Schedule a survey of your property with your local utility company to ensure that there are no buried utility lines.
Building a small concrete fish pond.
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.
Begin your concrete pond with a level site.
Select a suitable area for your pond.
A tape measure to measure the depth and horizontal dimensions of the pit.
Using rope mark the outline of your pond and streams.
Mix concrete in an electric mixer following the concrete package s instructions.
A shovel for digging up soil.
Line the pond with heavy gauge polythene sheet.
Use a plastic liner that is 0 75 mm 0 029 in to 1 00 mm 0 039 in.
Mark the perimeter of your pond with spray paint marking chalk or a similar marking material.
A can of spray paint or a garden hose to map out the area to be dug.
Remove the sod from.
Limestone and clay are mixed heated and ground to the silky powder we call cement.
Kidney shapes are popular pond.
Pouring the concrete 1.
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.
Pond construction with concrete.
How to build a large garden pond with concrete 1.
Cover the sides and base with.
You will require a filter pump or both so make sure there s an electrical power.
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.
A spirit level indicator a hand.