Stones or bricks capable of providing a 12-18 inch high perimeter around the liner, leaving a 12 inch or so buffer for dirt between the outer edge of the liner at the stones.1 Pond pump, 1 pond filter, 1 pond fountain nozzle, 1 length pond tubing (sometimes all available together in a kit).1 Preformed Pond Liner - I used a 150 gallon one.Pond Seated, Stones Placed Stones and Pond Backfilled, Mortar Rim Added Stone Rim Added Water Feature Finished Materials Needed So, if you had all the materials before hand, I would estimate you could do this in one three day weekend, or even a normal weekend if you had help. This was a very much improvised project for me, I wasn't using any plan I had found previously. I spent around 3 days of work putting this together, though I did that work over 10 days as I did not have all my materials together when I started. Cutting those out the cost could be brought down to $900, or maybe even $750 if you did your own electrical work. In total I spent around $1200, but I bought some luxuries that were unneeded. I also wanted to show off some stones, raised beds are safer for kids and critters, and with a raised bed you don't have to worry about flooding sending all sorts of nasty junk into your pond from the surrounding garden. The main one is I wanted a focal point in the garden bed and a ground level one wouldn't work for that. I decided to do a raised water feature, for a few reasons. I was wrong, very wrong, this was easy, short, and relatively cheap to do. I thought water features were mystical things that only professions could do, or that they were way too expensive. I had been planning it and thinking about it all winter, and I was worried that it would be too difficult or complex a project. I recently installed a water feature in my landscape.
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