If you want to create a garden pond, you have a choice: should it be quick and easy with a prefabricated pool? Or does a certain ambition have to be satisfied to design the pond completely individually? Then building it yourself with pond liner is the order of the day.
With a liner pond, there are many design options
Why liner pond?
A garden pond constructed with foil is more difficult and more complex to create than a prefabricated pond. Apart from that, this variant also has some advantages. Especially for individualists. Because it enables:
- Free choice of shape
- Larger pond area
- Tendentially lower material costs
Especially if you like to build your own home projects, building a pond with foil is recommended. On the one hand you can determine the shape and size of your water oasis yourself and on the other hand you can let off steam.
Even if you are one of the bargain hunters, the liner pond can be the cheaper option. At least for the basic material itself, i.e. foil and protective fleece - you have to calculate less than for a prefabricated pool. If you then also take over the digging yourself with your own muscle power and use the pond plants as a natural sewage treatment plant instead of a filter pump system, you are fine (cheaply) out.
Which slide?
Garden centers usually offer 3 different types of pond liner:
- Standard foil made of PVC - it is the cheapest variant, robust, fish and plant friendly and available in different colors, but somewhat stiff and heavy
- PE film - it is a bit more flexible and lighter, very resistant and also fish and plant friendly, but a bit more expensive and difficult to repair
- EPDM foil - it is considered the professional variant, but it is also the most expensive. It is very tear-resistant and at the same time elastic, making it easy to lay, but also sensitive to mechanical damage and then difficult to repair
How to build your garden pond with foil
Once you have determined and marked out the shape and size of your pond, dig up the soil. Pay attention to the different depth zones, which should not be too steep. Remove sharp stones and roots as thoroughly as possible and first fill the hollow with construction sand. Then first lay a layer of protective fleece, then the pond liner.
This should be as wrinkle-free as possible. Then fix them with larger stones and finally add a layer of gravel. Then you only have to plant and fill with water as you wish. It is best to proceed in stages.