When I bought my house it came with a pond already stocked with fish. I tried all sorts of things to keep predators such as herons and foxes out. This was a previous attempt from a couple of decades ago. Make a note of the newel posts and balustrade spindles on the left as you will be seeing them again later.
With in a week, foxes had chewed through the rope, so I replaced it with brass chain.
Since then the wooden spindles have quietly rotted over the intervening years, I needed a more durable replacement. Following some research, my Lovely Cousin and I came across this simple fencing system. The two panel sizes gave us (me) the flexibility needed to go round curves of ever varying radius.
All that was needed was to break out my SDS drill and punch holes in the concrete pond surround …
and bang in a few fence staples with my trusty all-steel hammerfor.
The old bridge-sides were rotten, although the non-slip deck was still in good condition, so I needed to make new arches …
before refitting the decking.
Phase 1 complete.
Now on to the main part of the pond.
As another project, I intend to narrow the chute at the top end to increase the velocity and hopefully produce more “white-water”.
For several years now we have had problems with foxes and badgers burrowing under the back fence. I think I have stopped them, but we have to check every time before we can let our little doggy beyond the yard area outside the back door, so we needed a gate to stop him escaping before checking.
Curved offcuts from the bridge span plus a pair of spindles from the balustrade to form a gate…
plus some angle iron brackets made from an old bed frame to mount the gate posts …
and the recycled newel posts ended with this artistic creation. It is true to say I am ever so slightly chuffed with the final result.
