Having pond liner laid can be highly recommended - especially for larger ponds. Laying is not as easy as it seems at first glance. Any mistake you make can result in expensive and complex repairs. You can read here how much it costs to have the film laid by a professional.
How much does it cost to have pond liner installed?
The costs for having a pond liner laid by a professional vary, but are usually between 10 and 20 euros per square meter. For complete pond design, including excavation, capillary barrier, fleece and material, the price is often 50 to 100 euros per square meter.
Difficulties with self-laying
It is important that a pond liner is laid without any wrinkles. This can require a lot of skill - especially with larger ponds - and you also have to organize some helpers.
If even small tensile loads are exerted on the film, or if wrinkles form during installation, the tightness of the film is already at risk. Cracks can then quickly occur. Something like this later results in a time-consuming and annoying search for the damaged area and a comprehensive repair.
For this reason, it makes perfect sense to have the film laid perfectly by a professional. This service is often offered together with planning the film size and delivery of the film. If you're not sure whether you can do it perfectly on your own, you should definitely rely on professional service.
Prices for laying
The prices for installing the film can vary greatly from company to company. The billing for the service also differs from company to company:
While some simply charge a flat rate per square meter of film (e.g. EUR 10 per m²) for laying foil, other companies use hourly rates for laying foil. If several company employees are needed for this, it can quickly become quite expensive, especially with a complicated pond construction with several terraces and an irregular pond shape.
In order to have a rough idea of what the professional construction of a liner pond costs, here are some guideline prices for the complete pond design:
Including everything, prices are often between 50 and 100 EUR per m² of pond - this includes
- Excavation
- Construction of the capillary barrier
- Laying fleece and pond liner
- including materials
This price range also includes (slightly) complicated pond constructions. When you simply lay foil, you get many offers in the range of 10 – 20 EUR per m².
Tip
If you have the liner laid by a pond builder and plan and excavate the pond according to his specifications, you have something very important as an additional service: the guarantee. If leaks or water losses occur in the pond, the company carrying out the work must then fix them - and you save yourself a lot of work.
