Cost to build a large backyard pond| DIY
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
- This pond is 8 metres (26 foot)x 10 meters (30 foot). It has a 16m (52 foot) long stream. It is 1.4m (just over 4 foot) deep. The break down of cost are as follows:
-$200 for the dig (Mates rates)
-$4000 for the liner ( Thats just for the pond and intake bay, i had some existing liner from and old pond for the bog filters and stream)
-$1600 geotextile
-$400 for seam tape, primer, rollers, silicon, foam etc.)
-$2500 Rock and gravel ( I also reused the old rock and gravel from the old pond)
-$100 Drainage pipe
-$70 Second hand olive barrels
-$1000 pumps
-$100 extension cords for pumps
-$1100 on plumbing includes the air pump price.
To see how all the components came together check out the dream pond playlist. • Dream pond build
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I am almost as much in awe of the quality of your videos as I am of your work bud. Massive legend.
I think you have done an incredible job Kev professional or not ponds can be so expensive (as I’m finding) but saving we’re you can and having ago yourself is all part of the achievement once your done 👏👏👍
Thanks Sam 👍
Awesome! Props to your DIY techniques.
Thank you! Worth while too!!!!
Great video!!! u sure do lovely ponds!!! I have a 30 by 30' pond with a 50 foot bubbling brook, a waterfall and a intake bay holding both pumps. I need to add it up but we just finished the rock last week. In the spring, i will be planting. I am sure i am at 10,000 dollars and i got all the rock i wanted for about $800 as it cost me that to go pick it up in fuel. Its so nice to have a run down like this when u r dreaming!!! Otherwise, like w me i was nervous as i built it! So great video!!!!!
I always worry about how much I’m spending on my hobby. But the value I get in enjoyment has been incredible. So glad I did this pond!
Great Job, looks fantastic and we all appreciate how transparent you are about the costs
This is awesome! I’m building a my parents dream pond for them and this really takes a load off when it comes to figuring out how much everything should be costing!
It looks like a professional job to me.
Thanks so much
Wow, nice.
Thank you
The pond is fantastic. I’m not sure a “professional” could have done a better job. Loving your videos and looking forward to the day when I have a pond.
Thanks. I’m sure a professional would have done a better job but it would have cost me over $100,000 for this size and that probably wouldn’t include the stream section.
That is amazing pond❤
Thanks. I’m so happy I added it to the garden.
New Subscriber here and i think you have done an amazing job Kev!!! This is exactly the kind of pond i dreamed of in my yard and i'm glad that it can be achieved for a little over $10k, as i know how expensive they can be, but i'm happy to spend the amount you did for your pond and now i'll be able to do one of my own sooner, rather than years later down the road.
Thanks mate. That’s the goal to help people achieve their own dream ponds. 👍
Its beautiful thank you for sharing have a beautiful day God bless you always
Yes it is heap of hard work but it's worthwhile 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks mate. Appreciate your support and encouragement 👍
This is great work Kev and the pond must have matured quite nicely now with the plants ❤
It really has. This weekends video is how I start my mornings with a little walk around, so you’ll get to see how it’s coming together. 👍
A lot of hard work paying off with such a cool pond!
Cheers 🍻
Great job Kev!! Passionate pro job. I and my 5 year old building a small pond at our backyard. It’s our Melbourne lockdown project to keep kids busy. Not sure how it’s going to turn out. I took about a ton of inspiration from just you. Will email you the pics once it’s kind of done.
Awesome mate 👍
I have a role of that black geo tech cloth I want to get rid of at Pitt town.
Thanks so much for all these videos. I want something quite similar but I don't want to wait 10-15 years to save up $150k for it so a professional can do the whole thing... I might end up using a lot of the pro products though, because I see a lot of benefits in the same ones you used. I might even get a few of those expensive skimmer boxes 😜
I hope you create something special 👍
Awesome video! I think it came out great!!!
Can’t wait to try this on my property soon ❤️
Superb effort Kev, can't wait to see what it looks like a couple of years down the track.
Thanks Geoff. It will be fun sharing how it matures with all you guys 👍
Beautiful work. Thanks for sharing
Love it
Thanks so much for your useful content stunning professional job Kev incredible thanks for creating this amazing video!
Thanks so much for all your kind words 😊👍
I think it looks hella awesome 👍👍👍 love it
Thanks mate 😃
U always say thanks for watching and I say always thanks for creating ammazing video , as aways I like your div bog filters because , they are so chea.and effective as compared to aquascape product's . This build is really amazing, bro next time make a giant ond more bigger than this 👍
😂 maybe if I win the lotto. 👍
Looks so good, Kev. It's just going to get better and better as the landscaping grows in. Our ponds are similar in size and features and I was about to say, "we're at about the same cost" but then I remembered I'm spending USD and you're spending AUD... and I still have a $1-2k more to go. Doh!
I thought you’d come out much cheaper with your liner. Although you do have all those milk crates for your neg edge and wetland. I’m trying no crates in the bogs. Can’t wait for an update 👍
@@Ozponds I got the milk crates for about $1.25/each so not a budget buster (though I did buy 400 of them). My next update will explain why I did not come out much cheaper on my liner. Changed my plan too many times midway through the build.
I can't believe you got all your utilities located and your whole pond dug for $200. I paid $1,000 to hire a machine and operator to dig the initial hole, and another $1,000 to borrow a family friend's machine for basically as long as I need it. That second $1,000 has been really worth it, though!
Yes that was really lucky. My mate works in the city installing all the underground electricity so he just borrowed some of their gadgets. I hate to think what it would have cost otherwise.
Thanks so much for making this video. It's really amazing. We are dreaming about a natural swimming pond that we can share with plants, fish and other wildlife on our small acreage property in Victoria. We swam in so many natural ponds when we lived in Europe and it just feels so much nicer and more natural than your standard swimming pool. But it looks like it is much more expensive to have one professionally done here than in Europe. For something that looks very similar to your pond, but with a slightly deeper swimming zone, we have been quoted a starting price of around $150,000. Crazy! That takes it completely out of our grasp. Now we are looking at whether it's possible to DIY it, but we've heard so many people say not to even bother trying. This video gives me hope that maybe it could be possible. Is there anything you would suggest, if someone wanted to basically do what you have done here, but say to 2m depth in the centre? Also, any chance of an update video so we can see how it's all looking now? Thanks again!
My channel is all about trying to make ponds affordable. There’s quite a few updates on this pond and it often makes an appearance in my videos.
Outstanding! Thanks for the cost breakdown in Aussie dollars! Much appreciated! :-)
No problem 😉
Looks great well done
Thanks Roy
Global Synthetics sell the rolls of Geo for about half that for the 115m role. I think it’s $700
I wish I knew that. Is that with free shipping? I just priced a small roll from another supplier for my paths and the shipping cost more than the fabric! I ended up picking some up from a nursery supplier I know. Suregro here in Melbourne. I’d like to try globals rainwater solutions when I build a pondless 👍
@@Ozponds The shipping is not much. Call and talk To Julian and he can direct you. They even sell a stronger version of Aquablox for cheaper.
Thanks I will 👍
ponds stunning mate ;)
Thanks Geoffrey 👍
awesome...where did you purchase the liner from?
This one I got at rock around the block. Their website was cheaper than aquascape Australia even though the liner shipped from there (I don’t know how that works).
What is the electrical consumption kwh for this pond? If living in a 4 season climate, what would you do during late fall, winter, early spring? Would you run pumps during those seasons?
This pond runs anywhere from 0.2kwh (200w)- 0.3 (300w) I’m using variable speed pumps. 4 pumps @ about 50w, plus an aerator (20w). Sometimes I put the pumps up more, sometimes less. I run them all year.
Hi Kev do you think I could make a bog filter out of 2 IBC 1000 litre water tanks ? just not sure hoe to get the flow out of them without leaking ...Thanks Anthony
Absolutely. You just need a bulkhead or uniseal. If you aren’t sure what they are you can find links to them on my website. Should find them under helpful products.
Your cost for the geo & liner seems really high. Must be weird Oz markup.
Yeap. Good news is others can save money there 👍
hi, great work, looks amazing. would you let me know, how you got your water to get this blue-green look?
That’s pond dye. Do you like it?
@@Ozponds i had to google it, to understand it. and yes, i like it a lot ;)
The good news is it’s cheap, safe for aquatic animals and lasts a long time 👍 if you watch the video when I added it I’ve got some links in the description.
so forget cost of everything what do you put yourself at a hour rate? $40 $50 a hour?
Never thought about it.
I disagree professionals would not done a better job. Yes I think 60k is about right. Excluding your intake bay so perhaps 70k i think people are getting ripped off. I don't see the money when you break it down. Rocks are dead cheap and liner not that expensive then skimmers pumps piping. My only criticism is you could have used larger rocks in the build. But yes its a good build i would suggest building a stone wall below the water level to hide the visible liner
Yeap I wish I had been able to use larger rock but I couldn’t afford a machine to just sit around and be available when I had time to work on the pond 😞. But I’m a bit upset about the wall suggestion, there is no exposed liner below the water surface, there’s some on the edges where I’ve still go to tidy up. But the pond itself is completely rocked.😞
I am guessing a pro would have cost 50k including australia tax.
Your stuff looks plenty professional to me.
Cheers Scott
Did this dream pond also suffered from "new pond syndrome"?
Yes but it was over very fast I’ve been testing a product that prevents string algae that I’ll talk about in next weekends video 👍
@@Ozponds what about one cell algae? Please do mention how did you fixed the new pond syndrome in the dream pond in the upcoming videos
No green water. I’ve never ever had green water in any pond I’ve built with a bog filter. Just string algae. And yes I do mention it in next weeks video 👍