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pond
Posted: Sat May 28, 2011 5:38 pm
by 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
Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 7:52 pm
by Perry525
5,000 litres of water equals 5 short tons.
No.!
Posted: Tue May 31, 2011 7:55 pm
by 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
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 11:39 pm
by 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.