Pond Liners - Which One to Use?
Article by: Doug Green
There are several kinds of pond , Watering Your Garden - How to Make Each Drop Count liners available in pond , Iris - Species and Care stores.
The first is EPDM rubber - and this is extremely durable, resists punctures and quite flexible. It is normally sold in 40 or 45 mil thickness. If you intend to put a rock bottom on top of your liner, this is the liner for you as it is very flexible and will give and take with freezing. The puncture resistance and flexibility ensure a long life and consistent performance. Usually guaranteed for over 20 years.
Polyethylene is the cheapest liner you can buy. But with this lowered cost comes a lowered lifespan. If exposed to sunlight - this material may only last one season. , Gardening Vertically: Fad, Emerging Frontier or Long-Overlooked Art Form It is not puncture resistant and it is quite stiff. The only serious use of this material is if you have a very large pond , Using Vines to Beautify Your House with a sandy bottom and can bury the edges so the sunlight can't get to it. But if you think you want to build a backyard , Gardening pond cheaply, using this is truly false economy. , Gardening Vertically: Fad, Emerging Frontier or Long-Overlooked Art Form
Polypropylene is another choice and it comes in the same thickness as EPDM and is equally puncture resistant. The problem comes in the flexibility (about the same as polyethylene which is to say terrible) and this makes it difficult to go around corners. But it is the strongest of the liners.
Old swimming pool liners make terrible liners as they tend to degrade quickly in the sunlight and are quite stiff.
And what about cheaper materials such as that for roofing. , Floribunda Rose 'Julia Child' The difference between fish-safe and other material is that the fish , Using Vines to Beautify Your House safe liners are made with a consistent formula. Other non-fish materials might be OK in this batch but if compound A becomes cheaper next week, it will replace the more expensive compound B. The difficulty is that it doesn't matter for roofing , A Few Things About Flowers that compound A kills off fish , Potting Benches: Beautiful and Practical while compound B does not. In fish-safe liners, all material used is consistently fish-safe. But it is possible to obtain a real deal on roof , Birch Leaf Miner liner material sometimes - just be aware that it may or may not be fish , Boundaries and Rooms in Your Garden safe.Doug Green, , Boundaries and Rooms in Your Garden an award winning garden , Treating Rust on Metal Railings writer with 7 books published answers gardening , Save Your Fish -- Heron-Proof Your Pond questions in his free newsletter at http://www.water-gardens-information.com. |
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