Pond Liner Installation Guide

Liner Installation

Installed Butyl pond liner Large butyl pond liner install Butyl liner installation

1. Clear the pond and surrounding area of any roots, stones or debris.

Diagram showing the pond clear

2. Lay the underlay to fit the contours of the ground and allow at least 2 inches of overlap between strips.

Diagram showing underlay installed

3. Unroll the liner following the directions on the wrapping, and pull it across the pond using a flipping motion to let it ‘float’ into place.

Liner is then installed into pond

4. Avoid stretching the rubber as you position it. Just let it wrinkle and pleat naturally to fit the contours of the pond. If you are not using overlay, leave out step 5 and go straight to step 6.

5. Now lay the overlay in the same way as the underlay, and then cover it with soil, sand or stones, working from the centre outwards towards the anchor trench.

Overlay is then installed into pond

6. Fill the pond with water.

Filled with water, the Butyl pond liner installation is successfull

7. Excess liner material can now be trimmed, but make sure you leave enough for anchoring. This is done by either backfilling an anchor trench or by adding stone edging.