Preformed pond liners in ground or above ground ponds Which do you choose
Most professionals who create ponds are in fact not all that well equipped to provide the ideal and best advice ... perhaps they can landscape gardens, choose and place plants well but pond keeping is far more than that. One of the first decisions you need to make is whether your pond will be above ground or in ground
The Preformed Pond Important Initial Considerations
This section is important to dont make a mistake here.
Type And Location Of Pond .... Only you can choose but we can help you make a wise choice!
Essentially there are two types of ponds: above ground and in-ground. The next picture shows an above ground pond and waterfall:
Do yourself a favor ....
It is simpler, cheaper, better and quicker to use pre-formed ponds ideally made from fiberglass in natural rock finishes with matching waterfalls or streams as you can see in the picture ...
click here for some natural looking rock water features
The aboveground pond is by far the easiest if a pre-formed design is selected.
For this combined pond and water falls unit that is 3 metres long at its widest point installation needs only 2 people to lift it and place it in position. On the other hand aboveground ponds can be difficult to build from scratch without good bricklaying skills see later
In-ground ponds, an example of which is shown above, alread landscaped need a hole to be dug that then has to be lined using a flexible liner, a preformed design or a concrete/fiberglass shell installation.
In ground fiberglass preformed pond
Since the pond is the starting point of the project. It should be sited correctly with the following points uppermost in your mind. The pond installation if it is to be dug into the ground is the most cumbersome and therefore the most difficult part of the total project so do your best to get this right. Seek help if you do not feel comfortable with doing the job yourself. Most important do not rush it - take your time, get it to fit well into the hole, create good back fill and edging support where necessary and get the pond level in its hole if it is a pre-formed unit.
Pre-formed ponds are best for volumes less than 500 litres because they are ready to install and in the case of the glassfibre features come complete with surround built in so once the pond has been installed there is no further work required to give a finished effect.
Remember an in-ground pond will always appear significantly smaller once installed than it looks out of the ground. Be aware of this when you are looking around the garden centre or you might be disappointed when you finish the job.
For a pre-formed pond installation do TAKE trouble to get the pond level. If you do not the pond will certainly appear lopsided once filled with water. Use a spirit level.
To assist in this task and before you fill the pond to the top check that the water is level after filling with only a few centimetres of water then if not level it will be easy to remove the pond water and do a bit more excavating and levelling.
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This web page is an extract from Tony Roocroft's "The Complete Pond Solver" ... you can read more about it at http://www.really-useful-books.com