Woos new pond

It's coming together nicely . I'm sure the fish and Frogs will love their new home. And being raised up will make it easier to look in and see what's going on Will you have any other plants apart from the Lily ? I'm going to buy a Lily to put in my little pond - when the garden centre gets a delivery that is.

 

It looks lovely Woo, very pretty pink colour . I will need a small Lily for my pond as it's quite small ( a P shaped bath ).

 

That pump looks well-designed. Usually in ponds without a bottom drain, I'd recommend siting it on a couple of bricks to keep the intake as it's usually quite close to the bottom, out of the sludge that always accumulates at the bottom of a pond over time. But on this one it's at the top. It will also mean the intake will likely not get completely blocked by some leaves or with some pumps a frog!
It's a "well know fact," that if any leaf falls in your garden or from any tree in your road, it'll end up in your pond.

 

I'm adding this more for those who may not have had experience who may be contemplating building a pond, as it's important.

The problem with having electrical stuff in a pond, is connecting it safely to a power supply. There's been "in-line" connectors around for ages. Like this one.





But these can be fiddly, it's a major job to disconnect them if necessary.



I use those made by Blagdon. You'll find them on e-Bay. These are easily disconnected if you need to separate your pump or whatever from the electrical supply.
As I have both Summer and Winter pumps for my koi pool, (the Winter one is less powerful as it doesn't have to also feed the waterfall and the filters aren't working so hard), these are quickly changed without having to dismantle the connector. The cover is to keep the supply (on the left) protected if an appliance is disconnected although it's best to turn off the power. The cover will prevent moisture or dirt getting into the tiny pin sockets.



The other consideration is an RCCB.
The supply to our garage has dedicated circuit breaker in the house consumer unit. This is connected to an old fuse box which actually uses fuse wire in the garage. But the supply to all the garden circuits passes through this big RCCB unit on the wall of the garage. This is more sensitive than the one in the house consumer unit.

The other point I'd make is that you should check the breaker occasionally by operating the trip switch.

 

I only have a small pond, luckily the pump lead is long enough to reach the power supply with out a joint,

I use this type of breaker but uk model


They do a plugin type, if mine ever packs up i will replace it with this type.
http://cpc.farnell.com/pro-elec/kpp...MIq56bs6Oc2QIVorDtCh0deQqiEAQYBSABEgK0qPD_BwE