How To Make A Pond Floor

A wildlife pond is one of the single best features for attracting new wildlife to the garden.

How to make a pond floor.

It is thought that some amphibians such as frogs are now more common in garden ponds than in the countryside. This video is about how to build a pond. Place the pump at the bottom of the pond liner and make sure the cord can reach an outlet. If your pond floor is 10x12 feet that means you will need about 1 5 cubic yards or about 6000 pounds of concrete.

For this pond the pump will be on the right side of the pond so the filter outside the pond will be to the right as well. Here it is the final product. Then find which way the pond naturally slopes and dig a small channel about 2 feet long away from the. They will add to your sludge accumulation issues and as the.

Working in the garden building a pond. Once you have the pump in place put the cord underneath the flexible liner but don t run it under the waterfall. You should consider pouring concrete for the sides of the pond as well. Once the area is clean use a shovel or front end loader to dig out the pond giving the sides a slope of 45 degrees.

To build a concrete pond start by outlining the pond with marking paint or rope and clear the area of any rocks or debris. To make your pond easy to pump dry slope the floor gradually toward a sump hole. We will never have to do a pond cleaning on this one never. May you suggest me how to make it durable and leak proof to save from future damages.

Make your pond easy to empty to prepare for winter or to clean the pond most pond owners occasionally pump out the water. I intend to build a large fish pond measuring 1000 ft x 400 ft. If they are vertical you will have to form them with wood first. With concrete lining along the brims and polythene sheet covered by sand on the floor in a sandy soil in temperate region of pakistan.

Are you looking for help with building a fish pond. You can build a pond at any time during the year but if you start in autumn or late winter. For the floor of your pond plan on 4 inch thick concrete. This is my living room floor.

My wife lisa and i painted this as an alternative to tile wood or carpet. That way you can set a pump in a single spot to discharge all the water. Make the sump hole dish shaped and no more than 3 in.