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| Click on picture for a larger view |
| The deck is 12ft x 16ft. I built a frame for the pond out of 4 x 4s that are spiked every two feet. I dug the hole about a foot deep, all together making the pond 3ft deep. The ledge on the left will be filled with gravel and planted. |
| The bottom of the pond was covered in 1 inch thick carpet underlay, then two layers of scrap carpet. All the sides where backfilled with sand to give a gradual slope. |
| Here you can see the plant shelves on either side, of what is to be the waterfall. |
| Starting to actually resemble something. It's great when you see it starting to take shape. |
| In goes the liner!. I purchased the liner, pump, etc. from a friend who is in the pond business. He gave me everything at cost!. |
| Time for a coffee break!. We used this time to let the sun soften up the liner. That way it would be more manageable. |
| Linda kept saying "What a mess, are we ever going to get finished". |
| The gravel/plant beds are starting to take shape. I used a soft bristled broom to iron out the wrinkles in the liner. |
| Building the waterfall was quite a chore!. Linda wanted it accross the corner and it took me a while to figure out how to do it. With the pond being raised, I also had to raise the waterfall. I did this by building a platform, then I built a staircase out of 2x6 and 2x8s. I then laid the liner up the staircase and started laying the rocks starting from the bottom up. The first step is below the water level. |
| In order to get the water to flow where I wanted it. I laid chicken wire down four different areas, then poured cement, shaping it as I went along. |
| Here we are up and running!. I still had some finishing touches left to do. |
| This is how it looked from the deck |