Ponds at the site: make your dreams come true!

On a hot afternoon so nice dip in the cool waters pond at the dacha, Sit with a book in the shade of trees on the shore and watch the play in the rays of the sun goldfish. The dream of your own pond is quite feasible, even if the site location and finances quite a bit. Experts and participants FORUMHOUSE prove it on their experiences and share the secrets of beautiful device an artificial pond.

Step 1. Are planning

Creating a body of water at the site, should immediately consider its further use: whether you will only contemplate mirror water surface, decorated with flowers of water lilies, or planted in the pond fish, from time to time to organize fishing. A pond in the country could become an alternative to the pool, and you will save him from the heat. Correlating the selected set of features with a size of land, it is easier to define the geometry of the future reservoir and calculate its width and depth.

according to Ivan Stepanov, Landscape designer bureau "Grintaym" when planning the pond is important to choose its location on the site. Ideally, it should be protected from strong winds, covered the sun for 6-8 hours a day, and during the hottest midday time to be in the penumbra.

Ivan Stepanov, a landscape designer:

- Pond undesirable placed under the trees - falling leaves will contaminate it, and the pond will have to be cleaned more often. If he has a film, plastic or concrete base, strong roots may eventually ruin the bottom. Therefore it is better to withstand the distance from the reservoir up to the trees, equal to the length of their trunks.

The size and configuration of the artificial pond can be any - it depends only on the imagination and prudostroiteley portion sizes. But still, it is better if the water space area will be more than two square meters. Too small pond will quickly heat up, creating the conditions for active proliferation of algae.

Frank Wolfram, author of "The ponds in the garden", believes that the installation of reservoirs in the area should vesits of examples created by nature. Do not make "craters" - too deep waters with a small surface of the water, and arrange flat bottom - so water plants will be better to take root, and the silt would not accumulate in the center of the pond. The most favorable slopes - at a ratio of 1: 3. That is, at a length of 3 m pond deepest location away from the coast at 1.5 meter, should be only 50 cm. Although, in this pond does not bathe.

Think about the style. You can create a pond in a free landscape style, as if created by nature itself. Or make accentuated geometrically correct layout, inspired by the views of ponds in regular gardens. And if the area is no place at all, you can create a small pond in the Japanese style: because of the lack of free space, full ponds frequent the gardens of the rising sun is often replaced by a miniature stone pools.

Step 2. Roy pit

Ponds in the country must take into account the features of the site. Namely, the soil type, proximity of ground water, the location of underground utilities. Then, starting to dig a pit, you do not accidentally damage the pipe pipeline or underground cable. And will not be on a site with sandy soils hold water body without waterproofing, in hope that the water will not go away.

The contour of the future reservoir should be marked with a hose or a rope with pegs. Excavate possible as using good old shovel and having involved special equipment (if the pond is planned not the smallest).

Member FORUMHOUSE Andreevev the idea of ​​a decorative pond in the country have long cherished, and his unit approached thoroughly. Pond decided to do a three-tier, of 6 cubic meters.

Dimensions dug under the cottage pond excavation made 3,1x2,6 meters. Also we made three terrace width and a depth of 0.45 m, whereby the depth of the reservoir turned 1.35 m.

Pond Terrace arrange them to be positioned on aquatic plants and convenient approach to the water while bathing.

Advance consider how you will use or remove excavated soil to further earthworks did not your headache and interfere with landscaping around the pond.

Step 3. mount waterproofing

Most of the truckers, who decided to make the pond, hoping to do without waterproofing.

It all depends on the type of soil: if the pond arrange on heavy clay soils that hold water well, you can take a chance and try to do without waterproofing. Although this experience is not always successful.

Participant FORUMHOUSE NikA 9I decided to experiment:

- My husband - the supporters of the most eco-friendly approach, wanted to avoid the welded film. What we decided to do: dig a hole and drill wells that idea was not a gamble, sure enough layer clay, loam for a water trap company in the dam and the pond bottom (better to clay / loam was here more). Among other things, the technology chosen digging the pond instead of a bulldozer excavator to evenly stretch vodozaporny layer of clay on the bottom of the pond.

In the spring after the snow melt pond NikA 9 It is filled nearly to the brim, but then during the month most of the water goes into the ground, and by the fall of the pond, and all becomes like a puddle dries up. Need additional waterproofing.

Eco and budget option gidroizolyatsii- laid on the bottom of an additional layer of clay. The thickness of the clay lock should be at least 20-50 cm.

Another way - to use a special film. The cheapest option - the usual polyethylene, but it is short-lived and quickly destroyed under ultraviolet light. A slightly more expensive but also more qualitative material is PVC film. To save money, the participants came up with FORUMHOUSE instead of PVC film use b / a banner ads.

But our hero Andreevev and I decided not to save as a flashing material used butyl rubber elastic film 1 mm thick. According forumchanin, such film is protected against high and low temperatures, UV and tenacious root aquatic plants. Andreevev solid piece of material acquired 6x7 m.

Andrey Smirnov, (a leading specialist engineering and construction company "Akvastroy"):

- One of the new modern pond waterproofing options - with the help of liquid rubber. This material is a two-component mastic based on bitumen and polymers. It is applied by spraying. Such waterproofing is resistant to punctures, temperature (including, capable of withstanding temperatures down to -50-60 degrees) and durable.

Adherents of traditional construction technologies and improvement can opt for time-consuming concrete waterproofing. However, we must bear in mind that the concrete is sensitive to soil loss and sudden temperature changes. And one of the most popular options - the use of ready-made forms of plastic and fiberglass. All the work: planted a - and the pond is almost ready. The form may not necessarily be the purchase. To create a mini-ponds participants FORUMHOUSE even use the old cast iron bathtub.

Step 4: Set up additional equipment and filters

Installation of equipment for the pond - an option that allows you to solve the problem of maintaining the cleanliness of the water body and to realize design ideas.

Our hero Andreevev decided to decorate your pond a small artificial waterfall. To create upland-Homebrew designer sewed ten bags of geotektilya 60 to 100 cm. Sandbags filled steel base falls. Top forumchanin put waterproofing and stones, the stones fixed hose.

To supply water to the top of the waterfall Andreevev used an electric pump 40 watt capacity of 330 l / h. A water purification in a garden pond forumchanin set flow filter canister with the pump and built-in UV lamp which destroys unicellular algae and promotes the protection of the pond flowering. Filter materials: coconut fiber, polypropylene beads, and porous ceramics.

In the long term, the filters will reduce the risk of siltation pond - one of the biggest challenges of garden reservoirs. We are told in detail the Anti-silting.

Optional equipment for the pond - it is also the devices for illumination of the pond, allowing to create a unique design of the pond in the evening and at night.

Step 5: to arrange well the territory and decorate pond

And then, when the reservoir is almost ready, it remains the last, but very important step - improvement. Use natural materials in the design of the pond: large rocks and pebbles, driftwood and picturesque wooden bridges.

Create around a green oasis will help moisture-loving plants: swamp irises, Astilbe, loosestrife, reed mace and others. A real gem of the pond will goldfish - ornamental koi.

Read about the experience of forumchanin Andreevev device mini-pond with waterfall. And if you have already created a pond of your dreams, Tell us about your project on FORUMHOUSE!

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