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Large Preformed Ponds
"Tim" wrote in message om... Hi. We've recently moved into a new house, which has a pond in the front garden, complete with installed pump/filter. It looks like it's been done with standard pond liner and has at some stage been damaged and now leaks. We're relatively inexperienced when it comes to ponds, but would like to get the pond replaced with a large preformed pond liner. I've had a little browse around the internet but have struggled to find one large enough. The space we have is around 350cm by 300cm, and about 100cm deep (at deepest part). I'd be grateful if someone could advise where we could get something around this size. Also...are there any other major points we need to consider? Many thanks in advance of any help! Regards, Tim. preformed are VERY hard to get right (much harder than a "flexible") and mine was only a 50 gallon.... and they do get fragile with age.. (they are fragile anyway!!!) IMHO you would be far better buying a butyl (or firestone) liner and (after checking for whatever caused the leak in the old one and rectifying) laying it over the original pond (make sure you buy one big enough).. (of course you will need to pump out the old water, store the fish for a few days etc.. but IMHO it will be worth doing!) HTH Lost |
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We've recently moved into a new house, which has a pond in the front garden, complete with installed pump/filter. It looks like it's been done with standard pond liner and has at some stage been damaged and now leaks. We're relatively inexperienced when it comes to ponds, but would like to get the pond replaced with a large preformed pond liner. I've had a little browse around the internet but have struggled to find one large enough. The space we have is around 350cm by 300cm, and about 100cm deep (at deepest part). I'd be grateful if someone could advise where we could get something around this size. Also...are there any other major points we need to consider? Many thanks in advance of any help! Regards, Tim. |
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"Tim" wrote in message om... Hi. We've recently moved into a new house, which has a pond in the front garden, complete with installed pump/filter. It looks like it's been done with standard pond liner and has at some stage been damaged and now leaks. We're relatively inexperienced when it comes to ponds, but would like to get the pond replaced with a large preformed pond liner. I've had a little browse around the internet but have struggled to find one large enough. The space we have is around 350cm by 300cm, and about 100cm deep (at deepest part). I'd be grateful if someone could advise where we could get something around this size. Also...are there any other major points we need to consider? Many thanks in advance of any help! Regards, Tim. preformed are VERY hard to get right (much harder than a "flexible") and mine was only a 50 gallon.... and they do get fragile with age.. (they are fragile anyway!!!) IMHO you would be far better buying a butyl (or firestone) liner and (after checking for whatever caused the leak in the old one and rectifying) laying it over the original pond (make sure you buy one big enough).. (of course you will need to pump out the old water, store the fish for a few days etc.. but IMHO it will be worth doing!) HTH Lost |
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Hi Tim,
As a person that has had a large preformed pond and now has a flexible liner pond, I can tell you that you would be better off going with a flexible liner. You didn't say where you live, but if you live any where there is cold weather and freezing temps, the ground can heave as it freezes and push the preformed liner so that it is not level anymore. We had a 270 gallon preformed pond. And believe me, my hubby had it as level as it could get. This spring we noticed that it had really sunk on one side. We live in Idaho, and have snow and freezing temps most of the winter. This happened within a 2 year period. My hubby figured it was sinking some each year but we just didn't notice it until this spring. Hope this helps you. Jan "Our Pond" Page http://hometown.aol.com/pinkpggy/index.html |
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I live in Northampton (UK), so we don't get very harsh weather often -
just the usual: rain one minute, bright and sunny the next!! It's actually my folks who've asked me to do a bit of research, so thanks very much for the quick responses. I'll pass on the recommendations of getting a strong flexible pond liner, and laying it over the top of the old one, rather than getting a preformed one. Thanks a lot! If anyone's got any further advice or recommendations, please keep 'em coming!! Tim. |
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"Tim" wrote in message om... I live in Northampton (UK), so we don't get very harsh weather often - just the usual: rain one minute, bright and sunny the next!! It's actually my folks who've asked me to do a bit of research, so thanks very much for the quick responses. I'll pass on the recommendations of getting a strong flexible pond liner, and laying it over the top of the old one, rather than getting a preformed one. Thanks a lot! If anyone's got any further advice or recommendations, please keep 'em coming!! Tim, My main pond, Shareholders Pond, is about 3000 gallons in total. I used 45 mil EPDM. It was heavy but my wife and I spread it easily ourselves. We just started our second pond, which is a preform. It is a pain in the arse. BV. |
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Large Preformed Ponds
"Tim" wrote in message om... I live in Northampton (UK), so we don't get very harsh weather often - just the usual: rain one minute, bright and sunny the next!! It's actually my folks who've asked me to do a bit of research, so thanks very much for the quick responses. I'll pass on the recommendations of getting a strong flexible pond liner, and laying it over the top of the old one, rather than getting a preformed one. Thanks a lot! If anyone's got any further advice or recommendations, please keep 'em coming!! Tim, My main pond, Shareholders Pond, is about 3000 gallons in total. I used 45 mil EPDM. It was heavy but my wife and I spread it easily ourselves. We just started our second pond, which is a preform. It is a pain in the arse. BV. |
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