My first pond my experience.
Diy concrete fish pond.
Using rope mark the outline of your pond and streams.
Pouring the concrete 1.
A tape measure to measure the depth and horizontal dimensions of the pit.
Turn on your electric mixer and pour.
A backyard garden pond with running water floating plants and darting fish can make a bland space breathtaking.
Keeping it attractive and trouble free takes work but with a little extra care at the planning and building stages you can create a pond that s almost maintenance free.
When building your concrete garden pond plan to make it about 2 inches thick.
4 deep koi pond with 4 bottom drain 2 fiber reinforced concrete sprayed over 45mil epdm liner.
Excavate the pond after verifying that there are not any.
The advantage of going small is that you won t have to build or rent forms and install rebar to hold.
So when my parents decided that it was time for us to do renovation both in the house and the ya.
Concrete and mortar have been favored by pond and fountain builders since the roman empire and the formula has changed little in the past 2000 years.
Mark the outline of your pond.
The idea of building a pond never got through my mind because i thought much of space was needed which is the case for bigger one but not small ones.
A shovel for digging up soil.
Select a suitable area for your pond.
A pick mattock this can be used to break up rocky or firmly compacted soil.
All you need to build a backyard concrete pond is some advance planning 600 to 800 in materials and a little help from 15 or 20 friends.
A can of spray paint or a garden hose to map out the area to be dug.
Use a plastic liner that is 0 75 mm 0 029 in to 1 00 mm 0 039 in.
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Begin your concrete pond with a level site.
A spirit level indicator a hand.
Mix concrete in an electric mixer following the concrete package s instructions.
Kidney shapes are popular pond.
Pond construction with concrete.
Limestone and clay are mixed heated and ground to the silky powder we call cement.
Concrete garden pond preparation.