"willow80834" wrote in message
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Has anyone put a pond IN the floor ?? I would like to put a indoor
pond IN the floor of my frontroom.... I would like to know what or
how to handle floor beams? I would also like to know what I have to
look forward to.... THANKS ever so much for your time!!!!

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I should of made my idea more clear...my bad I am soo sorry ....
I dont want a HUGE monster of a pond.. I want to try to put a
little preformed liner like the ones on this web site
http://www.pondbiz.com/home/pb1/page...med_ponds.html
I know that one of the floor joists
may need to be cut ..... and it will be supported from the cellar so
that there will be no real weight on the floor from the tiny pond or
what ever you wuold call it.
thanks once again for your time and reply!

First, the plastic in most preformed ponds can't support the weight of the
water, they need to be full buried in the ground, or in your case, a
concrete support. But that's an implementation detail, you're far from that
stage. More then likely, you'll have to have a pond custom made, out of
concrete, or maybe an old bath tub?

My suggestion is, to use the carpenter's adage, "think twice, cut once".
Before you start cutting up the floor, the joists and generally tearing up
the house, buy a whiskey barrel, and whiskey barrel liner (to make it
watertight), that should set you back only $50 at the most. Put that in the
area you intend to cut up, run it for a full year, all the water changes,
all the cleaning, Keep in mind that a water change in a flush mounted
preformed floor level pond will be a lot harder, because you can't cheat and
use a siphon, you'll have to pump out the water, or use a bucket to scoop
out some water (no spilling the water).

Don't think of this as a pond, think of it as an indoor aquarium, which will
probably help your research activities, additionally if someone like me, who
is habitually stubbing my toe on things at night were to visit you, I'm sure
at least one foot would be in the pond on a regular basis.

Good luck
Snooze