Hi,
I thought I might start out on this forum by offering an idea on how I constructed my indoor ponds.
Firstly I built a rectangular wall with railway sleepers. 2 sleepers high. I then laid shade cloth inside the wall of the pond. The edges of the shade cloth were then pulled relatively tight & nailed to the bottom sleeper all around the outside of the pond wall.
Common Brickies plastic was used as a pond liner (costing about AUS$1.10/metre), was then laid over the shade cloth (allowing an overhang when measuring).
As the pond was filled the weight of the water in the plastic, weighted down on the shadecloth. The more full of water the pond the tighter the shadecloth could pull in on itself thus pulling the walls of the pond together. I find I can replace the pond liner easily & cheaply about once every 3 years.
Hope it was a helpful idea.
I thought I might start out on this forum by offering an idea on how I constructed my indoor ponds.
Firstly I built a rectangular wall with railway sleepers. 2 sleepers high. I then laid shade cloth inside the wall of the pond. The edges of the shade cloth were then pulled relatively tight & nailed to the bottom sleeper all around the outside of the pond wall.
Common Brickies plastic was used as a pond liner (costing about AUS$1.10/metre), was then laid over the shade cloth (allowing an overhang when measuring).
As the pond was filled the weight of the water in the plastic, weighted down on the shadecloth. The more full of water the pond the tighter the shadecloth could pull in on itself thus pulling the walls of the pond together. I find I can replace the pond liner easily & cheaply about once every 3 years.
Hope it was a helpful idea.
