Thread: Concrete Ponds
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Old 13-01-2007, 08:17 AM posted to aus.gardens
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Default Concrete Ponds

A recent thread talked about sealer in a pond.

A few years ago (actually about 30 years) I made a quite servicable
pond for some ducks and geese in a back yard in Marrickville. from
memory it was a metre and a half square and a couple of feet deep. I
didn't seal it and this didn't matter becasue I used to empty it every
week or two to clean it. From memory the only reinforcing I used was
some chicken wire which might even have been plastic!.

I am now considering building a long narrow pond (perhaps even L
shaped) about a foot deep using similar techniques. but this time
sealing it using concrete sealer. Is this feasable or are there other
methods I should consider ie plastic lining. this pond will be simply
for fish and frogs the geese and ducks have long gone .


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Prickles

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