Would you like to polish up your garden with your own small pond? You are absolutely right. The relaxation and decorative value of a pond is enormous. With a prefabricated pool, you can get your project off the ground particularly easily.
A prefabricated pool is a good way to build a pond easily and cheaply
Pros and cons of a prefabricated pond
If the desire for a garden pond is great, it should of course be realized as quickly as possible. In this respect, the prefabricated pond naturally accommodates you. Because he:
- saves you having to plan your own form
- usually has prefabricated depth zones for variable planting
- basically just needs to be buried
As always, there are also disadvantages and should not be ignored. Also includes:
- Limitation to predetermined shapes
- only relatively small (up to 5m2) tanks available
- slightly more expensive than pond liner
- possibly filter pump system required
If you can get over these disadvantages, you can start installing!
create a prefabricated pond
Once the right prefabricated pool has been found and the space in the garden determined, the next steps are:
1. Digging the trough
2. Insert and muddy the basin
3. If necessary, install pump system
4. Planting and filling
1. Digging the trough
Before digging it out, it is best to mark the pond contours with the help of the pool itself. For example, use a rope or spread a sand track. When digging out the hollow, you need to take care to dig in about 15 cm in width and depth.
2. Insert and muddy the basin
A prefabricated pond basin is particularly attractive because it seems to simply have to be installed in a pit, i.e. it has to be buried. But it's not that trivial. You have to carefully straighten the pool and fill it with sand so that it doesn't subsequently sag like the Leaning Tower of Pisa. When you first put it in, it usually turns out that you have to dig a bit here and there or fill it up again.
Once the trench has been finely adjusted, the bottom of the trough is filled with a layer of sand about 15 cm thick. Then the basin can be inserted and aligned using a spirit level. Then fill the remaining space at the edges with sand and muddy it with a garden hose. In this way, the sand spreads evenly and firmly around the pool and holds it in its final position.
3. If necessary, install pump system
If you want to relax in terms of water quality in the future or want to integrate a water feature, now is the time to use a pumping system. There are easy-to-install combination sets for water purification and connections for fountains, etc.
4. Planting and filling
Now it can go to the nice part: the planting and decoration. To do this, layer some gravel on each of the pool levels. Plant baskets with marsh plants suitable for the depth layers can be placed in there. In the meantime, you can - preferably in stages - let the water run in.