My daughter and her husband want to install a rill in their garden,
with a pump to recirculate the water. They have removed a small pond
for toddler Joe's safety and want a winding rill down which he can
float boats etc.
The question is what to use as a liner for the rill. They want it
curved, and about 6 inches wide.
Does anyone know of a flexible material which would do?
They thought of a small ditch lined with butyl or some plastic
drainage channel, but aesthetically wanted terra-cotta!
Any ideas gratefully received.
TIA

Cheers
Pam

Bristol

"Pam Moore" wrote in message
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My daughter and her husband want to install a rill in their garden,
with a pump to recirculate the water. They have removed a small pond
for toddler Joe's safety and want a winding rill down which he can
float boats etc.
The question is what to use as a liner for the rill. They want it
curved, and about 6 inches wide.
Does anyone know of a flexible material which would do?
They thought of a small ditch lined with butyl or some plastic
drainage channel, but aesthetically wanted terra-cotta!
Any ideas gratefully received.
TIA


I would have thought some sort of guttering material would be ideal.

Natalie

On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 11:07:02 +0000, Pam Moore wrote:

The question is what to use as a liner for the rill. They want it
curved, and about 6 inches wide.
Does anyone know of a flexible material which would do?
They thought of a small ditch lined with butyl or some plastic
drainage channel, but aesthetically wanted terra-cotta!

Guttering? May not be available in terracotta colour though....

"Pam Moore" wrote in message
...
My daughter and her husband want to install a rill in their garden,
with a pump to recirculate the water. They have removed a small pond
for toddler Joe's safety and want a winding rill down which he can
float boats etc.
The question is what to use as a liner for the rill. They want it
curved, and about 6 inches wide.
Does anyone know of a flexible material which would do?
They thought of a small ditch lined with butyl or some plastic
drainage channel, but aesthetically wanted terra-cotta!
Any ideas gratefully received.

Line it with butyl underneath. Then you can put anything you want on top to
make it pretty. If you want terracota, you could probably get terracotta (
or terracotta effect ) roof tiles cheaply enough. You can get U shaped ones
such as the Romans used to use which should meet the requirements.

Martin

On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 11:07:02 +0000, Pam Moore
wrote:

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They thought of a small ditch lined with butyl or some plastic
drainage channel, but aesthetically wanted terra-cotta!
Any ideas gratefully received.
TIA

Cheers
Pam

Bristol
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As we speak we are undertaking just such a venture (well, would be if
it wasn't so cold and windy :-} ) and have lined the gully with Wickes
pond liner (cheapest we could find - 4x3m, UKP26 ) and have cemented
it in to disguise the balck liner. We have embedded very small "Tweed"
type gravel into it and produced a very satisfatory reslt. Perhaps
some mortar colouring in the cement mix might achieve the "terracotta
effect you want. Pix availble if you're interested.