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Question about a home made backyard pond.....?
This is a question for people who have ponds in their backyard...
I am thinking of putting a pond in my backyard but not your everyday round or oval shape pond, its a long pond kinda like a small lake or river if you will....
Firstly a dumb question.... with an outside pond in the backyard, what is there to look out for when say if it rains heavy oneday wouldn't the pond over flow or is there a way to control it.
secondly.... what is the best way to create a pond... using a thick black plastic sheet in a hole surrounded by rocks which would be hard to find pin holes in or one made out of cement or something....
how have you done yours? and as with the first question what happens when it rains heavily with your pond...
Thanks in advance
The problem is simple for overflow. You can buy a 1 1/2 inch PVC pipe at the local hardware store. Dig a small trench from the pond to a point of the yard lower than the pond. (drain, alley, etc) Place the pipe into the trench. Take the liner, tuck it under the pipe, rebury it. Place rocks over the opening at the pond to keep the pipe down. This should keep the pond from overflowing. PVC liners will work. But for best quality consider EPDM or Butyl rubber liners. These last a lifetime, and are almost impossable to puncture. Concrete isn't recommended because it's expensive requires a huge process to cure and install. And you need to drain the pond every winter to prevent ice cracking the concrete. Thats why concrete is becoming obsolete in the pond market. The pond I have uses the 45 Mil, EPDM liner. And we have ours surrounded with flag stone which can break off into razer sharp peices. Our liner holds up well. Our pond has 2 parts. A larger 9 by 12 FT freeform, and a smaller 4 Ft dia circle. We have a 4 FT stream, 3 waterfalls, and 3 fountain jets. We use pebbles, river rocks, and flagstone. Our pond does flood when it rains. But we arn't done building it. A drainage system we plan to use involves a grate covered with pebbles along the side of the pond, under is a rain gutter like channel. A 4 inch drain pipe leads from that under a stone pathway under our fence and out the alley way behind out house, where it then runs into storm drains, that then carry the water to a series of retention ponds in our neighborhood.
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