Thread: Enclosing pond permanently

Hi Paddy,

Are you going to post any build pictures of your koi house, I'm sure there will be a lot of interest in this.

Could I ask if it's a SIPS building ? What's the material have you used on the walls and ceiling internally, as i'm looking at having a Quarantine / Grow on structure built for an 800 gallon VAT ?

Regards,

Clive.

[QUOTE=clive1964;431067]Hi Paddy,

Are you going to post any build pictures of your koi house, I'm sure there will be a lot of interest in this.

Could I ask if it's a SIPS building ? What's the material have you used on the walls and ceiling internally, as i'm looking at having a Quarantine / Grow on structure built for an 800 gallon VAT ?

Regards,

Clive.

Hi Clive, i need to get my act together and sort out some photos and start a thread, my build was a bit unconventional and im sure not what any proper builder would do, basically i built the frame from scaffolding and went from there i had a idea in my head and then just made it up as i went along, for the internal finish on the walls and ceiling i used pvc hollow soffit boards attached with stainless screws and sealed on the corners and gaps with white ct1,

Originally Posted by kingfisher

Which way does it face ? Our garden room is West facing with insulated tiled roofing,
3 inner walls, triple glazed & Death Valley heating on sunny Summer afternoons.
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The main door will face North. The pond only gets sun early am and then late pm. It baffles me why we get blanket weed !

[QUOTE=Paddy;430915]

Originally Posted by Denise Doherty

Good afternoon.
Hope everyone's had a decent year with their Koi and ponds.
In the next few weeks we will be enclosing our 18,000 litre pond using double glazed windows and polycarbonate roofing. the entrance will be a 2m patio style door.
All windows will have large opening lights and of course the doors can be left open when the weather warms up.
Our intention is to also heat the pond using a heat exchanger fed from our gas boiler.
There will be enough space to walk around one long side and one short side.
Does anyone have a similar set up? Other than condensation, can anyone see possible pitfalls?
The hope is that there will not be any sudden temperature changes for the Koi, leaves and unwanted visitors will no longer be an issue and we won't need to net although we will have jump guards.
Should we use a particular type of glazing so that uv still gets through?
Would really appreciate any information before the builder starts next week.

Ive nearly finished a similar project and built it for similar reasons as yourself, condensation is a problem and to help mitigate this i installed a heater in the koi house and try keep the room temperature the same as the pond and so far its worked, but have to wait and see when the temps really drop, this morning in the garden was 6 degrees, 17.5 in the pond house and water was 19.2, the bottom of the glass doors had a small amount of condensation but the ceiling and walls were ok. make sure the builder uses all stainless steel screws over and around the pond just incase condensation becomes a problem, you dont want rust leaching into your pond, i used CT1 on any snagging i had to do inside the pond house. good luck with the build.

The rain has done its best to slow things down but we now have most of the timber in place. The plan is to have a flat roof with skylights. There will be 12 large windows, a side door and a 3m patio door. Fingers crossed there are enough dry days next week to get the roof in place.

Oooo yes, agreed that is looking very nice, I'd love to be building that

Coming together nicely, that's going to be such a lovely place to sit and enjoy your pond all year round when it's finished

Originally Posted by ABN67

Coming together nicely, that's going to be such a lovely place to sit and enjoy your pond all year round when it's finished

It all started with "let's build a pergola" but after getting frostbite in my fingers scraping snow off the polycarbonate sheeting we decided to cover. Thankfully the builder we use had a bit of free time so him and my husband have been working together.
Hopefully the roof will be going on next week and the windows are being ordered this week..
So looking forward to retirement when we can spend more time using it instead of building it :-)
THank you for the encouragement :-)

It's going to be fantastic Denise when it's done, looks great so far.

Originally Posted by Paddy

It's going to be fantastic Denise when it's done, looks great so far.

It gets better every day. It's being built to follow the shape of the pond. So excited :-)

Originally Posted by Denise Doherty

It gets better every day. It's being built to follow the shape of the pond. So excited :-)

Oooo yes, like that a lot!!

Just an update on the pond room.
EPDM going on today, cladding being done this week and windows 2nd December. The poor Koi have no idea why people are climbing all over their pond :-)
Getting much colder now.
Couple of questions please. Planning on heating to 13 degs. c to avoid aeromonas alley. Thoughts please. Also, we are in Cheshire does anyone know of a jump guard supplier please?

Almost there. The sky;lights will have to wait until the new year I think as the weather is not on our side. 1/2 the windows are in now and all external cladding finished. Jump guards, internal insulation, cladding and lighting should be done by Christmas.

Ahhhh very nice indeed!!

Sorry I missed your questions, sounds like you sorted your jump guards and stuff?

Originally Posted by dbs

Sorry I missed your questions, sounds like you sorted your jump guards and stuff?

No worries at all. I got the stainless steel glass clamps from Amazon and managed to get a good price. Decided on acrylic sheet instead of glass. As long as the fish can't jump over it I'm happy.

Originally Posted by Denise Doherty

No worries at all. I got the stainless steel glass clamps from Amazon and managed to get a good price. Decided on acrylic sheet instead of glass. As long as the fish can't jump over it I'm happy.

Ahhhhh super Job, I got mine from Ebay I think which were better at the time, but guard wise Acrylic is what I wanted but Covid barriers made the material like gold dust an ubba expensive

You and your fishy family will have a nice snug Christmas!!

Originally Posted by dbs

Ahhhhh super Job, I got mine from Ebay I think which were better at the time, but guard wise Acrylic is what I wanted but Covid barriers made the material like gold dust an ubba expensive

You and your fishy family will have a nice snug Christmas!!

Builder will be finished by tomorrow so over the weekend we are putting internal insulation in and the jump guards. Electrics and inside panelling will have to wait now but I am so happy.
Wishing you and your family a great Christmas too X