Simply Koi and More Koi

Ok the ground is a lot more difficult and have just found out my step son is moving in with u in January so may have to reduce the size of pond to save some cash on running costs. :( + it now means i may adventually have to buy somewhere bigger So am probably going 12x8x6 aprox 3000 gallons but as i...

ok ill be trying to get another 2 hours of digging done today : )

If anyones bored and wants to dig give me a shout LOL

Hi did this work outside the pond?

im going to make the existing hole bigger by hand but will probably do the widening of it with a digger. I was shocked how soft the soil is. I was digging a ledge out put some weight on and i dropped two foot. either that or im fatter than i thought : )

Ok liner removed and digging has started. WAHOOOOOO

I will have to check my notes but i think they are 215mm

lol @thorny he does love a cuppa

Ok plan is liner and all the rocks to removed today and the digging to be done by next weekend.

Im hoping for the concrete base to be done next sat

Block work the following weekend

rendering the weekend after that

i think

mmmmmmmmmmmm i may try that instead either way im ready to buy my blocks and stuff.

Carlejo Cracking looking fish

Still trying to decide i quite like the idea of doing the whole lot in the sanbdstone looking ones

BOB im not 100% skint but not as flush as id like. The 225 ml hollows will cost m,e £400 I have 1.5tons of cement ready to turn up just need ballast Bob ive put money aside to pay you to fibreglass. And i have about £1000 left to spend on building the brick wall. Turns out my wifes friend is a...

LOL its a bit difficult to dig while holding an 8 week old baby : (

Ok im going hollows backfilled and with steel rods then ill back fill between the hollows and the face bricks.

Pond is now drained/ Im going to try and get some digging done tonight

Thing is hollows are double the price of solids. I can get solids for about £250 for the whole pond.

ill be doing the pond in concrete blocks then rendering the inside before plaster. I will then save my pennies up and cover the outside of the pond in nice brickwork like yours.

What bricks do i need? Im ringing round getting quotes

i need 280 bricks so do i buy solids or hollows and what size 140 or 215?

and whats the chance of getting it below £390 for 215 hollows?