The other thing to consider is the weight. If you are bringing in a couple feet of soil for that area, and adding a rather large water feature, you are literally talking about tons of weight that the floor has to accomodate. A cubic ft of soil weighs about 75 pounds, a cubic foot of water about 63 pounds; multiply that by your 180 and you have around 14000 pounds (to give you a frame of reference, a full sized truck is about half that)

If you decide to go big, I would think that maybe putting it in the basement would be a better bet. Depending on your floor slab, it should handle your weight requirements without a problem. It also may solve your drainage problem as all basements will normally have a floor drain you can just tie into. The basement should also make it easier to control temperature and humidity levels as well. Just thinking out loud here...

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