You have no items in your shopping cart. Call Our Experts Mon. Air Pumps. Search Knowledge Base. Pond Liner Installation. Categories: Construction , Pond Liners. Once you have your design made, you can start digging. If your pond is large, start digging from the middle and work your way to the edge.
Dig to your desired depth and put the dirt in a wheel barrow or other container and haul it to your waterfall area or wherever you planned. By working from the middle out you make it easier on yourself so that you can have the wheel barrow next to where you are digging and solid ground to transport it.
For those with a small pond I recommend digging your pond in the same fashion but you will have to decide what is best. Dig to your specified depth including bog and marginal shelves, and the end opposite of the waterfall, if planned, dig the pond slightly deeper to help create better water circulation and flow to where your pump will be.
If you plan on having a bottom drain, design and prepare for that as well. Dig your edges of your pond at approx. While you are digging out your pond, take into consideration that you should put 2" of light sand onto each layer to help prevent rocks, roots or debris from puncturing your liner. After you have completely dug your pond out, level each of the shelves and thoroughly go through the entire pond and remove any rocks or debris that may be protruding. Add approximately 2" of sand inside the pond to act as a "cushion" and protector under your pond liner.
Lightly sprinkle the sand with water and tamper it down. We also recommend the use of a geotextile underlayment for under your pond liner as well, which helps protect the liner from any rocks or sharp objects. By adding the sand and underlayment, it also helps to provide protection and "cushion".
Once everything is leveled, dug properly, bottom drains installed if desired and sand and geotextile underlayment are installed, it's time to put in your pond liner!
Open the liner and with the assistance of some friends or family members, carefully drape the liner across the pond making sure it overlaps and has equal distance on all sides. Your pond liner will be larger than your pond when you drape it over.
Secure the edges with rocks or bricks and start to fill it with water. By the way, you don't have to walk into your pond and manually contour the liner to the edges, the water will do that while it is filling. Try to have any folds or wrinkles out when you start to fill it. While the pond is being filled, you can tug and move the liner a bit to work out any folds that develop.
Once the liner is taut, you can reposition the rocks or bricks at the edges allowing for the liner to sink down and fill with water. Aquatic plants help maintain the quality of water in your garden pond while adding beautiful and natural touch.
Aquatic plants require different planting techniques than landscape ornamental plants. Follow the garden centers aquatic plant instructions for plant placement. For more information on aquatic plants visit the Aquatic Plants for Water Gardens page in our reference section.
Now that everything is installed fill the pond about two thirds full with water, just enough to get the pump working. Now plug in the pump to get the water flowing. At this point check the pump to make sure it is working properly and check the lighting. While the water is flowing, make adjustments to the waterfall to get the look and sound you are wanting.
Once you are satisfied with how the garden pond components are working and how the water is flowing turn the power off so you can do the finishing touches. Once the power is off and the rocks are wet you can start filling in around the front side of the large rocks in the waterfall with black waterfall foam.
This expanding foam will stick to just about anything and causes the water to run around the rocks instead of under or between them. Let the black waterfall foam dry for 45 minutes before turning the water back on.
Hide the edges under and behind rocks. Add planting areas around the edges of the pond and waterfall. Use mulch to help hide cords, liner and tubing. Skim the water with a net to remove any large debris. Now you can fill the pond the rest of the way with water and turn the power back on. Register Log in Shopping Cart 0. You have no items in your shopping cart. Call Our Experts Mon. Air Pumps. Search Knowledge Base. How to Install a Garden Pond. From choosing the location, measuring it out, digging and then filling your pond, it can be a little overwhelming.
Here we have broken out everything you need to know about building your pond. From how to install a pond liner to choosing aquatic plants, we have compiled all of the important information you should have at hand if you are ready to create your water garden.
Good luck! Categories: Construction , Pond Planning. Customer Service. My Account. Follow Us. All rights reserved. How to install a water garden pt 1. Read More. Shop Pond Liners. How to install a Preformed Pond Preformed ponds are constructed from plastics or fibreglass and are available in various shapes and sizes. Shop Preformed Ponds. How to install a Waterfall or Stream Adding a waterfall to your pond adds an extra dimension to the beauty of your water garden, as the falling water sparkles in the sunlight with the delightful relaxing sound of tumbling water.
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Consider having a fully or a partially raised pond in these ground conditions.
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