Psylant Posted February 8, 2016 Report Share Posted February 8, 2016 Hi everyone,I'm starting to see how feasible building my own tank would be. Does anyone know where the best place in the Calgary/Okotoks region is to buy marine grade plywood? I heard Oak marine grade was the best, if at all possible. Bonus points if they could do the necessary cuts on site to make transportation and the build easier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syno321 Posted February 8, 2016 Report Share Posted February 8, 2016 Best bet would be a Windsor Plywood store, and yes they do cuts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckmullin Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 don't even need marine. standard plywood. get pond liner and use that. imo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceturf Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 If your wood is getting wet directly and regularly - I don't think it matters what kind of plywood. Construction grade fir is cheap and tough, go with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psylant Posted February 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 Best bet would be a Windsor Plywood store, and yes they do cuts I'll try there. Thanks. don't even need marine. standard plywood. get pond liner and use that. imo When we're talking about 540g of water I'd like to be sure the wood is of nice quality with less defect. I'll be using PondShield to coat the plywood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckmullin Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 Standard plywood is just fine again. with any type of structure holding back water bracing is very important...both types of woods will do the same job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psylant Posted February 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 Standard plywood is just fine again. with any type of structure holding back water bracing is very important...both types of woods will do the same job. I'm a little afraid of a hidden void in the regular plywood. Even though the PondShield will coat the wood and substantially increase the strength, the weight of the water may crush a layer of the plywood exposing a void behind it, which would be very bad news indeed. I'll try to find marine grade wood but if I cant I guess I'll have to settle for extra thick regular plywood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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