Securing pond liner around edge if barrel

[Deleted member 174758]

Lilly pads

Sounds like you've been watching too many Paul McCartney music videos...

 

[big-all]

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

If I dont line it , then fill with pond water, will it contaminate the tadpoles, fish etc?

They'll be happy with the whiskey soaking back out of the barrel.

 

[Munroast]

The great joy is not tadpoles - it is the mad antics of the frogs at breeding time, and that noise in the evening time of them all croaking is just amazing. Our pond is just out of the window so we can sit and watch them.

Dig yourself a pond in a shady area of the garden, it will soon get populated in all manner of life, I never introduced anything to ours and we now have frogs, dragonflys, backswimmers, strange underwater bettles and all sorts. It is also a mecca for birds, it is just a little wildlife oasi in my own garden. I would'nt be without a pond now.
My wife counted 46 heads out of the water this morning. Just mad.

 

[Keitai]

The great joy is not tadpoles - it is the mad antics of the frogs at breeding time, and that noise in the evening time of them all croaking is just amazing. Our pond is just out of the window so we can sit and watch them.

Dig yourself a pond in a shady area of the garden, it will soon get populated in all manner of life, I never introduced anything to ours and we now have frogs, dragonflys, backswimmers, strange underwater bettles and all sorts. It is also a mecca for birds, it is just a little wildlife oasi in my own garden. I would'nt be without a pond now.
My wife counted 46 heads out of the water this morning. Just mad.

Communal garden for block of flats so I cant dig into the ground

 

[Deleted member 174758]

Go in for a bit of guerilla gardening - sneak in and do it at night

 

[lostinthelight]

Ok I'll line in. Dont want to contaminate anything. Regarding the tadpoles, as soon as they become froggish I'll take them back to their pond and leave the minnows in there. Put a plant next to it in case they wanna jump out.

Will be pond water

You'll have fat minnows , they will eat tadpoles. They are incompatible really the former like well oxygenated water which you'll struggle to get unless you have pump .

 

[Keitai]

Which staple gun would you go for? Out of interest, what other jobs would it be used for?

Anyone used the tap safe to put in tap water or better just to use pond water?

 

[HERTS P&D]

No words!

Andy

 

[blup]

This has got to be my favourite diynot thread of all time, John Sullivan missed out on this plot line for fools and horses.

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[Munroast]

Communal garden for block of flats so I cant dig into the ground

One of the big problems in not having the pond in the ground is controlling the temperature. Our garden pond is about 4 foot deep, and at the bottom of the pond the temperature varies from about 5 to 17°C. Even in the 'Beast-from-the-East' when it was minus 15 with 2 foot of snow the very bottom of the pond never went below 5°C.

A container of water above above ground level will have very large swings in temperature, this will probably kill most pond life.

Regarding tap water. As far as I know outdoors the chlorine evaporates off in a day or two so it should be fine. They also say add tap water to the pond via a spray, apparently this removes the cholrine? when I have topped our pond up during very dry spells this is what I do, (of course I am maybe only adding an inch to an average depth of 2 foot, I don't believe this does any harm?
Other than that our pond relieves rain water off the roof, (about 70 tonne a year)

 

[Deleted member 174758]

Which staple gun would you go for?

I got this one, but maybe overkill for a one off job, eh?

It will staple 0.7mm steel perimeter track to softwood for suspended ceilings - mind you it makes a hell of a racket doing so!

The stapler you require depends on the material you are fixing. What are you using?

This has got to be my favourite diynot thread of all time

You plonker.........*

* = fill in name as appropriate

 

[Keitai]

One of the big problems in not having the pond in the ground is controlling the temperature. Our garden pond is about 4 foot deep, and at the bottom of the pond the temperature varies from about 5 to 17°C. Even in the 'Beast-from-the-East' when it was minus 15 with 2 foot of snow the very bottom of the pond never went below 5°C.

A container of water above above ground level will have very large swings in temperature, this will probably kill most pond life.

Regarding tap water. As far as I know outdoors the chlorine evaporates off in a day or two so it should be fine. They also say add tap water to the pond via a spray, apparently this removes the cholrine? when I have topped our pond up during very dry spells this is what I do, (of course I am maybe only adding an inch to an average depth of 2 foot, I don't believe this does any harm?
Other than that our pond relieves rain water off the roof, (about 70 tonne a year)

I'll put it in a shaded area

 

[Keitai]

I got this one, but maybe overkill for a one off job, eh?

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It will staple 0.7mm steel perimeter track to softwood for suspended ceilings - mind you it makes a hell of a racket doing so!

The stapler you require depends on the material you are fixing. What are you using?


You plonker.........*

* = fill in name as appropriate

Pond liner to barrel but if I'm gonna get one be good if can be used on other jobs

 

[Keitai]

Got to be lined, barrel will kill wildlife.

Used carpet underlay. Gonna fill it then let it settle then tidy it up with staples or aluminium strip and screws. Put in most shaded area I could find.