Remove the sod from.
Building a small concrete fish pond.
Excavate the pond after verifying that there are not any.
Pond construction with concrete.
Begin your concrete pond with a level site.
Mark the outline of your pond.
A tape measure to measure the depth and horizontal dimensions of the pit.
All you need to build a backyard concrete pond is some advance planning 600 to 800 in materials and a little help from 15 or 20 friends.
Line the pond with heavy gauge polythene sheet.
Kidney shapes are popular pond.
A pick mattock this can be used to break up rocky or firmly compacted soil.
Concrete and mortar have been favored by pond and fountain builders since the roman empire and the formula has changed little in the past 2000 years.
Turn on your electric mixer and pour.
Use a plastic liner that is 0 75 mm 0 029 in to 1 00 mm 0 039 in.
Schedule a survey of your property with your local utility company to ensure that there are no buried utility lines.
A shovel for digging up soil.
How to build a large garden pond with concrete 1.
A spirit level indicator a hand.
Pouring the concrete 1.
You will require a filter pump or both so make sure there s an electrical power.
4 deep koi pond with 4 bottom drain 2 fiber reinforced concrete sprayed over 45mil epdm liner.
Select a suitable area for your pond.
Limestone and clay are mixed heated and ground to the silky powder we call cement.
Using rope mark the outline of your pond and streams.
Mix concrete in an electric mixer following the concrete package s instructions.