Pond construction material

[Skuttle]

Hey all

Just wanting to draw on some experience

What's the best material to construct an above ground pond from?.

I was thinking of brick and render the inside and out will this work or is the concrete / render band for the fishes?.

Should I fiberglass or use a liner

Any suggestions would be helpful

Cheers

Chris

 

[shelferich]

I'm kind of curious about this as well. Hopefully someone with some experience will chime in. Most of the ponds I've seen on here are tiled, although couldn't you just use pond armor to seal the concrete or brick? Seems more durable than using a liner or tile/grout, etc.

 

[Skuttle]

I have been doing more research since asking this and it seems that Rio bar and big hollow bricks are the go and then rendered and painted with something like pond armor , dice i live in Australia I need to get a postage quote for it. The next thing is a window in the side anyone have any ideas should it be recessed or flush

 

[yogurt_21]

you can also go with cinder block + mortal with a ponarmor or ames blue max type coating. I aways found it much easier to dig tho personally.