Simply Koi and More Koi

here's a better piccy

a bit more done.today was 'backfill day' we shifted the mountain of clay/soil from off the 'lawn' (sorry missus) and backfilled all the way around. all the footings for the wall & fence are now back to normal. rain has now stopped play AGAIN !, but to be fair it has been a good day weather-wise.
tomorrow I can start with the 1st of 5 courses of upright blocks.

here's the latest ..

more progress now that the weather has picked up.

Hi Russell,

Coming along well mate and it wont be long before the water and fish are in it

Coming along well Russell. Nice one Mukka I know my Missus got a little upset and couldn't see the bigger picture..... mind you I just started digging a hole and knew she wouldn't approve

Regards,
TicToc

a bit more ....

pond is now glassed & flowcoated. very nice job courtesy of Dave A. (cheers Dave) next step is to get the filters & shed set up. and the outer bricks need chucking up too. then water n fish

Hi Russ
That's interesting so your going 4 blocks high laid upright with an outer skin of brick, anything in between ?
If it fibreglassed that will increase the strength , just asking as my neighbour just asked the best way to build above ground and I thought to be safe 9" hollows or lay blocks flat.
Don't worry I always over engineer everything.

Looks great though best regards Terry

it is 5 blocks , upright, above ground, with an outer 'facing' brick wall on 2 sides tied in with wall ties, the back sides are double blocked upright with wall ties.

Looking good Russ, not too long now!

wow looking good russ,i been following your build on a few forums, wish i had room for a pond that size.
Keep the hard work up

cheers Dan, its coming together SLOWLY hoping to have the facing bricks done by next weekend , then it could be filled. need to move the nexus over fromthe temp pond, so a bit of messing about to do there, don't want to kill my fish off,lol. preparing filter shed base at the moment. should be seeing water & fish in there in about 2 weeks time.

here's the latest. the weather is really starting to be a problem again, but I am getting closer to the finish line every day.

Like the brickwork Russ, looks great

So when's the big fill planned for?