30,000 gal pond construction (cost $2009.)
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construction of my pond. from july 2004 to present(feb. 07)
i built this pond by hand all by myself(except the bulk of the hole, i used a back hoe i borrowed from work)
costs:
ultraguard liner 20mil 35'x50'@$.36sqft $630
fiber underlayment $324
freight shipped to nearest warehouse $156
sump pump, 3500gph 2"in/outlet around $400 + $20month
filter/skimmer, $399+tx (what a rip-off)
all plumbing, electical wiring, outlets, etc. less than $100
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things i didn't pay for:
back hoe, to dig the bulk of hole
concrete truck, to speed up water filling
boulders
tri-axle dump truck, to haul boulders
loader, to load dump truck
van, to pick up liner/underlayment
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the 'almost' completed pond. summer of 2007. **33' long 23' wide 6' deep** and according to pondmarket.com 34000gal adjusted for ledges 30000gal. i had no idea. 
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I pissed off a world class pond builder when I said you don't have to spend 165 Grand to build a pond! This is just another example of resourcefulness and willingness to get it done. That you do not have to spend an arm and a leg to be happy. Well done!
I HAVE BEEN BUILDING PONDS ALL MY LIFE, TO SAY THIS WAS YOUR FIRST POND YOU DID A REMARKABLE JOB, WELL DONE.
Thank you for sharing. This is exactly what I had in mind. We were thinking of the all natural pond, but yours (with the filter and waterfall, but still natural) makes so much more sense to me. Beautiful job! Again, thanks so much for sharing.
Screw all the haters, this is a very nice pond. Maybe its a little short of filtration but then again natural ponds only have plants and they seem to do alright.
Not just the Pond alone but the Entire Outdoor space got Nicer. Congrats 👌🏻👌🏻
You never showed us the damn fish!
I'm gonna go build my own pond now! Let me just go get my big ass cement truck.
Dachief Everytime I read this I laugh harder. 😂
The CONCRETE (not cement) truck is only to fill water faster, it was not used in building the pond in any way. So your sarcastic humor has no merit. The concrete truck just replaced a simple garden hose. Do you have a garden hose?
@@apaulnhi new to your channel how wide is your pond how deep good job on it
@@lawrencecarr4973 33'x23'x6'deep
That's $9 over my budget :-)
@@thakurrudrapratap 😂🤣
Thats $2000 dollars over mine 😢😂
My mother has had a cement lined pond in her backyard for 35 years. No leaks, no cracks.
Thought my pond was big until I saw this badass monster pond!! Very nicely done my friend ;)
Beautiful job!!! I'm in the middle of putting a Koi pond in my self.
God some people make stupid comments , to the man that built this ~ you did'nt have a clue ?? well you carry on through life not having a clue , because thats a beautiful job , well done. from Sydney Australia..awsome !!! job.
Thank you for sharing, I've been thinking about doing this but for a small swimming pool for the family. I have the space and time for it. Thank you for taking your time to share.
Nicely done my friend. Doing the exact same thing...
Pretty cool. Thanks for taking the extra time to put together a video for others.
You are the god of pond making
Very nice! And thanks for making and sharing this video! You are a great builder.
Also, multiple levels promotes multiple temperature zones. Multiple temperature zones promote natural "currents" and that helps the water circulate naturally. And when water is circulating it also helps regulate the temperature over all. Not totally NEEDED but it's good to have if you can.
I enjoyed seeing your video and thanks for not adding annoying music! You did a great job with filling in a bare hill and making it pleasant to look at. Now for a patio between the house and the pond to chill on......lol
wow that's what I call a work of love! Beautiful! Well done
Well Believe it or not, i installed a pond for my cousins for the trill of it, and added a Ultra-Gard to their pond 30Mil PVC (thicker than yours) and in one year because of the boulders the liner tore in 16 Different place's in less than a year, So i relined it... I bought a 45 Mil EPDM Anjon Pond Liner w/ Lifetime warranty, and paid less than i did for the PVC. Till today No leaks, No fuss, No refilling everyday, No problem!
AWESOME!!!! This gives me some ideas for my future pond.
I started this video and thought "WTF you did everything by hand... Hand digging a 30,000 gallons of soil?!?!?" Then read the backhoe, and was like Oh... The pound was kinda meh to start but after a few years, with the waterfill, plants and landscaping, it looks great. Nice video and good work,
That waterfall looks really nice, great job!
1:17, well that escalated quickly... let me just get my concrete truck, this garden hose is taking too long lol
Luís L It's like finishing a boxing match with a shotgun.
Absolutely amazing !!! Excellent job !!!
Congratulations- your pond looks fantastic - cheers from Australia!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Awesome photo record and Great job.
Fantastic pond - well worth all the effort!
My pond is very close to this size and has a shit load of rock and bulder around perimeter.All work done by myself by hand...no backhoe.Damned near killed me building this thing but in the end was worth every sore back and curse word.
Lulu Rowan I want to build another pond like I did at our last property, that is the reason I haven't.
What are the laws for building these???
Milk 2 Percent there would be different laws depending on where you build it.
I noticed he didn’t mention how he got all those rocks but am curious to know what you spent on yours?
Great work. I especially like the rock work.
WOW hell of a job, very very nice work
Excellent job and video. Eff all the haters, this was a job very well done.
Not rly especially the cant wait to get fish il go buy em right know! Its not hating thats just plain wrong to do for the fish.
jasonudliketoknow hi
What video? Fkn slideshow
i like it. looks very naturally. greetings from Germany
That's a very nice pond, we have one in our back garden that we started to build in 1962 all out of concrete about 20 ton, but your liner is a much better idia, we have had a few problems with leaks over the years.
After all that step by step footage we don't get to enjoy footage of seeing the fish in the pond I demand another video
You are amazing to tackle such a big project. I am proud of you and your pond is lovely. Happy New Year from Australia. XXXX
lol it was taking to long, so i used my concrete truck XD
Nice! Just got to tell you that green water is making your pond look like a sewage outbreak you need to get a UV or do something about it pronto! The pond would look so much better with crystal clear water!
Looks beautiful man, nice job
YOU DID A BEAUTIFUL JOB...PAT ON THE BACK...
what an awesome transformation, this totally Rocks. so sorry about the pun.
that was not too bad i can deal with puns i dont know about them
awesome! it looks beautiful.
Really nice job. The suurounding landscaping and all. Looks like a very relaxing place to hang out.
Good job would be a great way to make any backyard with enough room look amazing really cool project
Nicely done and the video itself was awesome. Thank you for posting! Have you thought of a green house cover for winter time?
Fantastic job, but it might not be the 30K gal you think. It measures 33' L 23' W 6' D, it's not a circle, it's an ellipse, so let us start by averaging the diameter; take 33" L plus 23" W and divide it by 2, the average's 28' diameter, then the depth's 6' but again that's the deepest part, let's say on average it has 4' of depth, now let us calculate: average diameter 28' X average depth 4' X ( Pi square 3.14 X 2 ) = 1,104 cubic feet X 7.5 gal per cubic foot = 8,280 gal max. Fantastic job !
Nice! Can't wait to start on mine in the spring, luckily I have a spring and a well...
Wow looks great and the amount of work u put in it......Great
Very nice job. I just built a 520 gal pond myself with a flexable linner and that was hard enough work so I can only imagine what it was like for you. I spend about $1200.00 on everything. Since I live in Florida, the most costly part was buying the rocks ($575.00) Since Florida is mostly sand unlike the northeast where I grew up,I couldn't just go to the river and get them myself, I had to buy them at a supply store where they are trucked in from another state. Again, nice job.
Waterfall looks amazing in winter
A fantastic job there
Beautiful job man.
thank you for posting the video. the pond looks great. how did the feeder fish make out?
it's the dog standing by the pool at 3:18, beautiful dog!
beth Schuler oh ok that was my sister's dog and she said that the pet store said she was a mut. But the markings on her and the look of her are the same as my dog. the guy who owned that pet store wasn't that bright or legit anyway .
In my area, for a donation, our volunteer fire department will bring a tanker to your site and fill your pond.
And if your area was his area....
That's a thing??
Did you forget to ask with your legs open?
@@wmc9722 almost all will provide that service, you may get pond or river water, and have to shock it so ask if your particular, clean water costs much more.
@@debrapolenz4962 😂🤣😂😂 if you're building a POND, then river or lake water would be ideal, as it would carry all the natural flora and fauna endemic to the region. The last thing you want is to introduce any invasive species into the surrounding environment after a big thunderstorm or something like that, which would spread whatever is in your pond into surrounding water sources.
Beautiful pond
Great job! What type of plants did you use as filters
love this video. good visual of everything you would want to see in a pond. i especially like the pond sounds in the background. although music is great, it was a good break to watch a nice calm pond video.
that was my first time in a backhoe. wasn't getting anywhere with the hoe, so i basically used the front(loader) and kept driving in and out of the pond digging it out until i couldn't drive into the pond safely anymore. i know exactly what you mean and i definitely would do it differently now.
Great build
as long as it doesn't snow on the ice it's nice and smooth. but most of the time it snows on it and with the melting and refreezing it's not what you would think.. but when it is slick i love watching the dog chase a ball on it...
Awesome job, I couldn't even imagine doing all of that digging by hand. By the way, what type of rock did you use for the base of the pond?
Looks like a backyard pond done DIY style alright!
Just beautiful
Its a good thing its in full sun, for shad plant some hardy lilys that need fun sun. They will shad the water to protect your fish and control algae. All you need is a pump and bio filter that can filter all the water at least two times a hour. Also buy a 2 dozen bundles of oxygenators plants. you'll never have algae problem again
nicely done
yes, goldfish feeders are about 10".
and rosey reds; the 1st spring had 1000's swimming around. now there are so many generation of roseys(different sizes) and an endless supply of feeders for koi and indoor fish tank... rosey's are so much bigger & heathier growing in my pond than the pet stores...
Great Job ! Looks GOOD !
Your pond doesn't look like it could be much wider than 20 ft in the widest direction, but if we generously assume it is 20 ft X 20 ft x 5 ft deep (ignoring the shelves), that would be 2,000 sq ft.
2,000 sq ft is = 14,961 US gal A little short of 30,000 gallons. In reality the shelves would make it much less than 14,961 gallons.
Looks great, deep enough to swim in on a hot day!
You did a great job.
Although you were being a bit lazy not digging the deep part by hand. Lol
Great idea using the concrete truck as a water truck. We at work (retired chicago plumber) have used them as gravel trucks.
Really beautiful!
Sincerly, Ed
Nice job. You've given me an idea for my first place
Great job you have the pirfict location and you did a fine job sir 👍
Great job!! Looks awesome!! How's the water flow? Make sure you get enough circulation....
why did you feel that you needed a liner and filter and skimmer and all that and where do you get the liner? Thanks
Do you plan to put a solar panel for the water pump?
hey grat job....building mine right now so I know how much work it is.....well done
awesome pond
nice job, looks good
Nice. I like that you weren't afraid to go big and used lots of rocks to create a natural effect...not the "ring of rocks" so many ponds have. The bog garden, or what you call "natural filter" at the top is a good thing to have. You need a few more plants, shrubs and aquatic plants tho. And that overgrown hot tub up on the hill has to go. Get an inground.
Beautiful, can you use for swimming?
Beautiful
good job!
I built my pond cheaply too. 9ft by 9ft by 3ft deep cost couple hundred bucks. put bug zapper over it really helped them grow . feeder to 6 inch in 3 months. modified pool filter cost 0$
well done, would love a pond like this with some koi and lillys in it. congrats
I would love an update on this! We live in Arizona and my dream is to have a swimming pond 😍
did you do with the 2 foot level bro congratulations on your pond build
damn ur pond is almost as big as ur house. really really awesome pond u got there.
One of the best videoes of seen on this. No BS just right to the point. They make it seem so tough like you have to be a pro in many of the videos I've seen and the people who do more talking. Ahhhhhhhhhhh it's frustrating. No, grab a shovel start digging and use your God given common sense and your emagination. With Jesus Christ you can do anything, without Him, well don't even try. God Bless Everyone
Have you flooded your house? A pond immediately uphill from your home with just a plastic barrier?
thanx, i did a lot of work while my back was killing me. i had to roll all boulders from around 50' from the UPPER left side of the pond. if you notice, left of the water fall, the ground drops sharply, that's where i had to avoid losing control of those giant boulders and having them roll in and distroying the pond. it took everything i had to move them a foot let alone stopping them from dropping to fast down that steep slope...
I only spent $2009 on materials, but it took me 3 years and I already had a few hundred thousand dollars worth of equipment to use.
great job fella
That looks really hard work and commitment but I'd say it defo added great value to your house :)
WOW!!
You live in amazing place!! it looks like haven :)
very beautiful pond! good job
what size tarp did he use and what thickness just for the pond not the waterfall
amazing work!
looks good but you built it in a dip or ditch, what happens when it rains?
how does it look now?