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[dylan18]

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

[Perry525]

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

[dylan18]

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

[chris_on_tour2002]

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.