Amazing pond renovation & transformation! 😎😀😍😘
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- čas přidán 26. 06. 2024
- In this video, we show you how you can easily renovate or build a really old pond by using all the old stone and rockwork to transform it into a stunning feature in your garden that will last for many years.
We show you step by step how we complete this process to hopefully give you some ideas on how you can do the same.
Building a pond or renovating a pond doesn't have to be too difficult, it is always hard work but if you watch this video it should give you a few tips on how to make your pond build or renovation a more simple and straightforward process.
Before you build a pond, choose wisely...
If you wanted a conservatory built, you would employ a reputable builder not a mechanic. Or if you were designing a new house, you would hire an architect not an accountant.
So if you would like to have a pond built, seek the help of a firm that specialises in this trade, not a fencer, builder or a landscape gardener.
It can be a costly mistake to try and rectify a poorly built pond. Get it right the first time around.
We can design and build your pond from start to finish. From small to large natural ponds or to the more specialist koi pond using only the correct materials, equipment and most importantly the know-how to finish the job correctly.
We would only use materials that would provide longevity to your ponds life. There is no point cutting corners here. There is also nothing worse than an un-level pond, all our levels are found using lasers.
The most common style ponds are raised/formal, ornamental & wildlife ponds.
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Hope you are enjoying the video, if you want to see us build a huuuuuuge wildlife pond from a boring empty field, check this video out czcams.com/video/Mm248bZqFwc/video.html
The best waterfall with pond video yet! You explain things so well and don't rush through the explanation or rush the video quality in your presentation. Thank You!
With your help I am building a small pond following all your instructions. Thank you for the awesome advice and no B.S. suggestions. Warm greetings from North East Texas.
That is awesome! Cheers for the comment more to come
Great job! My wife and I are planning a pond. Great idea from your videos. Cheers Jon.
Cheers Jon glad you like them! Thanks for the comment.
Is cement safe for fish? Seen a lot of yes and no around this. Is it a special cement? Or is it just BS?
Beautiful job it’s much harder
To renovate than build from
Scratch!
Cheers Cammy!
Fantastic attention to detail guys! Great job all round, congrats👏👏👏
Cheers Ian appreciate the comment
This is what I have to do also. Our pond has been out there for about 30 yrs. Last yr. I drained it and removed a bunch of the muck that had accumulated on the bottom and in between the rocks. Filled it back up, it's about a 250 gal. pond. Looked Great.! Nice and clean. Then a few days later I was losing water.!? I wore rubber boots, cleaned out in between the rocks with a broom. Obviously there's a Leak.! So now, I have to undo, and redo. OMG. Wish me luck....😂😂
Hello! Just found your vids. My hubby & I are making koi pool now. Placing 12x12 inch cement pavers. 2widths around perimeter pond edging. Your pool is of course Exceptional !!! we are fixing ours quite similar , (12x 12foot pool). Now to carefully fold the liner 🧐Tremendous videos ! Thank you 🐟🐟🐟 from Southwest Louisiana. Cindy & Joel.
Glad that we were of some help thanks for the comment!
great job enjoyed watching that.
Cheers Shaun thanks for the comment
Beautiful pond!!!
thanks for the comment
Looks great. You have inspired me to have a go. Good work.
Thanks for comment glad you liked the vid!
Love this video. Thanks for putting every section on same video
Glad you like them!
beautiful job mate and that water is a huge improvement
Cheers many thanks
Late to this, but super result!
Many thanks! 👍
Such an educational video!!! Thank you for sharing! Trying to,take some of this education and figure out how to scale it (way down ) to creating a natural healthy little pond for our small amount of ducks that is also a beautiful place to provide us viewing entertainment.
Sounds good thanks for the comment
With all them trees around I would have installed a big Oase skimmer the one with the rock on top for a lid. That will be the next thing you get called back for lol nice transformation though !
Cheers O!
I can see your point and well made. But the leaves only fall once a year and if the customer is prepared to put in the work to clear them out then fair dos. Maybe cost was also a factor.
@@heidispawsandfins tru but it's not just leaves a skimmer would also collect uneaten food that could cause fish a bacterial infection all year round not just autumn so well worth the extra money in my opinion but I understand there not 100% necessary for every pond build.
@@oliverskinner8962 yep, you're right. I do find that skimmers manage to grab the food too quickly while the koi are still eating though! When you're paying out mega bucks on koi food it's really frustrating. So I tend to have to stay out there while they eat and put a net in front of the skimmer to catch and redistribute the food until the koi aren't so interested. I then remove any food manually anyway so it's completely out of the pond's system. But obviously, if I'm not about and the auto feeder is on then it does remove it. Pros and cons as with pretty much everything!! 😉
I would certainly agree. Skimmers are essential . If you have trees you’ll get leaves. Leaves turn to muck which is work to get rid of. I like skimmers too because they have a pump vault. If you ever have a problem with a line leak coming out of your pond you can suck your pond dry and if you have fish you could loose them if you don’t catch in time. A raised pump will never let the water level to get that low. I like to have a separate line with a separate pump to push water along the bottom sort of like what he did but closer to the bottom. I fabricated PVC pipe and painted it black. No need for holes in the liner. Plus I set it up with a valve to feed new water in for water changes of 10 to 20 % as needed for fish. I have a tail of liner at the one end to let the old water on top to run out. This also allows for an exit when you get very heavy rain falls. Just some ideas that worked for me. Great video and beautiful work though.
Excellent job thanks
Thank you! Cheers!
A GREAT VIDEO YOUR WORKMANSHIP IS VERY VERY GOOD. YOU MAKE IT LOOK SO EASY, I THINK YOU HAVE MADE A GREAT JOB I REALY LIKE THE SHAPE EXCELLENT !! GO TO THE TOP OF THE CLASS !!!
Cheers Allan thanks for the comment appreciate it
Yes, he does make it look so easy!! 😉
Thank you for the combined video. If I need my pond fixing, I'll be in touch ;)
cheers thanks for the comment
Fantastic 👏👏👏👌👌👌
Thanks for the comment
What happens when they need a new pond liner? Wouldn't the rocks and cement need to be removed to switch out the liner? I'm debating not cementing in the rock on top of liner. Thoughts?
Well done 👌🏿😎
Cheers
Excellent video! I never would have thought to use jets to send the detritus to the deep end. What bulkhead are you using? Im coming up with something that looks very different than yours and I like the way your bulkheads seal the liner before you cut the hole in the middle
They are called in the uk yamitsu liner connectors 1.5” solvent weld or bigger many thanks for the comment
Good work 👌
Cheers sean
Brilliant video, really enjoyed it, thanks for sharing.
I was told to put a waterproofing agent in the cement mix, if it was going to be underwater.
Is that something you would recommend?
to be fair any one, sika is a good brand...
I used old thick carpet as underlay then the cheap pond underlay on top of the carpet
Are you using cement or mortar mix?
Amazing video! Could you go into detail on the lining? You mentioned that they chose a bad one... is it the PVC they chose and the one you recommend is EPDM? Or is it something else?
Yes greanseal .75 or 1mm or Firestone usually best and not badly priced. PVC ok but if you can afford to upgrade it is well worth it. The stuff on the video was almost like a tarp awning like the base of a tent
Hi bro.. love your work here.. Nice job!! Learnt alot. Wondering if u planning to do another setup. I'm from Singapore and planning to do an indoor terrapin pond in my balcony. Looking for ideas.
Yes, soon
awesome😃
Thanks 🤗
They do have a floating skimmer you can place in, it just floats on top and moves around.
Good idea but some people don’t want the extra hassle for something extra to clean. Horses for courses I guess
Great job! I love it. How long after cementing the stones in do you leave it before getting it wet and adding fish? I’ve just rebuilt my (much smaller) waterfall from stones and cement but don’t know when it is safe to start using it… or is the Lime in cement not an issue?
It’s no issue we water proof the cement if it’s going under the water, leave a min 3 or 4 days if poss thnx for the comment
Beautiful pond, do you need to use certain type of cement for koi pond or will any do?
depending on what you need but for stonework we use 4:1 sharp sand to cement mix with a waterproofer cheers
Loved the vid but what filter dose it have ?
Our customer bought a large pressure filter last year which he said it had been working well so he wanted to try it on the new pond and may upgrade again if he feels it is struggling. It may do as there is more water now. It would be an easy change as all the new pipework is installed
I love this video & have watched it several times... Can you please share the dimensions of this pond build, including each depth? You did mention it is about 2,000 gallons. Thank you
Hi think we have answered this via email cheers
That pond is beautiful. Did you use normal building cement and how long would you leave it before filling the pond and adding fish. Obviously cement is alkaline and won’t do the water quality any good. Thanks
Hi we water proof the cement. It’s fine for most fish in the uk especially koi/goldfish. Our water in our area is around 8.1ph already high alkalinity. Give it at least a week to go off cheers
@@thep0ndman cheers for the info, yes UK too.
What do you add to the cement to waterproof it? Is it added when mixing or applied after?
During the mix cheers
Hreat video.
What are the tubes you have (garden holes size) that you have in the cement under / between rocks?
40mm 1 1/2”. Thanks for the comment
@@thep0ndman what are they for? Wont the water just drain out of the pond?
Did you add anything to your concrete
Meu sonho
One day!
Hi, amazing job! im in the phase of researching the filter i need, could you recommend me one, preferably from Oase for a bit more than 10.000 litres (around 3000 us gallons)? Stock would be some kois (i think between 5 and 7) and some gold fish (between 10 and 15 of them). Thanks!
Prob minimum Oase biosmart 36k
@@thep0ndman thank you!
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Hello 😊
Great nice to see a natural looking pond rather than a tank of water nice work
many thanks!
Why did not you burm up the dirt? It would have kept water from going under liner and In pond...
Great job ,how much was it
thanks i cant remember tbf
Gallon ?
Did you put ina little over flow pipe in to the top rocks above the outlet pipe? How many do you put in?
We would usually but the pond level was lower than the ground so it would need to be manually lowered if need be by the filter backwash cheers for the comment
@@thep0ndman the reason I ask, there was little pipe holes in the concrete randomly around the pond like it was made for that. I didn’t see you put them in. You said though there was a more detailed video I could watch. Which I am glad you said because I missed so many details. We have to redo our pond this year, so trying to learn as much as I can. I wish I could have you guys redo it! 😀🤣😜😏
Hi ,new subscriber here. This pond makeover is really terrific. I live in the NorthWest of England near Liverpool . May I DM you for some prices please ? 😊
Sure
Where did you hook de inlet for the water circulation on to? Before the filter or after ? So right on the pump with a Y piece ?
All the inlets are after the filter cheers for the comment
@@thep0ndman thanks greet video mate!
I have watched a lot of pond building videos and this is one of the best I've ever seen, new subscriber!
Awesome, thank you!
whats those tiny tubes in between the rccks for?
for drainage, overflows for edge and backup relief in the waterfall
Where can I get the portable pond you setup?
The company that makes these are called aquoisis cheers
Chào bạn nhé rất vui biết kênh bạn làm hồ cá thú vị thích quá bạn rất đẹp chúc bạn an vui may mắn bạn nhé
cheers for the comment
Hi I’m looking for this pond or something very similar in looking at 2000 gallon pond
Do you travel to the north east England
Sorry mate based in the south
How much would it be the monthly cost of maintaining a pond?
Hi do you mean how much would it cost for you do it yourself if not that much if you have a decent filter and pump etc
I am always afraid to put the pump at the very bottom because what if there is a leak to the waterfall and it drains, if it had a few inches the fish would still have a little water. And then come winter I raise the pump site higher so it not pulling that water from the very bottom through the filter and pouring it back in where it can lower the temp when it hits the air. They say don’t disturb the very bottom water so it maintains it’s temp better. What do you think or is that not an issue in your area.
It’s not an issue install everything properly and you will be fine. It’s a lot of wives tails of people overcomplicating something very simple. Thnx for the comment
@@thep0ndman you are absolutely correct, and since I never trust myself for that one time….haha…I may not tighten something when cleaning the filters etc.
You should go to aquascape in Chicago and take a class... you can never learn too much or get enough pong gadgets
You don’t need to go to any classes if all you do I throw 100 tons of stone on top of a liner and call it a pond cheers for the comment
I wish you went slower on the lasering and rock placement. And what does 150mls down, how do I figure out that, and what does that mean, what rocks below water? Very confused.
We did a more detailed video hope this helps: The Easiest Way to Level a Garden Pond
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Best most informative pond build video... love it definitely use your help to build my big pond this summer. Liked, subbed and saved😂👍 nice job
Many thanks appreciate it
love to content but camera view is very focused on yourself, would be great to show the project more than your own face lol. keep up the great work.
But it’s the money maker 💰🤣
The blasting the water around doesn’t match the pond design. You have the block directly on that shelf, your pic shows block and plenty of dirt to put that pipe in. Or is that just an example and you will put the pipe on the second shelf?
The water movement helps to prevent dead spots and improves circulation and most of the debris will be pushed towards the pump and then to the filter where it can be backwashed cheers
@@thep0ndman I realize that, I was just confused because your pic didn’t match the pond design. It was just an example I guess.
Will anything try to eat your expensive koi?
It is a realistic size for a small family home pond. Though would prefer a more natural look without the cement showing and with more variation in the size and shape of the rocks.
A natural pond created by nature has variations and surprises.
I also like the idea of a bigger rock that can be sat on by children so they can dangle their feet into the pond and another thing I like is an unexpected little curve out that is very shallow and has sand with a few small smooth pebbles.
Also a skimmer would be a good addition..
Cheers thanks for the comment
But the people who wanted the pond renovated obviously wanted it like this!! Everyone has their own ideas and likes 😉
Don't like the idea of encouraging the kids to venture into the pond - a drowning waiting to happen.
This guy has a nice delivery.....NOT like the 'loudmouth..... lifestyle' (?) pond jerks!
CCC Austin,TX
Appreciate it thanks for the comment
Before look more natural
It takes time for everything to grow and to naturalise, the pond was prob one hour old in the pic 😂
Too much of his face in pic & then only a few sec/min of completed "new" pond
its the moneymaker thanks for the comment
What’s up with the grout all over the place?
its called jointing stonework so it doesn't move or break over time and weathers in