pond

by **dylan18** » Sat May 28, 2011 4:38 pm

I'm going to rebuild my pond and was wondering if a frame made out of 4inch x 2inch would be strong enough to support the water.

The frame will be 3 foot high and 8 foot long on each side and will hold about 5000 litres of water

by **Perry525** » Mon May 30, 2011 6:52 pm

5,000 litres of water equals 5 short tons.
No.!

by **dylan18** » Tue May 31, 2011 6:55 pm

i dont mean standing on top of it if thats what you think mate i mean like this http://www.koivista.com/display_photo.php?pic_id=39610 as this was made from 4 x 2 aswell

by **chris_on_tour2002** » Sat Jun 04, 2011 10:39 pm

so it's more about containment rather than weight bearing.

you've doubled up the joists and added noggins so looks fairly substantial, i would be inclined to add some strapping at the corners as they are going to be the weakest and most likely failure point.