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We're ready to put down the underlayment and the liner in the pond.
It's only gonna take a couple minutes.
So I wanna take the time right now to answer some commonly asked questions that we hear
all the time.
One question that we get all the time is, how long is this liner going to last?
Well I'm here to tell you that the liner that we're using is a 45 mil EPDM liner.
It's incredibly durable, has a lot of elasticity to it,
and it has a guarantee from the manufacturer for 20 years.
Now the guarantee is about not falling apart due to the Sun.
Sun damage that is, so you could literally take this rubber liner, put it on a roof for
20 years, and it still guaranteed to that time.
So when, we put it in the pond and we conform it to the walls, we're gonna put rock work in
here, we're gonna put some gravel down, and we're gonna protect that liner from the Sun.
So we're literally getting years and years beyond that.
I've seen ponds that are 40, 50 years old and they're still holding water, still intact and
they're gorgeous.
Another common question we get is once that ladder's down, can I walk on it?
They, the people are real nervous to get in and out of the pond.
Their dogs are around.
They're nervous about that.
You literally can walk right in here.
You can have the rocks in there.
You can step on it.
I've seen big, you know, Rottweilers run through the pond with their nails and
it doesn't damage the pond at all.
The other question I get all the time is how do I know what size liners to get,
and that's what I'm gonna cover right now before we do this.
This particular pond, eight foot by 11, we're down about 33 inches deep.
So, if I'm eight foot wide, I need to calculate the three foot down, I need to
calculate the three foot up, and then I need about six inches overhang on each side of
the pond, so I can do my edge treatment and I can make sure the water's not coming out.
You don't want it real, real close, okay?
So, I need 15 foot on width this way.
We're 11 foot wide, and, once again, three foot down, three foot up,
and then I need a little extra play on both ends, so do the math there.
What we have on this pond, we have a 15 by 20 liner.
It's gonna be all one continuous piece, and before we put the liner in,
we're gonna spread the underlayment.
Let's get started.
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So a common asked
question I get about this
underlayment is when we're,
we're sending out custom
pond kits to people a lot of times
the fabric underlayment doesn't
match the liner size, and
you need two or three pieces
the underlayment cover the excavation?
So that's a common asked question.
It doesn't have to be one continuous piece.
You can cut it in all different shapes.
As long as you cover all the spots where your getting, you know, rocks and roots might come
through so I wanna throw this piece up here and then we're ready for the liner.
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All right we have the underlayment, and
the liner installed I got my fish tunnel back in on top of here,
we are gonna set the skimmer in place, but otherwise we're ready to rock,
if you have any questions whatsoever about what we did here today.
Please post your questions in the comments section,
I'll get to every single one of them.
I'm Eric Triplett, The Pond Digger.
Thanks for watching.
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