Ponds made of Concrete Blocks

[Mucky_Waters]

wow! THANK you !! That answers a handful! I don't plan on using concrete if just using quik-cret or liquid nails.

So you don't plan to fill your blocks with concrete or use rebar reinforcing?

 

[sissy]

I used rebar and packed mine with clay soil and it has held for 10 years now last pic shows the inside and the outside wall .I think Jason just glued his also

 

[Mucky_Waters]

Sissy, from what I see in your pictures you have 1 row of blocks sitting directly on the ground as a sort of leveling berm. In a case like that glue, rebar, or concrete would be totally unnecessary. Calvin on the other hand stated that he plans to build his block walls 3 ft high (big difference). Or at least I'm assuming the 3 was for the height. It could be he is planing on building his pond 10 high, X 10 X 3 wide???
In any case, it would be a big mistake to not reinforce the concrete blocks with rebar and concrete, and a build a proper footing.

 

[DoDad]

Okay, that doesnt sound to hard, but your pumper is it connected through your blocks? Or do you just word around it.


Okay, so footers are for the bottom parts. I was starting tomorrow.

Pumper means that the concrete was pumped into the block by a company that pumps concrete

 

[DoDad]

here's my block construction

 

[sissy]

I have 4 rows of concrete block actually .I did not take a pic of the other 2 rows I added on top and that pic only shows 1 row visible and there is another row you do not see under that .I added 2 more rows after that pic .I packed the clay up to them.But like I said Jason did his on a patio just about 2 or 3 months ago

 

[Calvin]

I decided to build it by wood! Contacted a lot of pond experts and they all said it will eventually be a problem from all the pressure.

 

[Mucky_Waters]

Contacted a lot of pond experts and they all said it will eventually be a problem from all the pressure.

Gosh! I wish I could be a "pond expert" one day. LOL

 

[sissy]

people said mine would not work either but it has .Far from an expert but some of the strangest things work .What kind of wood.are there gaps between each layer of wood .Never saw one built like that

 

[Calvin]

people said mine would not work either but it has .Far from an expert but some of the strangest things work .What kind of wood.are there gaps between each layer of wood .Never saw one built like that

Does your have a foundation? Might is basically concrete then slap on the cinder block,
Yeah his is pretty neat, no foundation laid 3 ft , build with 2x6 pressurized wood but he doesn't fill it up passed 2 ft unless securely held

 

[southern_guy]

I've built that style for an animal supply store , simple design to sell and house fish . Did you do a layout in the middle of the store aisle.

 

[sissy]

no foundation for the inside wall just packed clay with rebar in the middle been like that 10 years now and when i rebuilt the pond I added 2 more rows of the flatter block .You can see the block left of the garbage cans.There was already 1 row of the flat block

 

[Shan]

For more ideas for you, here is my first pond made of cinderblock: http://gardensandgoldfish.com/cinder-block-pond/

and my second pond made of stackable bricks: http://gardensandgoldfish.com/my-semi-raised-pond-build/

 

[Calvin]

For more ideas for you, here is my first pond made of cinderblock: http://gardensandgoldfish.com/cinder-block-pond/

and my second pond made of stackable bricks: http://gardensandgoldfish.com/my-semi-raised-pond-build/

Nice ponds! My idea is like your first pond.. But many say the sizing I'm building it is to big for cinder block to handle.

 

[Shan]

Nice ponds! My idea is like your first pond.. But many say the sizing I'm building it is to big for cinder block to handle.

I got my first idea from a forum where someone built a pond with cinder blocks and then placed wood panels on the outside and secured them in the corners with brackets. I was too cheap to buy the wood panels. Looking back, that's what I should have done. : )