or a leak, but I do have some building experience.
@Qingeaton
2 жыл бұрын
@@musician1000 Well, structurally, it would probably be great. Maybe a little pricey for the cubic foot volume involved, but my biggest problem is that it's "not natural". I know it probably sounds a little too "hippie" and all, but in my head I imagine something shredding it all out and the fish eating it, it gets sucked into my pump intakes, and on and on. lol It's a good application for something like that foam, that would fill up all the little crannies.....If I wasn't such a tree hugger. lol A person could develop a mix that would meet this need, maybe involving bentonite clay, and they would have business.
@musician1000
2 жыл бұрын
@@Qingeaton The world needs more tree-huggers and hippies. You're quite right to have reservations.
@chipbishop4590
3 жыл бұрын
Great deer hunting in Iowa I hear. Hoping to get a tag someday.
@mowerdog
3 жыл бұрын
Nice
@GeorgeParada-si9rp
Жыл бұрын
Very interesting. I have a culvert that is leaking on a Levee. I'll try your process. Only question I have is do I just pack the concrete around the bottom of the culvert or do I try lifting the culvert, pack in the concrete then push the culvert back down?
@mowerdog
Жыл бұрын
If you can lift it then do that.
@hthring
3 жыл бұрын
Hi, our bags are only 20kg here in AU, and my hole become larger once dug out. I was able to dam the dug out hole from water running in with the clay dug out. I then just opened the bags, and in one hole poured in 4 bags. We will see how this goes, i will post back here. I also did one smaller hole with your method to compare.
@mowerdog
3 жыл бұрын
I hope it all works out for you. Let us know how it goes?
@betsystone1094
Жыл бұрын
Did you have fish in your pond at the time of repair.
@user-ro2qk5sv6g
Ай бұрын
How did your repair work?
@hthring
Ай бұрын
@@user-ro2qk5sv6g well enough you should give it a go, though it does a few bags, so have a extra on hand so you can make one mass in on go
@marcellemay7721
5 жыл бұрын
My pond had a hole about the same size as the one in the video. The hole was at the shallow end of pond on the bottom. I haven't seen any muskrats around but maybe thats how the hole came to be. We have very heavy clay soil here so i thought if I can get the flow to stop, the clay would seal up the rest. I stuck a log in there just about the same size as the hole and it's been holding for about a year, though I suspect that it's seeping a little. My hope is that the hole will collapse and seal itself before the log rots away. I'm gonna try your method if a hole comes back.
@mowerdog
5 жыл бұрын
Good luck!
@formbuild1088
Жыл бұрын
Great idea Bro ...
@mowerdog
Жыл бұрын
Thanks. It works too
@jlm10181978
5 ай бұрын
Great info
@mowerdog
5 ай бұрын
Thanks
@jacksonbatson5249
3 жыл бұрын
Any ideas on seepage where you can't identify the holes on the water side?
@mowerdog
3 жыл бұрын
Those are hard to find. Sometimes you just get lucky? I would find some of mine when the water level went down.
@chrissollazzo6835
3 жыл бұрын
Now that a year has passed, did your fix hold?
@mowerdog
3 жыл бұрын
Yes. But I have others in that Dam for over 5 years. Probably 8 to 10 repairs that are all holding. Even though my Muskrats all suffered from trapping and Lead poisoning. Old tunnels would just start leaking. I can't believe just how much a Muskrat can ruin.
@edgarprescott3162
8 ай бұрын
Any thoughts on pipe through the dam is leaking, I think at drain pipe?
@mowerdog
8 ай бұрын
If you can dig down to the pipe I would dig around the pipe and form a doughnut in the soil. Meaning dig out around the pipe 4 to 6 inches wide and out at least 12 inches. Then use some wood to continue that form up and around the pipe. Then mix and pour the concrete around the pipe making a collar. Then tamp the soil back tight.
@johnchiurato7733
2 жыл бұрын
How did this hold? I have a leak also.
@mowerdog
2 жыл бұрын
Great!
@ItsaboutMakingnotBuying
5 жыл бұрын
Good idea nice patch. Later
@mowerdog
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@tonistraight1715
4 жыл бұрын
The only thing about this idea is that depending on the situation on the hole is as to where your fish are, is that the cement or mortor mix is toxic to fish, so dead fish is a possibility.. same as chlorine. But if barricaded off till cured is a good plan.
@mowerdog
4 жыл бұрын
Concrete/mortar with portland cures underwater. Plus I covered it with soil. I can assure you that no fish were harmed in repairing this dam
@randyweaver9528
4 жыл бұрын
mowerdog the only time fish are harmed is when the fryer is fired up. Doesn’t hurt my feelings. Muskrats and beavers however need to be harmed.
@rrw65
4 жыл бұрын
If mortar and cement were toxic to the fish, our 4 ( 10, 10 1/2, 11, and 9lb mounted bass) would have not faulted well, or the way too many pound size in there now, when the cement grates holders were put in, in 1979. The lime in the mortar actually helps the ph.
@TheDankness2
4 жыл бұрын
Would this work for sealing a pond too?
@mowerdog
4 жыл бұрын
Sure.
@richardpittenger7038
2 жыл бұрын
how can you find the leak
@mowerdog
Жыл бұрын
Poke around and dig.
@nithyadarling8159
2 жыл бұрын
Wr can I get this
@mowerdog
2 жыл бұрын
It's just a bag of concrete. You can buy them at any home improvement store.
@ozarkervalhalla636
2 жыл бұрын
Well now it is $8.
@mowerdog
2 жыл бұрын
Lol. Dang. It's almost not worth it! Lol. Thanks for watching!
@randyweaver9528
4 жыл бұрын
Time for the muskrat traps.
@mowerdog
4 жыл бұрын
I had a guy trap them out and the others dies of lead poisoning.
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