The quickest way to do a pond is still the fibre glass shell option. I did mine in 6 days, 22 000 liters + filtration = 25 000 liters


Day 1 - Got digger loader out and did the hole. Fetched fibre glass pool shell while the hole is being dug (6 x 2,5 x 1.5) Inserted two bottom drains in fibre glass shell and lifted the 6 x 2.5 shell into the hole and done the backfill with the digger loader. Threw the concrete slab for filtration. 6 x 1.5 meters
Day 2 - Completed all brickwork for filtration. 6 x 1
Day 3 - Started plaster work / filling of concrete blocks on filtration chambers
Day 4 - Installation of pump and all plumbing and all electricity and completed plaster
Day 5 - Did final backfill and filled pond and started circulation via skimmer(filtration chambers bypassed.)
Day 6 - Painted filtration chambers and did coping.

Costs:
Digger loader hire at R 270 / hour = R 1080.00
Sand removal: R 800.00
Fibre glass shell, second hand black: R 5000.00
.45 pump: R 970.00
3 bag Sand filter: R 1050.00
Gravel for sand filter: R 300.00
2 Bottom drains(normal waste gully type) and 50 mm pvc piping/fittings: R 700.00 (Should have gone the 110 mm route)
1 Labourer x 1 day: R 100.00
Bricklayer x 2 days: R 600.00
Sand, stone, cement, iron reinforcement, and 120 bricks(190's) for filtration: R 900.00
Waterproof paint for filtration chambers: R 500.00

Total: R 12 000.00

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Final product:

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Impressive and cheap! where did you buy the shell from? And how long has it been running now?

Very often pool places have to install bigger/better pools for clients and then they have to take out the old one which they sell for next to nothing. Give it a black topcoat, put a bottom drain in and there you go. This specific one was a mould used to create the shells for lap pools. (Clear Water pools in Epping)

You also often get pool shells that were damaged and you can pick it up for a song.

This pond has been running for 12 months and is very effective, eventhough I used 2 x 50mm bottom drains instead of 110 mm.

Where did you get your pump and sand filter for so cheap?

Try builders warehouse. Pumps and sand filters are the cheapest place for those type of things.

I have found builders warehouse to cost a lot more than other places because it is all under one roof.

I looked yesterday and a .45 pump is around R1600 and the sand filters start at around R1.1k upwards..

I believe Builder's Warehouse did have a deal going with Spek at one stage so they were very cheep I think that has come to an end though ...so they will be the most expensive place on the plant now.

Gerald Buswell wrote:

I believe Builder's Warehouse did have a deal going with Spek at one stage so they were very cheep I think that has come to an end though ...so they will be the most expensive place on the plant now.

Oops, ok. - my bad.

I bought my 0.45kw pump for R 900 and my Sand filter for R 999 from them.

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