Do you want to spruce up your garden with your own small pond? You're absolutely right. The relaxation and decorative value of a pond is enormous. With a prefabricated pool you can carry out your project particularly conveniently.
How do you create a prefabricated pond?
To create a prefabricated pond, you must carry out the following steps: 1. Excavate the trough, 2. Insert the basin and slurry it in, 3. If necessary, install a pump system, 4. Plant and fill the basin.
Pros and cons of a prefabricated pond
If the desire for a garden pond is great, it should of course be realized as quickly as possible. In this respect, the prefabricated pond naturally suits you. Because he:
- saves you having to plan your shapes yourself
- usually has prefabricated depth zones for variable planting
- Basically just needs to be dug in
As always, there are disadvantages and they should not be ignored. This includes:
- Limitation to predetermined shapes
- only relatively small (up to 5m2) pools available
- slightly more expensive than pond liner
- if necessary filter pump system required
If you can get over these disadvantages, you can start installing!
Create a finished pond
Once the right prefabricated pool has been found and the space in the garden has been determined, the following steps come:
1. Digging the trough
2. Insert basin and slurry in
3. If necessary, install a pump system4. Planting and filling
1. Digging out the trough
Before digging, it is best to mark the pond contours using the pool itself. For example, use a rope or spread a trail of sand. When digging out the hollow, you must make sure to add about 15 cm of width and depth.
2. Insert the basin and slurry it in
A prefabricated pond basin is particularly attractive because it seems like you just have to install it in a pit, i.e. dig it in. But it's not quite that trivial. You have to carefully level the pool and fill it with sand so that it doesn't subsequently sink like the Leaning Tower of Pisa. When you first insert it, it usually turns out that something needs to be dug up or refilled here and there.
Once the trench has been finely adjusted, the bottom of the trough is filled with an approximately 15 cm thick layer of sand. The basin can then be inserted and aligned using a spirit level. Then fill the remaining space at the edges with sand and slurry it in using a garden hose. This ensures that the sand is distributed evenly and firmly around the pool and holds it in its final position.
3. If necessary, install a pump system
If you want to lean back when it comes to water quality in the future or would like to integrate a water feature, now is the time to install a pump system (€47.00 at Amazon). Here you can find easy-to-install combination sets for water purification and connections for fountains etc.
4. Planting and filling
Now we can get to the nice part: the planting and design. To do this, layer some gravel on each pool level. Plant baskets with marsh plants that match the depth layers can be placed in there. In the meantime, you can let water in – preferably in stages.
