A small pond with water lilies and a wooden bridge or a random pond with splashing crucies is a darkef's dream, breaking away from the city bustle and noise. Imagine this dream into reality is not easy, but it is quite possible. The main thing is carefully thought out and plan the scope of work for the pond device.
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First you need to schedule a place where the pond will be located. If you arrange it in the shade of trees, the fallen leaves will pollute the water and provoke the process of rotting. It is also wrong to position the pond on the sun, as water evaporates quickly, and the possible inhabitants of the pond may suffer. Therefore, it is better to choose such a place where the sun will look at 5-6 hours a day. Camping the pond close to the house, closer to the center of the plot, or on the outskirts, if the site is large.
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Deciding with the place, you can proceed to digging the pit. The size of the pond must correspond to the size of the site and take it 1/8-1 / 10 of its area. The minimum depth is 0.5-0.6 m, and if it is planned to start fish in it, then it is necessary to dig up for at least 1.5-2 m. You can create a man-made reservoir of arbitrary shape and sizes, and you can purchase a finished form for a pond from Fiberglass. But such forms are sold limited sizes and shapes. But they are easily installed, and levels for planting plants and compartments for the pump, filter and fountain are already thought out.
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For a film reservoir, the borders of the coastline are planned and digging the pit, creating a bias of 45 ° with the terraces. The height of the walls of each terrace is approximately 25 cm. Then these terraces will be located containers with plants, decorative stones and other elements for design. During earthworks, the roots of the trees who stick out of the ground should be chopped. Good land from the pit can be used for a device of flowerbeds or alpine slide at the pond.
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The squeezing of the desired size and shape, on the entire surface, fall asleep with a sandy substrate and carefully tamper it, eliminating irregularities.
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The next step is to lay geotextile or felt on the bottom of the future pond in order to protect the film from sharp stones or the roots of trees.
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The waterproofing film is spread from above, preferably from butyl rubber (it has increased strength). Works on the device are carried out in the warm season, so it is desirable to give a film for several hours to lie down in the sun - it will become more elastic.
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The size of the film must be calculated so that it performs 0.5 m beyond the boundaries of the reservoir after laying. This will safely consolidate it. To do this, at a distance of 15 cm from the shore, a trench of a depth of 20 cm is digging. They put the excess films into it, pressed by the film by pegs and stones, rushing the earth.
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After that, the pond is filled with water, gradually throwing the folds and watching air from under the film.
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Now you can proceed to decorating the pond. Major stones are stacked along the shore, set decorative figures, masking the film. Plants are planted on underwater terraces in special containers. You can run the flock of fish, arrange a pond with backlight and fountain.
The content of such a reservoir requires constant attention: to remove the fallen leaves in time, it is partially replaced by water, clean the water. For the winter it is not necessary to merge water. To reduce the pressure of ice on the shore, you can throw several empty plastic bottles, covered with covers, tied to them.
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