North Wales Koi Club Forum

Hi All,
Well here we go again new house new pond approx 6000 gal,2 airated bottom drains gravity fed into drum filter,bio filter then 2 x 4 inch airlift pumps returning to pond,well thats the plan anyway may all change as the build progresses
Mini digger turned up today around 4pm so just started to dig the hole o my god wheres all this soil going to go only got 1 wheel barrow aswell could'nt get a 1 ton dumper at short notice either.
Jason from JBR Plastics (st Helens) fetching over all the pressure pipe , bottom drains, valves, construction skimmer, Monday morning (bank holiday}what a star that man is.
More pics to follow shortly.

Well been hard at it today hope to have it dug out by tomorrow weather permitting, Hit a bed of sandstone at 3ft 6 so a bit slow through that,Had the nephew here on wheel barrow bet he wished he'd stopped at home.

Congratulations and best of luck with your new pond, I presume you will build a block wall up from footings/base so you only really need to go down four feet for a six foot-ish deep pond, unless you are planning a ten foot deep pond that is?
Phil

Hi Paul,

Pleased to see you've made a start after all your planning, it looks like you're in solid dry ground for a good pond base,

Colin

Hi all,
Was going to dig down 4 foot but hit solid sandstone at 3ft6 so stopped there By the time i put in 6inches of concrete and a couple of inches of screed to shape it to bottom drains it will end up a little bit shallower.Hopeing to concrete the base this week weather permitting.
The 4inch solids should be here next week but running out of room until all the spoil has been removed off the front lawn

Paul

4 metres of concrete coming tomorrow for the base.
And just ordered the BD500 drum filter and submersible uv from Select Nishikigoi International 5 week delivery time on the drum but can't see me being ready by then but at least it will help me with the planning of the filter house

Well concrete slab went in over a week ago so time for the blocks picked up 7 packs of 4 inch solids should keep me going over the weekend

Half way now more sand and cement tomorrow then will have to wait for the frame for the window to arrive

Hi Paul,

Looking good, you have been busy over the weekend, I guess you'll be glad to go back to work on Tuesday for a rest,

Colin

Hi Colin not to much done today around 100 blocks laid and a bit of back filling hopefully get the blocks finished next weekend.