Bricks in pond

[madonplants]

Many, many years ago, when building my first pond, I was told that the engineering bricks I had, not many, were OK in the pond. I need more now, but what I see now as engineering bricks are not what I have. I think I have some sort of pavior.

Question..

For raising plants up, does it matter what type of brick you use? The gentleman I spoke to, said some bricks will just disintigrate in a pond and will be useless or harmful to wildlife.

You know me, I'm a worrier, but maybe someone has the answer to a silly question.

[Chuckles]

Hiya Madon. Yes there is a difference in engineering and what I call ordinary bricks. I used some ordinary ones for garden edgers and the wet and frost eventually made them shatter and crumble, guess the same would happen in a pond. Engineering are harder and a more dense brick and they do look different, sort of a smoother shiny finish to them.

I'd think pavers would be ok to use, if you mean block pavers like they use on drives and paths I use them in the garden and they don't react like ordinary house bricks do. Or look for the dark blue/grey bricks, the ones they use as a damp proof course on houses.

[madonplants]

Apr 16, 2008 11:40:14 GMT Chuckles said:

Hiya Madon. Yes there is a difference in engineering and what I call ordinary bricks. I used some ordinary ones for garden edgers and the wet and frost eventually made them shatter and crumble, guess the same would happen in a pond. Engineering are harder and a more dense brick and they do look different, sort of a smoother shiny finish to them.

I'd think pavers would be ok to use, if you mean block pavers like they use on drives and paths I use them in the garden and they don't react like ordinary house bricks do. Or look for the dark blue/grey bricks, the ones they use as a damp proof course on houses.

Thanks Chuckles. I didn't think ordinary bricks would do long term, i.e. left in over the winter.