First, know what he wants.

If you need some ideas, visit the library or at your local store and browse through landscape books, garden and pond magazines.

You can also search the web and read and study as much as possible.
Design is the most important phase of the project. I have heard many complaints from disappointed customers after they had been able to adapt to their new addition to the landscape. "I wish I had done more. . . Deepened. . .

Added an island. . Was longer and build a bridge. . . Built near the house. . . Installed a water pump of the major waterfalls … O.. . Built the highest waterfall or more. "
Most of these requests can be granted for a reasonable cost, before or during construction.

But wait until it is incurring a huge cost that can be cost effectively prohibitive.

If you choose to omit the item or property, due to its cost, then take steps to enable the structural add later.

You can plan and design the landscape to allow for easy additions to the Koi Pond latter only by the strategic placement of trees, sprinklers, drain lines, and much more.
When you decide exactly where to place the koi pond, take the time to outsource. Garden Hose is very popular for this job, because you can easily move around until the desired shape. When this happens, you can use spray paint on buildings and land on the edge of the tube.

If there is any doubt about where to put koi pond, give him a couple of days and get outside opinions.

After wandering through the garden, while looking at the proposed site from different directions, especially seen from inside the house, from the room where you spend most of their time.
Remember to take into account everything around. How close is the nearest tree? Roots of a problem later? However, only the sun all day? Some aquatic plants need more sun exposure than others, such as lilies. Make sure you know if the main power, water and sewerage connected to the home.

It's so good to discover after the gas or water line through the center, 36 cm below the surface of a Koi pond 48 inches deep.
No land to block part of your garden, you may need drainage, sprinklers or heavy plant. Rooms in advance, or delete items and to install drainage and sprinklers.

If it is not desirable to run the sprinklers at the time, drain hoses run 4 inches below the stream or pond sections to run low voltage cables and irrigation lines later.
In the case of koi pond depth, if you plan to have more than 18 "deep, must consult with local building codes to determine whether it requires a 6 meter perimeter fence.

You may also need door alarms, self-closing gates on the side of the house.

If the location of the koi pond is not on, do not worry that you have all the excavated dirt on the uneven ground pond and be creative with terraces on the top a koi pond and waterfall, or a part of the court pending a river or stream.
A pond can be placed on the slope to build a retaining wall to contain parts of the hill. Put a stake in the ground to the top surface of the water represents the koi pond. Continue with additional shares in the form of the lagoon suggested that a level that it is progressing. Consider deep koi pond should be and begin to remove dirt. In this context, taking into account soil conditions and determine whether you need just shovels and a hoe, or if you need to rent a jackhammer. In addition, if the soil is sandy and unstable, needed to shore up the walls with plywood and media forms before pouring concrete.
Most times the floor of a pond excavation can be used to create retaining walls in the landscape more accumulation of a waterfall.

If the koi pond is a large excavated soil can be used for a patio level that gives a second pond koi high.

If there is access to the backyard of a Bobcat or excavator, additional land is taken away by truck and can be downloaded into a rented trash container or trash can.
The main phase of the water project is a feature of planning, design, and no excavation.

If you do not pre-planned and its waterfall and Koi Pond for now, the tab of this article away until you do.
It was a pleasure to share with you. Until next time. Happy Koi, Peace & Joy.