Will this hold

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Cu455

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I built this in my basement but it doesn't fit through the door to take out side to test. Will this hold water? It's 4ft long 4ft wide and ~1.5ft deep. The walls are plywood and bottom particle board. I plan on using a pond liner. Sorry about not embedding the video but I can't get it to work. If some one can do it I will appreciate it.

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSRZj0El9so
 
If it was my build I would have used 2x4s for framing and added a few more supports on each side.

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I should of mentioned this before. The pictures doesn't show the complete build. I added two more verticle support pieces to each side. You can see it in the video.

I didn't put the walls up so I can add a few more support beams of the same thickness on the inside and 2x4s on the outside of the frame. How about the bottom?
 
[video=youtube;DSRZj0El9so]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSRZj0El9so[/video]
 
I don't think you have enough structural support to prevent the walls from blowing out when you add water to the pond liner.
 
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