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Turbo Tez - 6 years ago

Thanks, That's great.

Turbo Tez - 6 years ago

Hi, love this by the way.. What sealant did you use for the window? And do you use perspex

neozeroone - 6 years ago

Turbo Tez HA6 marine grade sealant it's pretty cheap and fish safe and yes perspex window lasted really well and no scratches even after a weekly clean!

alex cantlow - 6 years ago

Im looking to build a pond in my fist floor council flat any tips

john tran - 6 years ago

The wood alone must be over $300-400 lol

john tran - 6 years ago

I am assuming its 4 x 8. Wood. In usa measurements.

john tran - 6 years ago

What wood size is that? 8x8? Look so damn thick. Im learning how to build one. What recommend wood would you advise?

neozeroone - 6 years ago

john tran wasn't too bad was around equivalent to $200 delivered

TDF - 6 years ago

hows it hold out have you had any issue with the wood warping or the window not taking the pressure

TDF - 6 years ago

good to hear some of the prices of glass alternatives are crazy. currently designing mine and seeing if i can get it past planning permission of my other half. nice pond and thanks for quick response

neozeroone - 6 years ago

TDF No its been perfect and now going 6+ years window has had no leaks and no warping of sleepers.

Dustin .k - 6 years ago

Raised window with contruction

Michael light - 6 years ago

Is the slabs concrete in

neozeroone - 6 years ago

Michael light 2.4m lengh x 1.2m width x 1m height

Michael light - 6 years ago

What's the size mate

neozeroone - 6 years ago

Michael light 6+ years no movement and no leaks

Michael light - 6 years ago

And it holds

neozeroone - 6 years ago

Michael light No just on level sand base

ChrisDaFish - 6 years ago

how cold does it get there in the winter? like, is it okay for me to build that for fish and turtles in northern nj

ChrisDaFish - 6 years ago

Ok, thanks!

neozeroone - 6 years ago

ChrisDaFish Not that cold down to about -4c but due to wood surround water doesn't freeze. Koi can take a lot colder as long as there is a hole for air. Not sure about turtles tho.

deathstrike gamer - 7 years ago

Would you have a measurement and sizeing for this plan. I would love to do something like this for my dad in our basement

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Véronique Pernet - 7 years ago

Do you live in Canada? If yes is the water freezing a lot ?

Véronique Pernet - 6 years ago

Syed Nousheed Thanks for the advice !

Syed Nousheed - 6 years ago

Véronique Pernet Add an oxygen machine at the bottom of your pond in the center And also add some water heaters. I think only oxygen machine is enough to prevent water from freezing.

Lynn Phan - 7 years ago

Hi . Love your pond with window . Please tell me are you using 4x4 or 2x6 pressure treated wood in this pond . Thanks

Jake Meidl - 6 years ago

Its 4x6

john tran - 6 years ago

Looks like 4x8. Pressure treated. Not sure but correct me if im wrong

Lynn Phan - 7 years ago

Thanks

neozeroone - 7 years ago

Lynn Phan Hi it's 200mm x 100mm and 2400mm long. Thanks

nathanahughes - 7 years ago

Hi, love your pond, I'm about to start one very similar, but I am really struggling to work out what thickness of glass I need? Can I ask what the thickness of your was? And did you find it easy to fit this over the liner,
Thank you in advance
Nathan.

Ben Selmes - 7 years ago

What wood did you use?

Lucky Frenchies - 7 years ago

What thickness acrylic would you recommend? 20mm thicker or thinner?

neozeroone - 7 years ago

15mm + is fine obviously if window is larger you'll need thicker.

Happy Trails - 7 years ago

Awsome video nice and simple, keep it up

Bogdan Shvetsov - 7 years ago

You should go to woodprix site if you'd like to make it yourself guys.

deathstrike gamer - 7 years ago

Bogdan Shvetsov do you have a link to the site

RankedZero - 7 years ago

How thick was the plexiglass? And where'd you get it from?/nevermind I found the thickness 15mm

moody - 8 years ago

are the wood sleepers treated?

moody - 8 years ago

+neozeroone clearly no issues with the treatment affecting the fish then, good to know.
Gonna have a go at this in the spring, have a couple of left over sleepers.

neozeroone - 8 years ago

moody They are pressured treated, had them for over three years now and are still good as new.

al chalk - 10 years ago

Really nice pond there. Want to build similar. With that depth did you have any problems wintering over at all?

Cheers

neozeroone - 10 years ago

Thanks, 1 metre deep, wood sleepers are a great insulator hasn't frozen at all yet!

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tee123taylor - 10 years ago

How much was the build

Hmongyaaj John - 10 years ago

Great build

jeffrey everett - 10 years ago

just seen your vid great idea with the viewing window.quick question if you have the time is your Perspex stuck to the actual liner or the underlaythanks again

neozeroone - 10 years ago

Over the top of the liner with a 10cm overlap all round.
Thanks

Race Phillips - 10 years ago

Any easy step by step books you can recommend? Buying a house soon and want to have a raised pond with viewing window. Have the idea in my head but no clue where to start or what to use.

Race Phillips - 10 years ago

Thanks I'll start looking and taking notes. Your pond is very nice btw

neozeroone - 10 years ago

Not sure about any books got my inspiration from fellow youtube videos. Would suggest searching how to videos.

Dave Wright - 11 years ago

Hi, Has the perspex become scratched due to fish or having to clean the viewing window? Would you use glass if you did it again? I am constructing a similar pond out of sleepers in a patio which at the rear of my house with decking about a metre above my lawn.

neozeroone - 10 years ago

No scratches at all, would definitely use perspex again as greater clarity and flexibility than glass. Only negative is cost!

neozeroone - 11 years ago

I have an acrylic glass cleaner takes about 2 minutes to clean every few weeks.

Rome Chan - 11 years ago

what do you do when algae starts to proliferate?

neozeroone - 11 years ago

Hi Mark, thanks for comments, would love to have had a 2.4m x 2.4m if I had the room! 15mm perspex window should be fine just make sure you get a good quality perspex, mine was about £75 for 800mm x 600mm piece. I left a 100mm overlap on my window too, to attach to the sleepers. I applied sealant directly to the perspex (3 layers deep) then attached the perspex to the sleepers using a screw in each corner and then heavily filled using more sealant around the edging. This gave a watertight seal.

Mark Smith - 11 years ago

Fantastic job on the window, building a 2.4m x 2.4m sleeper build like yours but half in the ground and 3 sleepers high (60cms) I'm wondering if I could use a piece of 15mm perspex 1000 x 500 to give me a viewing window of 800 x 300 leaving a 100 overlap all round to screw to pond. Mine would mean cutting a 800 x 100 section out of the top sleeper. Do you think 15mm perspex will be strong enough to hold the water pressure? Did you seal the liner on the back of perspex or other way round?