How I Built This Raised Sleeper Pond ~DIY~
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- čas přidán 26. 07. 2024
- I published a time-lapse of this pond build and it was quite popular. This is a longer version with a vocal breakdown of the build. Plus footage of it 2 months after build. #Ponds #koi #goldfish #garden #diy
Screwing the pots to the side is great idea. Cheers.
Pond is GORGEOUS
However, if I built anything of this size with water in my yard, my kids would demand it be a pool
This is one of the best pond builds ever! Thank you for showing us The Way 😁
Thanks for watching
This pond is absolutely beautiful.
Thankyou
What an awesome pond build! Very simple design but great look! All of the plants and fish are thriving! Thanks for sharing ❤
Thankyou for watching
Beautiful and I love your plants and fish!🩷
Thankyou
Great job. Very smart. 😊
this is a nice build. I really enjoyed the video
Thanks
What a nice job
Thanks
Very nice
Thanks mate
@@alexisthisreal5488 you are very welcome!
Nice pond you have there. I helped me mate build a pond a few years ago. It’s was a nice pond but he had a nightmare with Herons taking his fish so now it’s permanently covered with net which doesn’t look great.
Luckily I haven't had many issues. It's not great when you have to use a net. Looks awful. But those herons are like the terminator they just keep coming.
@@alexisthisreal5488 Yes your right, they never forget where a pond is. Mirrors don’t work and fake Herons and owls don’t work. It’s huge too lol.
How do you make your plant pots hang to the side mate it looks good
The decking that sits on top of sleepers overhangs about 10mm. The top of basket I just put 2 screws through the plastic and screw into decking so top of plastic pot is in line with top of decking. The pot hangs and leans against inside of pond sleeper at a slight angle. As plant is in water not to much weight and weight pivots towards pond wall. Done this with both ponds. Larger one has plants in there that are 4 years old and large. Seems to work. Not had any fall off. Get screws that are not prone to rust as will be in damp environment.
Sorry I think I misunderstood question. That plant hanging over side just does it naturally. I don't do anything with it. Does same thing on all 3 ponds I built as long as you attach to edge of pond.
@alexisthisreal5488 this is exactly what i need to know. A video tutorial will be much appreciated
What size liner did you use for this? Still confused how you measure the correct size! Looks great, might give it a go.
4m x 4m mate. That gave plenty either side you can get away with smaller though if your careful. 1.5 m + 0.6 m for both sides is 2.7 m . So you could get away 3.5 m x 3.5 if they cut it for you to size.
Beautiful...... if possible can u plz share a cost breakdown of this pond ?? I think those sleepers r preety costly. Also how long does it took to cut them into proper size. I believe this is where most of the efforts r spent.
The sleepers were 200mm x 100mm x 2.4 m. At £22 each. Had to buy 12 of them. This was by far biggest expense. At around £270. I cut 6 at 1500mm and 6 at 1700mm as I did not overlap sleepers. It was hard work with a handsaw but cn be done. The 4 bits of decking on top only come to £32. Liner was a 4 x 4 m. It was a cheap one I didn't spend a lot. Think it was £55. Gravel 4 bags total £25. Hex screws were £20. Total £400. Pump and filter I already had. Along with plants. Pump is 3000 litre an hour. That cost around £70. 100 litre water butt, alfagrog, gravel, accessories for filter was probably £140 all in. Plants cost me £8 each in 1 litre pots. All in everything was probably £600-650. That's not taking into account any electrical. I'm electrician so do that all myself.
@@alexisthisreal5488 thanks a ton for the details .....
beautiful pond but i was thinking wouldnt it be good to have an overflow drain hole so if it rains a ton the fish wont escape from overflowing and keep the pond at a nice water level
I had an overflow on original sleeper pond and the water level was lower you could see liner. I didn't like it. I filled it in temp to see how it would go without one. Never had any issues. It tends to overflow evenly around pond under top decking. I kept an eye on it to check if water was getting behind liner. Never had fish get out. It doesn't seem to ever overflow over top of decking. It's what ever suits you. I'm new to this and adapt where I see an issue. They are very basic. As for water level I like it as high as possible. That's my preference. Not had issues with koi jumping out but I know you can.
Lovely pond but if you had staggered the joints it would be a lot stronger.
Yes I agree staggering joints is stronger and I think advisable if you have bigger volume of water and going higher with sleepers. I prefer the look of how I did it and didn't feel pond volume was large enough to require staggered joints. This was a personal choice and your right it is advisable to stagger.
great job mate what was the price of the sleepers
I got sleepers from travis perkins. I get a little discount because of trade. But I think they are about £22. You gotta pick the better ones out though as most are poor quality.
ive asked a ? in 1 of your other videos.. just wondering with you being an electrician what would you charge to fit an outside power source
It depends on length of run. If there is already a power source in garden you can run off. More difficult if you have to run from fuseboard in house. To be honest I still not sorted that pond out properly. On extension lead 😩. Having experienced faulty pumps and heaters tripping electrics and causing everything to turn off I believe the best way is to have multiple rcds and setting it up so if say a pump fails and trips rcd you have second pump or airstones on separate rcd so you don't have total failure across your Pond. This is obviously more involved but safer for your Pond and fish.
Do you screw the pond plants so the pots sit in the water?
Yes just 2 screws through plastic pot near top of pot straight into decking strip that sits on top of sleepers.
It’s a very simple build for someone lazy like me, but how much did it cost to build please mate? As I am on a budget 👍☹️
I think I did a breakdown on one of other messages. Pond Build I think was around £500 biggest cost is the sleepers. Which was around £270.
I'd of over lapped the joints like brick work to make it stronger
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@@user-xk8jr1rh7x no one who invited you to comment on my reply ?