Cost to build a large backyard pond| DIY

This pond is 8 metres (26 foot)x 10 meters (30 foot). It has a 16m (52 foot) long stream. It is 1.4m (just over 4 foot) deep. The break down of cost are as follows:

-$200 for the dig (Mates rates)
-$4000 for the liner ( Thats just for the pond and intake bay, i had some existing liner from and old pond for the bog filters and stream)
-$1600 geotextile
-$400 for seam tape, primer, rollers, silicon, foam etc.)
-$2500 Rock and gravel ( I also reused the old rock and gravel from the old pond)
-$100 Drainage pipe
-$70 Second hand olive barrels
-$1000 pumps
-$100 extension cords for pumps
-$1100 on plumbing includes the air pump price.

[ninpot]

I am almost as much in awe of the quality of your videos as I am of your work bud. Massive legend.

[samchanning]

I think you have done an incredible job Kev professional or not ponds can be so expensive (as I’m finding) but saving we’re you can and having ago yourself is all part of the achievement once your done 👏👏👍

[kiingindigo]

This is awesome! I’m building a my parents dream pond for them and this really takes a load off when it comes to figuring out how much everything should be costing!

[justinmorrow]

Great Job, looks fantastic and we all appreciate how transparent you are about the costs

[milothechihuahuabrunetandmommy]

Its beautiful thank you for sharing have a beautiful day God bless you always

[jerrychetty]

This is great work Kev and the pond must have matured quite nicely now with the plants ❤

[saralynostwinkle]

Great video!!! u sure do lovely ponds!!! I have a 30 by 30' pond with a 50 foot bubbling brook, a waterfall and a intake bay holding both pumps. I need to add it up but we just finished the rock last week. In the spring, i will be planting. I am sure i am at 10, 000 dollars and i got all the rock i wanted for about $800 as it cost me that to go pick it up in fuel. Its so nice to have a run down like this when u r dreaming!!! Otherwise, like w me i was nervous as i built it! So great

[susanmyer]

The pond is fantastic. I’m not sure a “professional” could have done a better job. Loving your videos and looking forward to the day when I have a pond.

[halleluYAH]

Awesome! Props to your DIY techniques.

[theturtleguru]

Yes it is heap of hard work but it's worthwhile 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[ritwit]

New Subscriber here and i think you have done an amazing job Kev!!! This is exactly the kind of pond i dreamed of in my yard and i'm glad that it can be achieved for a little over $10k, as i know how expensive they can be, but i'm happy to spend the amount you did for your pond and now i'll be able to do one of my own sooner, rather than years later down the road.

[TheZombieRebel]

A lot of hard work paying off with such a cool pond!

[ponrajk]

Great job Kev!! Passionate pro job. I and my 5 year old building a small pond at our backyard. It’s our Melbourne lockdown project to keep kids busy. Not sure how it’s going to turn out. I took about a ton of inspiration from just you. Will email you the pics once it’s kind of done.

[geoffj]

Superb effort Kev, can't wait to see what it looks like a couple of years down the track.

[caseybrightwell]

Awesome video! I think it came out great!!!
Can’t wait to try this on my property soon ❤️

[TylerTervooren]

Looks so good, Kev. It's just going to get better and better as the landscaping grows in. Our ponds are similar in size and features and I was about to say, "we're at about the same cost" but then I remembered I'm spending USD and you're spending AUD... and I still have a $1-2k more to go. Doh!

[BitsOfInterest]

Thanks so much for all these videos. I want something quite similar but I don't want to wait 10-15 years to save up $150k for it so a professional can do the whole thing... I might end up using a lot of the pro products though, because I see a lot of benefits in the same ones you used. I might even get a few of those expensive skimmer boxes 😜

[Brad-ltlw]

awesome...where did you purchase the liner from?

[OneOfAMine]

Thanks so much for your useful content stunning professional job Kev incredible thanks for creating this amazing video!

[LL-fbwz]

It looks like a professional job to me.