Patience wrote in message ...
Hi Bob..thanx for the response. I had a pond with a flexible liner in my
garden for a couple of years and to cut a long story short have decided to
go for a raised pond but to be honest dont know where to start. I have
filled the previous pond hole in with soil and will be putting the new
preformed pond in its place. It is only 750 litres or so. I reckon that
might be a good idea to half raise it as you have. It would help secure
the
bottom sides when there is water in it....on the other hand I am thinking
of
maybe leveling off the ground and setting the preformed pond on it...maybe
level off with concrete (is this a good idea ) after the soil has
sunk...what do you have underneath your pond/surrounding it ? For
surrounds
maybe a double cavity wall so I can have some foliage in the middle...any
ideas welcome! I've searched online with no luck. Every site and book I
see
opts for the popular pond with flexi liner and when I see a picture off a
raised pond well..er..theres no stepp by step instructions to build
it....even got a gardening manual here...same thing!
cheers....send me your enmail address if you have the time..thanks


Our pond is banked with soil on three sides, two with boundary walls between
18 inches and 4 ft away so the soil is level to those boundaries, the third
is held up with a log roll wall 3ft away and has a path on top. The final
boundary next to our small patio is made of a brick wall. So that's a few
ideas for you. :-)
If you build a wall a bit bigger than the pond size you can simply plant
plants around the pond, no need for a double wall, or perhaps if you want
something a bit more formal build a rectangular wall structure larger than
the pond dimensions, and after putting the pond in, there would be lots of
space for plants.
Some paving around the bottom of the wall area would look nice and give good
access, in fact with some flat coping stones on top of the wall in places
you get seats too.
There should be no need to level off with a concrete slab, these pre-formed
ponds are quite strong and if you ensure the ground beneath is firm there
shouldn't be much soil compression.
The most important thing with pre-formed ponds is that their top must be
exactly level because the water certainly will be.
e-mail:-hobdensatbtinternetdotcom.
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Regards
Bob

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