We moved house November 2012 and the new owners of our old house agreed to look after our Koi, some we have owned for over 25 years.
I found your railwaysleepers.com site via a google search and decided to build a new pond.
I got very good advice and ordered the railway sleepers and timberlock screws late November. My son helped with the delivery of the railway sleepers. We had to slide them down a board about 8 feet! My son was going to help with the construction but he did not have time with work and a new baby boy.
I built the pond myself, I used a small electric chainsaw, a rechargeable drill screwdriver, drill bits, and small rolling pins from Tesco (see picture). The railway sleeper pond took about two weeks to complete and was quite hard work for a 62 year old! It was quite easy to lift one end of a railway sleeper and roll it into place on one, two, or three rolling pins. The fish have settled in well and we are very pleased with the finished project.
Joe & Dee
RAILWAY SLEEPERS USED
New Oak railway sleepers
Timberlok screws
RailwaySleepers.com Says..
Thank you so much for your time and effort to share this railway sleeper project. A fabulous project with perfect photographs showing every construction moment stage by stage, that is incredibly useful. From the very first beginnings to its magnificent conclusion you have built a fantastic raised pond that would grace any garden or landscaping project. Very beautiful and very impressive, not to mention the ingenuity of the rolling pins in moving the railway sleepers!