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Can someone tell me if i'll be ok building a raised pond out of railway sleepers, i'm wanting the pond to be 10' x 7' x3'5". anyone got any suggestions on this, i'll be keeping just a few goldish in the pond nothing fancy.
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"puddleduck" wrote in message ... Can someone tell me if i'll be ok building a raised pond out of railway sleepers, i'm wanting the pond to be 10' x 7' x3'5". anyone got any suggestions on this, i'll be keeping just a few goldish in the pond nothing fancy. PLEASE ADVISE. -- puddleduck ------------------------------------------------------------------------ posted via www.GardenBanter.co.uk You're doing what I wished I'd done (size wise) However, I was told by my other half to scale it down a bit. You'll be OK with the sleepers providing you use angle brackets at the corners, brackets along the length and some large nails. The sleepers must also be lined with heavy poly. If you want you can have a look at our sleeper effort www.katzsisters.com I wish I'd used the full length of the sleepers tho' :-) Peter |
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"puddleduck" wrote in message ... Can someone tell me if i'll be ok building a raised pond out of railway sleepers, i'm wanting the pond to be 10' x 7' x3'5". anyone got any suggestions on this, i'll be keeping just a few goldish in the pond nothing fancy. PLEASE ADVISE. Hi Puddle Duck I've built a similar pond to your design, although making it 10 foot long will be more awkward because sleepers are 8' long, so yours will need them cut a lot (having done this by hand I recommend hiring a chain saw for this purpose!! there's pictures of my pond at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/lostin1999/album mine is however 8' X 5' X 4 foot deep (in the middle) with a 12-18 inch planting shelf (18 " at ends 12" along sides)16" deep.. it was only built a couple of months ago... you will need to drill holes and put shafts down through the sleepers to stop slippage due to water weight... are you putting the sleepers flat or vertical? (flats easier but makes for a smaller pond and wider edge... hope the pictures help inspire you Lost |
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Thanks for replying to my msg the photos on both reply's helped a great deal, just one thing do i have to dig in the first sleeper or can i just put staight on to the muck. i'm thinking now of having 3' above ground and dig a 1' hole in the middle to make it a 4' deep pond. Also can i use reclaimed sleepers or have they to be new one's. |
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"puddleduck" wrote in message ... Lostin1999 wrote: *"puddleduck" wrote in message ... Can someone tell me if i'll be ok building a raised pond out of railway sleepers, i'm wanting the pond to be 10' x 7' x3'5". anyone got any suggestions on this, i'll be keeping just a few goldish in the pond nothing fancy. PLEASE ADVISE. Hi Puddle Duck I've built a similar pond to your design, although making it 10 foot long will be more awkward because sleepers are 8' long, so yours will need them cut a lot (having done this by hand I recommend hiring a chain saw for this purpose!! there's pictures of my pond at http://tinyurl.com/67dqc mine is however 8' X 5' X 4 foot deep (in the middle) with a 12-18 inch planting shelf (18 " at ends 12" along sides)16" deep.. it was only built a couple of months ago... you will need to drill holes and put shafts down through the sleepers to stop slippage due to water weight... are you putting the sleepers flat or vertical? (flats easier but makes for a smaller pond and wider edge... hope the pictures help inspire you Lost * Thanks for replying to my msg the photos on both reply's helped a great deal, just one thing do i have to dig in the first sleeper or can i just put staight on to the muck. i'm thinking now of having 3' above ground and dig a 1' hole in the middle to make it a 4' deep pond. Also can i use reclaimed sleepers or have they to be new one's. Hiya Mine are "reclaimed" however its cheaper (or for me it would have been) to use new ones.. I feel the reclaimed ones with the treatment they have had will last a lot longer... however getting neat "joins" isn't so easy.. (however on the outside that creates a "rustic look") so on the inside I used expanding foam to fill up holes and such so the liner was less likely to get pierced.. the only thing I would do differently if I was building mine now would be it would have been square.. but that's because the extra size wouldn't have changed any of the cost etc.. I've found a bonus to a raised pond is any children don't seem as likely too fall in (although I never have unsupervised children in my garden (even my own)) Lost |
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i've decided to go with a 8'x8'x4'deep pond now will the sleepers be strong enough if i just put them on the ground then dig a hole 2'x2' deep in the middle then put my liner in or am i best digging in the first sleeper(i'm gonna be using new sleepers).
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"puddleduck" wrote in message ... i've decided to go with a 8'x8'x4'deep pond now will the sleepers be strong enough if i just put them on the ground then dig a hole 2'x2' deep in the middle then put my liner in or am i best digging in the first sleeper(i'm gonna be using new sleepers). id only dig in to get level footings.. no more.. but i would brace the sleapers with vertical rods (drill the sleapers and insert steel rods through the sleapers) and steel bars.. (steel bars bent into an L shape on the corners) also "brick stack£ them (as in alternate the cornrs on each layer...) HTH Lost |
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"puddleduck" wrote in message ... i've decided to go with a 8'x8'x4'deep pond now will the sleepers be strong enough if i just put them on the ground then dig a hole 2'x2' deep in the middle then put my liner in or am i best digging in the first sleeper(i'm gonna be using new sleepers). id only dig in to get level footings.. no more.. but i would brace the sleapers with vertical rods (drill the sleapers and insert steel rods through the sleapers) and steel bars.. (steel bars bent into an L shape on the corners) also "brick stack£ them (as in alternate the cornrs on each layer...) HTH Lost |
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"puddleduck" wrote in message ... Can someone tell me if i'll be ok building a raised pond out of railway sleepers, i'm wanting the pond to be 10' x 7' x3'5". anyone got any suggestions on this, i'll be keeping just a few goldish in the pond nothing fancy. PLEASE ADVISE. Hi Puddle Duck I've built a similar pond to your design, although making it 10 foot long will be more awkward because sleepers are 8' long, so yours will need them cut a lot (having done this by hand I recommend hiring a chain saw for this purpose!! there's pictures of my pond at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/lostin1999/album mine is however 8' X 5' X 4 foot deep (in the middle) with a 12-18 inch planting shelf (18 " at ends 12" along sides)16" deep.. it was only built a couple of months ago... you will need to drill holes and put shafts down through the sleepers to stop slippage due to water weight... are you putting the sleepers flat or vertical? (flats easier but makes for a smaller pond and wider edge... hope the pictures help inspire you Lost |
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here are some pictures of my raise pond - worked fine
"Lostin1999" wrote in message ... "puddleduck" wrote in message ... Lostin1999 wrote: *"puddleduck" wrote in message ... Can someone tell me if i'll be ok building a raised pond out of railway sleepers, i'm wanting the pond to be 10' x 7' x3'5". anyone got any suggestions on this, i'll be keeping just a few goldish in the pond nothing fancy. PLEASE ADVISE. Hi Puddle Duck I've built a similar pond to your design, although making it 10 foot long will be more awkward because sleepers are 8' long, so yours will need them cut a lot (having done this by hand I recommend hiring a chain saw for this purpose!! there's pictures of my pond at http://tinyurl.com/67dqc mine is however 8' X 5' X 4 foot deep (in the middle) with a 12-18 inch planting shelf (18 " at ends 12" along sides)16" deep.. it was only built a couple of months ago... you will need to drill holes and put shafts down through the sleepers to stop slippage due to water weight... are you putting the sleepers flat or vertical? (flats easier but makes for a smaller pond and wider edge... hope the pictures help inspire you Lost * Thanks for replying to my msg the photos on both reply's helped a great deal, just one thing do i have to dig in the first sleeper or can i just put staight on to the muck. i'm thinking now of having 3' above ground and dig a 1' hole in the middle to make it a 4' deep pond. Also can i use reclaimed sleepers or have they to be new one's. Hiya Mine are "reclaimed" however its cheaper (or for me it would have been) to use new ones.. I feel the reclaimed ones with the treatment they have had will last a lot longer... however getting neat "joins" isn't so easy.. (however on the outside that creates a "rustic look") so on the inside I used expanding foam to fill up holes and such so the liner was less likely to get pierced.. the only thing I would do differently if I was building mine now would be it would have been square.. but that's because the extra size wouldn't have changed any of the cost etc.. I've found a bonus to a raised pond is any children don't seem as likely too fall in (although I never have unsupervised children in my garden (even my own)) Lost |
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That really came out nice. I think you have inspired me to do another pond!
"sg" wrote in message ... here are some pictures of my raise pond - worked fine "Lostin1999" wrote in message ... "puddleduck" wrote in message ... Lostin1999 wrote: *"puddleduck" wrote in message ... Can someone tell me if i'll be ok building a raised pond out of railway sleepers, i'm wanting the pond to be 10' x 7' x3'5". anyone got any suggestions on this, i'll be keeping just a few goldish in the pond nothing fancy. PLEASE ADVISE. Hi Puddle Duck I've built a similar pond to your design, although making it 10 foot long will be more awkward because sleepers are 8' long, so yours will need them cut a lot (having done this by hand I recommend hiring a chain saw for this purpose!! there's pictures of my pond at http://tinyurl.com/67dqc mine is however 8' X 5' X 4 foot deep (in the middle) with a 12-18 inch planting shelf (18 " at ends 12" along sides)16" deep.. it was only built a couple of months ago... you will need to drill holes and put shafts down through the sleepers to stop slippage due to water weight... are you putting the sleepers flat or vertical? (flats easier but makes for a smaller pond and wider edge... hope the pictures help inspire you Lost * Thanks for replying to my msg the photos on both reply's helped a great deal, just one thing do i have to dig in the first sleeper or can i just put staight on to the muck. i'm thinking now of having 3' above ground and dig a 1' hole in the middle to make it a 4' deep pond. Also can i use reclaimed sleepers or have they to be new one's. Hiya Mine are "reclaimed" however its cheaper (or for me it would have been) to use new ones.. I feel the reclaimed ones with the treatment they have had will last a lot longer... however getting neat "joins" isn't so easy.. (however on the outside that creates a "rustic look") so on the inside I used expanding foam to fill up holes and such so the liner was less likely to get pierced.. the only thing I would do differently if I was building mine now would be it would have been square.. but that's because the extra size wouldn't have changed any of the cost etc.. I've found a bonus to a raised pond is any children don't seem as likely too fall in (although I never have unsupervised children in my garden (even my own)) Lost |
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May I intrude and add my suggestion. \i have built a raised pond using rock faced gravel boards and concrete posts cut down with angle grinder. Two boards will give approximately 2' depth with 1 or 2 foot dug out of ground, the top of the posts were a bit rough after cutting so cemented on top a few concrete animals, which the youngsters love. The depth is only limited to how high you can lift the concrete boards. Best keep the pond to full length of gravel boards cause they are a pain to cut down. Regards Grodon UK "sg" wrote in message ... here are some pictures of my raise pond - worked fine "Lostin1999" wrote in message ... "puddleduck" wrote in message ... Lostin1999 wrote: *"puddleduck" wrote in message ... Can someone tell me if i'll be ok building a raised pond out of railway sleepers, i'm wanting the pond to be 10' x 7' x3'5". anyone got any suggestions on this, i'll be keeping just a few goldish in the pond nothing fancy. PLEASE ADVISE. Hi Puddle Duck I've built a similar pond to your design, although making it 10 foot long will be more awkward because sleepers are 8' long, so yours will need them cut a lot (having done this by hand I recommend hiring a chain saw for this purpose!! there's pictures of my pond at http://tinyurl.com/67dqc mine is however 8' X 5' X 4 foot deep (in the middle) with a 12-18 inch planting shelf (18 " at ends 12" along sides)16" deep.. it was only built a couple of months ago... you will need to drill holes and put shafts down through the sleepers to stop slippage due to water weight... are you putting the sleepers flat or vertical? (flats easier but makes for a smaller pond and wider edge... hope the pictures help inspire you Lost * Thanks for replying to my msg the photos on both reply's helped a great deal, just one thing do i have to dig in the first sleeper or can i just put staight on to the muck. i'm thinking now of having 3' above ground and dig a 1' hole in the middle to make it a 4' deep pond. Also can i use reclaimed sleepers or have they to be new one's. Hiya Mine are "reclaimed" however its cheaper (or for me it would have been) to use new ones.. I feel the reclaimed ones with the treatment they have had will last a lot longer... however getting neat "joins" isn't so easy.. (however on the outside that creates a "rustic look") so on the inside I used expanding foam to fill up holes and such so the liner was less likely to get pierced.. the only thing I would do differently if I was building mine now would be it would have been square.. but that's because the extra size wouldn't have changed any of the cost etc.. I've found a bonus to a raised pond is any children don't seem as likely too fall in (although I never have unsupervised children in my garden (even my own)) Lost |
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Hi,
May I intrude and add my suggestion. \i have built a raised pond using rock faced gravel boards and concrete posts cut down with angle grinder. Two boards will give approximately 2' depth with 1 or 2 foot dug out of ground, the top of the posts were a bit rough after cutting so cemented on top a few concrete animals, which the youngsters love. The depth is only limited to how high you can lift the concrete boards. Best keep the pond to full length of gravel boards cause they are a pain to cut down. Regards Grodon UK "sg" wrote in message ... here are some pictures of my raise pond - worked fine "Lostin1999" wrote in message ... "puddleduck" wrote in message ... Lostin1999 wrote: *"puddleduck" wrote in message ... Can someone tell me if i'll be ok building a raised pond out of railway sleepers, i'm wanting the pond to be 10' x 7' x3'5". anyone got any suggestions on this, i'll be keeping just a few goldish in the pond nothing fancy. PLEASE ADVISE. Hi Puddle Duck I've built a similar pond to your design, although making it 10 foot long will be more awkward because sleepers are 8' long, so yours will need them cut a lot (having done this by hand I recommend hiring a chain saw for this purpose!! there's pictures of my pond at http://tinyurl.com/67dqc mine is however 8' X 5' X 4 foot deep (in the middle) with a 12-18 inch planting shelf (18 " at ends 12" along sides)16" deep.. it was only built a couple of months ago... you will need to drill holes and put shafts down through the sleepers to stop slippage due to water weight... are you putting the sleepers flat or vertical? (flats easier but makes for a smaller pond and wider edge... hope the pictures help inspire you Lost * Thanks for replying to my msg the photos on both reply's helped a great deal, just one thing do i have to dig in the first sleeper or can i just put staight on to the muck. i'm thinking now of having 3' above ground and dig a 1' hole in the middle to make it a 4' deep pond. Also can i use reclaimed sleepers or have they to be new one's. Hiya Mine are "reclaimed" however its cheaper (or for me it would have been) to use new ones.. I feel the reclaimed ones with the treatment they have had will last a lot longer... however getting neat "joins" isn't so easy.. (however on the outside that creates a "rustic look") so on the inside I used expanding foam to fill up holes and such so the liner was less likely to get pierced.. the only thing I would do differently if I was building mine now would be it would have been square.. but that's because the extra size wouldn't have changed any of the cost etc.. I've found a bonus to a raised pond is any children don't seem as likely too fall in (although I never have unsupervised children in my garden (even my own)) Lost |
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