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Building materials for ponds (Part 2)

May 12th, 2007

PVC film - the advantage of the given material that with its help it is possible to create a reservoir of any form and of any size. You should choose thickness of a film, considering depth and the size of the future pond. For ponds with the less than 15 m area and depth of no more than 0,7 m a film of 0,5 mm thickness is used. For reservoirs of the greater area and depth up to 1,5 m a film of 1 mm thickness should be used. The PVC film is steady against harmful influence of ultra-violet beams and negative temperatures. There are special glues for repair of PVC film and pasting of pieces among themselves. Service life of such film - is not less than 10 years.
At calculation try to consider the standard sizes of PVC film: width of a roll can be 4, 6 and 8 meters, length -???? 20-25 meters (in some cases it is better to change the size or the form of a reservoir, than to stick together the pieces).
Butyl rubber (EPDM membrane) - this material has the same advantages, as PVC, but it is much more strongly and more reliably. At the same time it is plastic enough and it is well stretched in all parties (as a matter of fact, it is the same rubber), it can be easily established within any time of the year irrespective of an ambient temperature. It ideally approaches for creation of reservoirs of the big size, with the big depth and on stony sites (certainly, it is possible to use this material for small ponds). Butyl rubber can be used for almost 10-30 years (depending on conditions of operation), it is possible to stick it together and to repair by means of special tapes and glues.
Butyl rubber is produced in rolls of 4,5; 6,1; 9,15; 12,20 and 15,25 m. width.
It is necessary to remember that despite of high durability, butyl film is not protected from damages. Danger of damage can be hidden in sharp stones in a ground or rodents. No matter what flexible insulating cover you would choose it is better to protect it by means of a no woven material (geotextiles) which does not decay in the ground and protects an insulating cover from damages.???? The sand can be also used as the spreading material. It also approaches for covering of a reservoir bottom. Similarly to isolating materials, spreading coverings have various thicknesses.????
In this article we have tried to tell what we know about materials for construction of ponds.

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