New pond build

[Ryan hicks]

Hi all,

Firstly I'm new to this forum as I stumbled across it today.

Last Sunday I was sat in my garden and looked over to my 2 small ponds. The first one a build 10 years ago and the second one about 4 years ago. And thought to my self I'm going to build 1 bigger raised pond. So whilst the wife was out I began to start to rip it all out.

The new pond will be raised and made with sleepers and will measure 2.4m x 2.4m

It's early stages but will keep posting some pictures of the new build and if anyone has any tips or advice please feel free.

Thanks

Ryan

 

[Ryan hicks]

 

[Ryan hicks]

Fish safely moved to there temporary home

 

[Mmathis]

Hello and welcome! How deep will your new pond be? What kind of fish? And thanks for the pictures!

 

[Ryan hicks]

The pond is going to be 4 sleepers high so 80 cm but will also be dug down about 30cm in the middle aswell. My current pond has a few carp and a ghost koi about 7-8 inches lots of gold fish and about 10 small ghost koi.

 

[Usman]

Welcome , excited to see new one , can i ask why do u prefer raised above ground pond ?

 

[aventador]

you are welcome

 

[Ryan hicks]

I prefer raised ponds because I have young children. So for safety reasons it's the best option.

 

[Mmathis]

you are welcome

Hello, @aventador! I noticed that you have a couple of very similar-type posts in other threads...... Why don't you go to our "introductions" topic and tell us about your self and about your interest in ponds.

 

[addy1]

Welcome to our group! Will enjoy watching your build!

 

[Ryan hicks]

Foundations are in and area dug out.

Sleepers arriving tomorrow.

 

[Ryan hicks]

2 rows of sleepers in

 

[Ryan hicks]

What do people recommend for an underlay before I put the liner in?

 

[pecan]

What do people recommend for an underlay before I put the liner in?

If you can get carpet or carpet padding it works well. Some have used old blankets. Anything that provides a soft layer and you can get a hold of cheap will work.

If you use old carpet make sure you check it for sharp objects, pins, needles that may have been dropped and stuck into the carpet before it was removed.

 

[Usman]

What do people recommend for an underlay before I put the liner in?

Looking neat nd decent size , you can use carpet at bottom and card boards at sides , carpet may have folds if you try same piece all over , either you can cut pieces for each sides