pond re-build earlier this year

i re-built the pond earlier this year so thought i'd share a couple of pictures of the build.

i decided to have a raised pond as one of the issues with the old one was frogs!!!!don't get me wrong i don't mind a couple of them but we experienced plague proportions of them, so raised with an overhang was the way to go.

luckily i caould also do the majority of the build with the fish in situ...in fact they only spent 6 hours in a paddling pool on 2 occasions,once when the original liner was being taken out, cleaned and put in the top veggie filter and then when i started drilling glueing and putting the pipework in place.



framwork all in place...



fish rehomed in the veggie filter while the big dig took place



the dig took 3 days of 7 hours a day with my brother on the barrow and a guesstimate of 7 tonnes of clay soil removed.


until we hit granite so after a beer and a think it was decided to do away with the bottom drain and go for an aerated retro bottom drain....the concrete base was put in but only 3" thick and not structural...well maybe it cabn't go anywhere due to the slab of granite!! but it also meant a perfectly flat pond base.



more to follow

underlay in and so tempted to remove the step ladders!!


decided to go for a bow weld liner as didn't want any folds to collect rubbish and turn possibly anerobic



retro in...decided to use solvent weld pipework with a connection just by the flange that means that it can be removed if needed...must say in 5 months i haven't had any problems with it...no debris on the bottom of the pond at all!!



one of my pet hates of the old pond was pumps and flexi cable and electric wires so i have kept these up in the veggie filter...again no flexipipe in site!!



the wier plate that my friend made from marine grade steel as the return from the veggie filter to the main pond...i couldn't find one of these for love nor money all these waterfall type things are for pump fed!!



filter boxed in



and the nearly finished article...is any pond ever finished




john

That looks great and what a slab of granite!

Good looking pond ...well done.