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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike Bass View Post
    I had better not strain your necks by editing them when I can.......here are some pictures of the existing 1000gallon "wishing well" pond when it was contained within a brick skin ( a third is below ground level) which will remain after the new pond is built
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    Who done the brick work round the pond Mike? I have a round pond and the prices I was quoted were horrendous so I never bothered getting it done in the end not sure if the figure at the bottom of the quotes was their phone numbers or the totals

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike Bass View Post
    I had better not strain your necks by editing them when I can.......here are some pictures of the existing 1000gallon "wishing well" pond when it was contained within a brick skin ( a third is below ground level) which will remain after the new pond is built
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    Beautiful love every thing about your garden mate stunning wishing well pond Haha

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    Quote Originally Posted by Frimley Koi keeper View Post
    Who done the brick work round the pond Mike? I have a round pond and the prices I was quoted were horrendous so I never bothered getting it done in the end not sure if the figure at the bottom of the quotes was their phone numbers or the totals
    I was lucky enough to have a mate at work who was a bricky and on this occasion I asked him as an experienced tradesman to do it .It took him 1 & a half days I supplied all the materials ,mixer & tea all for less than £500. He is busy at work now but I do know a semi retired bricky who is going to give me the choice of a day rate or complete job price for the main 5000 gallon pond.

    Has anyone tried and tested a combination of low/ mid & high level returns to keep waste moving towards the bottom drains?

    Is it better to have "dead" areas near the Windows to prevent turbulence and encourage the fish to people watch?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ajm View Post
    Beautiful love every thing about your garden mate stunning wishing well pond Haha

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    Thankyou Johnathon, I am frantically following up all the free "old bricks" links that my son keeps sending to me.......I picked up another 350 used bricks Monday which look great with chimney blackened & painted bricks all adding to the look

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    I originally had someone that was going to do mine for very little but then something happened and he couldn't do it. I can see it's a double skinned wall and the bricks don't look like they have been cut to make them go round in a circle so your round ponds must be what 12ft diameter at least?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Frimley Koi keeper View Post
    I originally had someone that was going to do mine for very little but then something happened and he couldn't do it. I can see it's a double skinned wall and the bricks don't look like they have been cut to make them go round in a circle so your round ponds must be what 12ft diameter at least?
    It is actually 8ft diameter and 6ft deep pre formed fibreglass with 4 inch bottom drain 4 inch side drain,gravity fed both with slide valves into a vortex,then a 10 foot x 2 foot chamber with brushes,matting,alpha grog & 2 k1 moving beds then top skimmer into uv home made fine sieve pump return with under surface pool adjustable nozzles

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike Bass View Post
    It is actually 8ft diameter and 6ft deep pre formed fibreglass with 4 inch bottom drain 4 inch side drain,gravity fed both with slide valves into a vortex,then a 10 foot x 2 foot chamber with brushes,matting,alpha grog & 2 k1 moving beds then top skimmer into uv home made fine sieve pump return with under surface pool adjustable nozzles
    Mine's a similar diameter but not as deep and people were saying it would have to be done in half bricks or bricks on edge and reckoned the first day would just be laying out and marking up there was mention of using full bricks but would have to cut the corners off them to get the curve right which again would add more time so I reckon they just didn't want to do the work. One guy said he could only do weekends and I would have to collect him and drop him back home again and it would take as long as it takes so you can see why I gave up with the idea in the end can't you?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Frimley Koi keeper View Post
    Mine's a similar diameter but not as deep and people were saying it would have to be done in half bricks or bricks on edge and reckoned the first day would just be laying out and marking up there was mention of using full bricks but would have to cut the corners off them to get the curve right which again would add more time so I reckon they just didn't want to do the work. One guy said he could only do weekends and I would have to collect him and drop him back home again and it would take as long as it takes so you can see why I gave up with the idea in the end can't you?
    The wider mortar gap to the outside and occasionally a half brick was required but he just used his experience and worked his way round...he even had to cope with the slight angle to which the liner had settled by about 2 cm on one side

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike Bass View Post
    The wider mortar gap to the outside and occasionally a half brick was required but he just used his experience and worked his way round...he even had to cope with the slight angle to which the liner had settled by about 2 cm on one side
    Well what ever he did it looks very good Mike

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    Love the brickwork on the round pond especially the way the bricks match the wall.

    Not easy finding bricks that match so well (unless you built the wall as well). Even when you do get identical bricks they are hard to match as some reclaimed batches invariably have more soot staining than others.

    My house looks black (1930's) but the bricks are actually yellow.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RS2OOO View Post
    Love the brickwork on the round pond especially the way the bricks match the wall.

    Not easy finding bricks that match so well (unless you built the wall as well). Even when you do get identical bricks they are hard to match as some reclaimed batches invariably have more soot staining than others.

    My house looks black (1930's) but the bricks are actually yellow.
    Yes I built the wall behind as well !

    including the stonework and personally made the leaded window too, but the trick is lots of bricks from multiple sources all mixed up randomly and use both sides of the bricks.

    I keep collecting bricks that are being thrown out - free to collect etc

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    Outstanding work mate and frrreee

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    Finally starting to fill the hole in the ground that had 3cubic weight of Concrete & 2 bottom drains from LAST AUGUST . Well wouldn’t like to be too hasty
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    Just realised I didn’t put the pics of the pre concrete base stage7B27625D-784B-46BB-AB43-34A9B6AFB3EB.jpg
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    Looks like you did a nice job of the ceiling but what about the pond?

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    I got confused when they said the concrete had to go down under .......so I did all the prep work in Australia

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    Lol nice one Mike

    Did you have a few Fosters after that? Or maybe even before?

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    Looking good though

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike Bass View Post
    Finally starting to fill the hole in the ground that had 3cubic weight of Concrete & 2 bottom drains from LAST AUGUST . Well wouldn’t like to be too hasty
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    I think you've been reading my QT thread again lol

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    Problem was it was the hottest day of the year last August and the concrete started setting before we could properly level out. So a bit of extra screeding to be done as it is one block lower at one end than the other oooops.

    Secondhand windows that I bought from someone closing his pond down are sitting waiting to go in. Loads of used bricks ready to go on outside the block work.

    Filtreau combi drum to be delivered in 2 weeks time so I feel like it is actually going to happen now

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