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 . Regards Prickles Timendi causa est nescire This message only uses recycled electrons |
Concrete Ponds
On Sat, 13 Jan 2007 19:17:51 +1100, Spiny Norman wrote:
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 . Use a liner. I have 2 ponds here. The front one is around 1000 litre in capacity and was constructed from concrete in around 1970. It was always leaking. Around 20 years ago I rebuilt it using a liner. I have not had a problem since. My second pond is around 1500 litre in capacity and was made about 7 years ago from rendered brick and preformed concrete. It was sealed with Silasec. The leaking problems started about 6.5 years ago. I drained it, applied a rubberised paint on membrane and it was right for another year. Then the ******* started leaking again! That pond is currently empty and awaiting a liner. I will never, ever build a pond from concrete/brick ever again!!!!! |
Concrete Ponds
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