After getting quotes that made the wife faint, I decide to do a pond myself (and spend almost the same anyway ).
This project was done 2 years ago.
Before, this was the only spot my wife would allow the pond - the fight for the final size was still to take place:
Moving the old plants was hard work (for someone as unfit as myself ) - sadly one bush died from it's move. One plant enjoyed it's new location so much that it is now double the size!
Agreed on size (smaller than I wanted it ) but larger than the wife wanted it :
Read I had to put a concrete collar on the pond to give support for the bricks and for the sides - this was my first use of concrete so I went for bags of ready mixed (it was cost a lot more than I expected):
Finally got to dig the pond, decided to slope the sides since the soil was fairly sandy:
Underlay and liner in:
My first attempt at brick laying (it killed my back):
Final product:
More recent pic:
My filter and pump were well over spec for this tiny 1500 litre pond.
Pump: Aquamax Eco Premium 6000 Filter
Filter: Nexus Eazy pod complete
Skimmer: AquaSkim 20 Pond Skimmer (there are a lot of trees about)
Fish: Sticklebacks and Gold fish variants
This project was done 2 years ago.
Before, this was the only spot my wife would allow the pond - the fight for the final size was still to take place:
Moving the old plants was hard work (for someone as unfit as myself ) - sadly one bush died from it's move. One plant enjoyed it's new location so much that it is now double the size!
Agreed on size (smaller than I wanted it ) but larger than the wife wanted it :
Read I had to put a concrete collar on the pond to give support for the bricks and for the sides - this was my first use of concrete so I went for bags of ready mixed (it was cost a lot more than I expected):
Finally got to dig the pond, decided to slope the sides since the soil was fairly sandy:
Underlay and liner in:
My first attempt at brick laying (it killed my back):
Final product:
More recent pic:
My filter and pump were well over spec for this tiny 1500 litre pond.
Pump: Aquamax Eco Premium 6000 Filter
Filter: Nexus Eazy pod complete
Skimmer: AquaSkim 20 Pond Skimmer (there are a lot of trees about)
Fish: Sticklebacks and Gold fish variants