My Pond Bar

[jebsmith]

So I had an idea since my new house has a banging back porch but a shitty back yard. Make bar on the porch, that is also a koi pond. I will update this thread as I go. Here are some beginning pictures.

Frame, plus the under pond as a filter

more framing

my buddy palmer helping out

the pond area

 

[jebsmith]

Liner in place, ready for bar top. I am thinking 2X12 covered in 36 gauge copper with a coat of urethane.

 

[jebsmith]

Building bar area

I need a truck

 

[jebsmith]

im getting leds, yeah.

update.

 

[jebsmith]

So my miter saw cant cut a 45 worth a shit. Had to route the 45's and do an inlay.

This was a quarter round that I sliced down level with the bar

1st stain coat

 

[jebsmith]

2nd coat of applied. got a 700gph pump and the old drain wasnt big enough, and it looked like shit anyways.

old..

new.

 

[jebsmith]

Update, almost done.

stain dry

poly dry

Starting the panels

dont have long enough screws, counter sunk the hell out of them

panels done

Bar on top

 

[jebsmith]

Decided on black. I'm done. That thing was expensive.

 

[taherrmann4]

You had a truck in the first pic?

Neat idea. What kind of filter are you going to have?

 

[jebsmith]

I have a 30 gallon prefab underneath with a .... well let me show you. its ghetto, but it works... lol

 

[jebsmith]

I am still working on it, there is a 700gph pumping water up, and a gravity drain through 3 inch tube into the pitcher with filter media. I am thinking of how to do the bio part right now. maybe a bunch of lava rock in the middle?

 

[addy1]

That is very pretty, great job.

 

[jebsmith]

thanks. hopefully it works out

 

[koiguy1969]

a 55 gal drum cut to fit right underneath the pond...or a pressure filter would serve that setup well....like undertank canister filters for aquariums.
you might consider a glass inlay on the bar top to keep the drinks out of the pond!.. and some lights in the pond, so you can see whatever fish you put in there. you did a nice job on it tho..enjoy. what kind of fish are you putting in it?

 

[j.w]

That's wild and you did a great job on it. So you sit and have a drinky poo and watch the fishies and eat your chips and dips! Anybody gets tipsy they can't fall into the pond unless of course they get up and do a bar dance,lol!