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Help- Need Help with Pond Building
Does anyone know of a good pond builder consultant that would come
look a the pond I am building I tell me what I am doing wrong. I was supposed to have it built by next weekend. The problem I have is that the sides are not even, Plus the liner has to many wrinkles. I live in Northern Virginia. Thanks Robert |
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Help- Need Help with Pond Building
Just what do you mean, "sides are not even"? Do you mean level?
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Help- Need Help with Pond Building
Does anyone know of a good pond builder consultant that would come
look a the pond I am building I tell me what I am doing wrong. I was supposed to have it built by next weekend. The problem I have is that the sides are not even, Plus the liner has to many wrinkles. I live in Northern Virginia. Don't live in Va., but to make the sides even you should use a water level (a long clear plastic tube full of water), hold one end near one edge and the other edge near another edge, raise and lower one side at the desired water level and see where the water levels to on the other side. You should build dirt up on the other side and use the water level to make sure all the sides are level. You can make a water level from some clear tubing at home depot. As for wrinkles, it's not possible to get rid of all of them, but when filling the pond up, call some friends over to hold all the edges on all sides and will water in while everyone suspends it above the pond. As it fills, undo the wrinkles. Make sure you use old carpet or similar for underlayment to make sure no rocks poke through. Even if you can't feel a rock or sharp root, sometimes the weight of the water will push them through the ground. But, EPDM is very strong stuff. We had a razor sharp piece of pottery get compressed and squeezed straight into the side of our main pond about 4 inches about two feet below the water line. The liner was so stretched around it, I think if I would've flicked it with my finger it would have popped.... but it didn't! I'm still stunned by how strong EPDM is. |
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Help- Need Help with Pond Building
Contact the MidAtlantic Koi Club. They have several excellent members in
the Northern Virginia area and would probably know someone that could help. http://www.makc.com -- RichToyBox http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html "Robert" wrote in message m... Does anyone know of a good pond builder consultant that would come look a the pond I am building I tell me what I am doing wrong. I was supposed to have it built by next weekend. The problem I have is that the sides are not even, Plus the liner has to many wrinkles. I live in Northern Virginia. Thanks Robert |
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