Old, old, pond

[Petruby]

Hey all,
I have inherited an old, old, concrete pond with the old, old house I bought. It is about 8 ft long, 5 ft wide, 3 ft deep. Problem is, it has severe cracks in some spots, 1/2-1 inch wide, the bottom scaling away, and one wall with the top 20 inches crumbled away. I really want to restore the thing as I had a koi pond as a kid. Do I call a concrete guy, attempt to do it myself, call a pool guy?? I'm fairly handy but have never worked with concrete before. My thought is to pour a new concrete floor but the large cracks on the walls and in the corner has me concerned about being able to seal it, not to mention pouring new on the top 20 inches on the one wall.

 

[bettasngoldfish]

I have no advice but wanted to welcome you to the group

 

[Meyer Jordan]

I would recommend demoing the existing pond, reshape and resize to your preferences, and line it with 45 mil EPDM. This will prove less expensive in the long run.

 

[sissy]

Agree demo and line plus in the fute you may want to go bigger and much easier with epdm and you did not mention but guessing since it is this bad a shape there are no fish

 

[tbendl]

Can you line the existing pond with a liner?

 

[addy1]

Can you line the existing pond with a liner?

I would suggest that too, if the concrete is secure enough, you say some is crumbling, that could cause an issue later. As long the concrete pond does not hold water that would get under the liner and make it bubble up.

 

[Mmathis]

Hello and welcome! I ditto everyone else regarding a liner (45 mil EPDM). You didn't mention where you live.... Do you have cold winters? Depending on the frost line, heaving can be an issue, which might to an on-going problem if you tried to repair what's already there.

(You don't have to tell us....) but when you said it was an "old, old pond" and an "old, old house," I was wondering what your age is

Post some pictures so we can see what you're up against with the pond situation.

 

[Robert Cappiello]

Definitely go with the liner idea if concrete is secure enough. ....

 

[Becky]

Hello and welcome to the forum!

 

[tbendl]

I was wondering what your age is

Said old old house not old old person TM... Lol

 

[Mmathis]

Said old old house not old old person TM... Lol

Yeah, but "age" is relative, LOL! One person might see an "old, old house" as turn of the century or older, but another person might think of an "old, old house" as one built in the 1950's.

 

[snoozer]

I was built in the 50's and some days I feel old.

 

[Meyer Jordan]

Yeah, but "age" is relative,

And 'Old' is when you don't have a 'relative' older than you.

 

[peter hillman]

The liner HAS to be cheaper than concrete.

 

[snoozer]

Meyer, that would have made me old at 35. I must be almost as old as dirt by now.