Learn how to create a backyard pond and waterfall using a preformed pond liner. Home improvement expert, Ron Hazelton, will walk you through the process.

For more projects, visit Ron Hazelton’s website:http://www.ronhazelton.com/

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Went to a little creek and got some small and big rocks for free… i think it came out good!! what do you think???

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My DIY Garden Pond Project Beginning to Completion.
Look looks like my pond after 1 month: https://youtu.be/iodBqUiwW3s
What to feed the fish! Feeding the carp in the pond, his pond. https://youtu.be/Uyir58UqZ1o
The CLEAR pond, pond without chemicals !!! Quick clean up the pond. https://youtu.be/po7YU2CWQU0
Why pop-FISH! Aeration system for the pond! https://youtu.be/c8oYIXsX6LE

See the full process of creating my pond on my Russian channel:

PART 1: How to make a pond with his hands. Quickly and reliably make your own pond! https://youtu.be/9SvJZ7zzSJI
PART 2: Pond with his hands carp – 2. https://youtu.be/dJ2BHu-Dtmo
Part 3: How to make a pond – a pond with fish – Part 3. https://youtu.be/M4qV7-5RzMI
Part 4: How to make a carp pond with his hands – 4. Make a pond! https://youtu.be/9OYQAmVPejQ
Part 5: How to make a pond with his hands – 5. Make a pond on their own! https://youtu.be/38VtmTfm72A

Main reason is because you want one! Benefits are: its very soothing to look at and interesting to see all the wildlife it attracts – frogs, dragonflies, newts if you’re lucky and much more. You need to decide whether you want a natural wildlife pond or a formal one – I reckon formal ones are easier to build, but if you go for that option make sure there is somewhere that tiny froglets etc can climb out – a basket of eg water iris in one corner would do nicely.

Down side is occasionally you may need to empty it, especially if it isn’t big enough – you really need a minimum of about 8 x6 feet for the water to stay balanced well. You will need to put a net over it in autumn if there are trees nearby, to prevent a lot of leaves blowing into it. Digging the hole is hard work and you need to put the excavated stuff somewhere.

Get some books from the library about garden ponds – you will find heaps of helpful information. Better than looking on the net as you can keep referring to them.

Before you start

It’s easy to create a simple pond in your own garden. Always consider the following:
•The view of the feature from every angle of the garden and house.
•The type of pond – will you use a liner or a preformed pool?
•The size of the pond.
•The type of plants you wish to grow. Different plants require different depths of water.
•Avoid shady areas, especially near deciduous trees.
•Seek professional advice when constructing complicated designs and using electricity to operate pumps.

What to do

Marking out
•Define the perimeter of the pond, either with string, a length of hosepipe, or by trickling a layer of dry sand through your fingers.
• Remove the turf from the area and stack neatly away from the working place.

Digging
•Excavate the area with a spade to the depth of the first shelf. Mark the outline of the shelf with sand or string.
•Dig out the centre of the pond and either add additional shelves, or dig until the required maximum depth has been reached.
•Check each shelf is level.

Wildlife in mind
•Move the dug-out soil to another area of the garden.
•Check the sides of the pond following the profile you intended. It’s a good idea to give one side of the pond a gentle slope to offer animals, such as hedgehogs, a means of escape if they fall in.

Lining the pond
•Remove any lumps or sharp stones from the hole. Then spread a 3cm (1.2in) layer of soft builder’s sand over the area. This will help protect the butyl liner being punctured.
•A layer of pond underlay or old carpet above the sand will provide additional protection.
•Get a friend to assist in unfolding the butyl liner. Spread it evenly over the hole taking care not to damage it by dragging it on the ground. Secure the sides of the liner with bricks.

Filling up
•Start filling the pool with water and pull the edges of the liner so that it fits neatly over the contours of the pond.
•Continue filling the hole with water until the pond is full.
•Trim the sides of the liner leaving a 30cm (12in) overlap around the sides of the pond.
•Cover these with paving slabs, or if you want to create a more natural effect, lay turf up to the water’s edge.
•The liner should be covered to prevent sunlight causing it to perish. Position plants and add oxygenators. If you want to add fish wait six weeks until the plants are established.

Pond safety

According to The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (ROSPA), children below the age of five are most at risk of drowning in garden ponds. The only way to avoid potential disasters is to not have a pond. There are, however, precautions that you can take to significantly reduce the chance of accidents.

A lot of time and hard work went into this. I had to really put my back into it (literally) but it turned out very nicely.

Let me know in the comments section below what you think..

Thanks for watching!

Inspired by PondGuru

I have just uploaded an update video on the pond.. go here to see it

https://youtu.be/lhgz0NZgNx8

I built this pond about 3 months ago and returned once the other work including summerhouse, deck and lawn had been completed to get a video of the finished pond.
The water is kept clear by a Filtoclear 15.000 filter from OASE and an OASE Aquamax Eco 8.000 pump.
http://www.pondguru.co.uk

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WOW the TALENTS PEOPLE have are AWESOME, his first POND!

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This is my fish pond recentley completed in sept 2011,never built one before so was a little unsure where to start.
i used 8 tonnes of concrete in the footing and the whole project consumed 45 bags of cement and 40 meters of solid concrete 4 inch blocks and one zombie….lol.from start to finish its taken 7 weeks and £5500 not including labour which i did myself.at the moment there is only small fish in the pond so as to activate the filter.
the pond is approx 5300 litres or 1300 gal.it has a 24000 ltr pressure filter and a bermuda 6500lph pump and the waterfall is rockways in four tiers (its altered slightly since the video).i hope you like it

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Decided to build a new pond as the old one was small and hard to maintain. Took 4 months to complete and this is the end result, hope you like it. Hope you like the music as well 😉

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Designing a pond for turtles is easy when you know tips and tricks from professional turtle pond builders. Tour this unique aquatic turtle habitat and review pond construction design techniques that will improve your understanding of the optimal environment for these fun and friendly reptiles.

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Many people are still searching the internet for information on how to build a waterfall or koi pond. Unfortunately, there is very little information regarding professional construction. There are thousands of websites involved in marketing pond products to uninformed and unsuspecting customers.

The majority of these sites promote and advocate the use of rubber pond liners. Why? Because they sell them. Rubber liners are profitable, primarily because of the add-on products related to the pond liner industry. For example, when you construct your pond using a pond liner, you have no choice but to buy all of the related accessories such as a biofilter, special skimmers and drains, and the large variety of energy-sucking, inefficient, short-lived sump pumps.

Rarely do pond liner dealers or installers tell you the whole truth about the unpredictability of liners and sump pumps. Rarely do they acknowledge the truth about the vulnerability of liners after they are installed – whether it be attacks by rats, mice, ground squirrels, gophers, chipmunks or the sharp claws of animals that can puncture the liner in their attempt to get out of the pond after accidentally or purposely entering it. Animals burrow under the liner through the easy access of the loose rocks piled around the pond and waterfall. Against the coolness of the liner, they build their nests and raise their families that can then chew holes in the liner.

Over the past twenty years I have replaced countless leaky waterfalls and ponds constructed using rubber liners with concrete and rebar construction. In thirty years of building over 2,000 waterfalls and ponds, I have never had one crack or leak.

Liner advocates tell you their liner has a thirty to forty year warranty, but fail to mention it is against factory defects only. They don’t mention the other issues like rodents, heavy rocks stretching and ripping the liner, and damage from children with sharp sticks or garden utensils. I’ve seen it all!

Many water garden contractors will misrepresent the liner as the best construction material by saying concrete is expensive and it cracks. Yes, that is true, if you don’t build it properly using 3500 psi concrete and rebar 8 to 10 inches on center. Plus, they say the alkali poisons the water. That is true only if you don’t seal the concrete with a sealer after it is poured. Concrete construction costs 20-25% more than a liner, but it lasts for decades. You only have to replace one liner for the concrete pond to cost considerably less in the long run. In the past five years there have been scores of lawsuits against pond liner contractors and their clients win every time.

Watch a HowTo video at YouTube click on link below

Watch a HowTo video at YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYucMy…

Douglas C. Hoover, CEO of Aquamedia Corp, Master Waterfall Builder, architect, engineer, freelance writer, author, designer & builder of well over 2,000 waterfall and ponds in CA (30 years). Author of “Waterfall and Pond Construction Manual” and developer of the “Water Feature Digital Design Library 4.0” Free downloads, no sign in. Invented the AquaFill electronic water level control system for ponds, pools, fountains and spas.
http://DesignAPond