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Above: The finished blockwork One of the biggest headaches I had on the build was
Due to the curved walls and fibreglassing was the pond window, should we have one or not – that
the blockwork was quite now complete with two
time consuming as a lot layers of 450gm CSM was the question, as in those days I only knew two
of the blocks needed to and a surface tissue ponds that had a window so there was little
be cut to different sizes which I top coated black. information about windows in ponds, so it was a big
to create smooth curves.
headache regarding researching what glass to use,
Right: and how to do it, etc. I even continued the blockwork,
In the summer of 2003 it but over the winter of 2002 I found the answer and
was time to fibreglass come spring 2003 the Stihl saw came out and the
the pond, so it was time ONE BIG
for me to learn a new blocks cut out ready to receive the glass window. I’ve
HEADACHE
trade. never forgotten the guy saying to me as I walked out
the glass factory, “you can drive a tank over that glass
ON THE BUILD bonnie lad, as it won’t break!”
WAS THE The summer of 2003 saw the next phase, which was

POND WINDOW the fibreglassing, of which I had to learn, again
completed by myself – a skill that would later come in
handy! There weren’t many ponds fibreglassed back
then or even someone who glassed them! It was the
modern new thing coming in, so again time had been
spent researching the best method, materials, etc.
I went for two layers of 450gm CSM with a surface
tissue, top coated black.
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