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Pond Installation

 

The formal Koi pond pictured above was designed with input from the client and installed by us using high quality building materials. A top quality butyl rubber liner and a pump that is designed for minimal maintenance were installed. Hand made copper leaves were created by a local artist that were installed to allow the water to flow over from the top pool into the bottom gully. Our fully qualified electrician installed an armored cable carrying electric from the house to the garden shed, where the pond electrics would be housed. He then wired in the UV unit that eliminates algal blooms, pump and pond lights to leave a tidy fuse board with labeled switches for easy use. Water de-chlorinator and filter start was added and the filter was left to mature over a period of 3 weeks, after testing the water parameters, the pond was stocked with lovely koi carp and gold fish. 

 
 
 

This pond was created to be ornamental but designed to be more softly landscaped than the first pond described.  You can see the white felt underlay installed to protect the liner and again a very high quality durable buytl liner used.  A water fall built into the construction and a good quality vortex gravity fed filter and a large UV unit to eliminate algae blooms or commonly known as green water.  Lillies were added to the pond and Iris plants in baskets.  The pond was stocked with Koi carp, goldfish and Rudd.


Installing a raised pond built bespokely using 2 patio slab crates joined together with the centre walls cut out.  Reinnforced with wood and installing a rubber liner with  underlay.  A good quality pump that runs the pressurised canister filter and fountain.  To complete the pond, it was painted with green willow coloured exterior paint.

Installation of a Wildlife Pond and Bog Garden: Winter 2017

Digging in the Fiber glass liner using sand and felt underlay to protect it.  Creating a bog garden by digging the bog garden, dressing with felt underlay to protect the rubber liner installed. Making a small number of holes in the bottom of the bog garden through the liner for an element of draining so it doesn't become water logged during very wet weather. Adding 4 inches of 20 mm gravel as a barrier between the holes and the soil, so the holes don't become blocked up.  Filling the bog garden with soil mixed with compost to increase the nutrient levels.  Plant carefully selected bog garden plants so the bog garden will not become overgrown and therefore is easier to manage.  This area will need watering during long periods of dry weather.

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