A pond from an old bathtub in the country with your own hands: where to place and how to decorate?

When creating an artificial reservoir, it is necessary to take into account the subtleties of building a summer cottage landscape. For example, it is desirable to locate a reservoir near the house, but according to Feng Shui teachings, the reservoir should be located in the eastern or southern part of the site.

But all this is important when there is a lot of space in the country, and its owner has enough funds. If both are not enough, then a small decorative pond can be built from improvised material, for example, from an old bath or even a baby bath. Even such a pond will improve your mood and calm your nerves.

How to make a decorative pond from an old bath in the country with your own hands?

Place for a bath in the garden under the pond

It is advisable to choose a place for a small-sized reservoir so that it is partially hit the sun, and would be in the shadows for a while. For example, suppose a tree grows near a pond that will cover the pond from the sun for a while.

The terrain is important. It is undesirable to place a reservoir in the lowest part of the site, since in this case, upstream waters can enter it, which will pollute it.

Materials and tools

In order to create the simplest pond from the bath, the following materials are required:

• bath;
• tile glue;
• stainless steel mesh;
• pieces of wire;
• clay, sand, gravel, cement mortar;
• decorative stones.

From the tool you will need a shovel, trowel, metal scissors and pliers.

Pit

After choosing a place for the reservoir, the first step is to dig a pit in which the bathtub will be placed.

Pit size must correspond to the size of the bathtub with a margin around the edges and depth, which must be 30 cm more than the height of the bathtub.

After installation in the pit, its edges should rise at the edges of the bath by about 30 cm. When installing the bath in the pit, it is necessary to control the horizontal position of its position and, if necessary, level the level of the bath by adding soil.

A video on how to make a pond from a bathroom with your own hands in the country.
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Device

How to make a pond with beautiful edges from an old bathtub? The next stage of the construction of the reservoir - coating the surface of the walls of the bath with glue... This operation serves to make the surface of the bathtub look like the bottom of a real pond in color and structure. To complete the coating, it is necessary to dilute the glue in accordance with the instructions and apply it to the walls of the bath. If this glue is white, then it is advisable to add brown pigment to it. It is not necessary to cover the bottom of the tub with glue. After coating, the glue should dry within 24 hours.

After the walls of the bath have dried, it is necessary to install metal mesh... The mesh is installed on the edge of the bath and extends to half of the walls of the bath. Wire rings should be tied in the corners of the mesh, on which shelves for aquatic plants can later be reinforced.

After installing the mesh, it is installed pieces of rubble... To fix the mesh and crushed stone, a cement mortar is applied from above, which is not leveled. These surface irregularities better mimic the natural look of the pond. Within a few days, the solution hardens.

After the cement hardens, a layer of clay is poured onto the bottom of the bath. A thick solution is made from this clay, which is used to coat the walls of the bathtub, covering the concrete cover and filling all the voids in the mesh.

As soon as the clay is dry, the reservoir is filled with water from a hose. In this case, care must be taken that the water does not erode the clay.

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Pond decoration

Around the reservoir you can plant plants and set decorative stones... Inside the reservoir, aquatic plants can be planted on the bottom and on shelves on the walls. It is advisable to plant plants from a nearby pond in the reservoir along with lumps of soil. Due to this, microorganisms that exist in natural conditions will appear in an artificial reservoir.

Pond bath in the country? Should I use it? Of course, in this gallery you will see many photos of beautiful artificial reservoirs from an old bathtub, which you can make with your own hands both in the country and on the backyard of your house.

To create an ecological balance in a reservoir, you can launch fish into it.

And in order for the reservoir to look beautiful in the evening, it is necessary to make it backlit. For example, using solar-powered LED luminaires.

A video about building a pond from an old bath in the country with your own hands.

Preparing a reservoir for winter

Small ponds, which include the pond from the bath, completely freeze in severe frosts. In this case, damage to the structure of the reservoir is possible, since water expands during freezing. Therefore, when preparing for winter water from such a reservoir must be removed.

Naturally, all fish and plants living in the reservoir are removed from the reservoir and sent to winter in a warmer place.

After draining the reservoir, it is cleaned of any debris and rotting residues.

Conclusion

1. To improve the dacha, it is not bad to arrange a reservoir in it. The easiest way to create a small reservoir in a limited space of a summer cottage is to use an old bathtub.
2. After installing the bath in the pit and processing the walls of the bath, water is poured into the reservoir, aquatic plants are planted and fish are launched.
3. Ornamental plants are planted around the reservoir and decorative stones are installed. To decorate the reservoir in the evening, the reservoir is equipped with lighting.
4. When preparing a reservoir from a bath for winter, taking into account its freezing, plants and fish are removed, the reservoir is drained and cleaned of pollution.