Pool to Pond Conversion

Our goal here was to transform this dilapidated old pool into a usable low maintenance water feature that could be used as a focal point in our yard. This water feature and the contents of this page have been published in numerous magazines.
Our sad looking and non-working pool. Step 1: Dilapidated Pool
This pool saw many, many children running splashing and playing about, but after many years of use, age had taken it’s toll.

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Fill The Hole. Step 2: Filling The Hole
Because the pool was so deep, we decided to fill it in some so that there would not be the 20,000 gallons to treat.

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Pool to Pond Step 3 Step 3: Construction the Peninsula & Planters
To create a little more interest to the feature and to try to make it look a little less like a pool, we created planting shelves and a peninsula.

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Pool to Pond Step 4 Step 4: Liner & Underlayment
After creating the substructure of the pond with the blocks from the surrounding wall, we covered it all with underlayment and then liner. Notice the areas along each side of the peninsula for plant pockets.
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Pool to Pond Step 5 Step 5: The Completed Project
After much work and many renovations to it, the final design includes a 75' stream winding up the hillside to a patio. This tends to be our favorite spot in the summer afternoons for cookies and coffee. This pond has been home to several different groups of fish, from our original Koi (which are no in the gazebo pond), to the baby koi, to the goldfish and Shubunkins, to its curent residents, Golden Orfes.

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