For all garden fountains and water features, you need a good water pump for your project to look impressive and be a success.

Pond pumps vary in water flow and capacity, power supply, filtration, possible uses, durability, size, maintenance and cost. All these matter when choosing a pond pump.

The success of garden water features involving moving water depends ultimately on the pump. A suitable water pump can also help to keep an ordinary pond clear and healthy for fish and aquatic plants.

Choosing a suitable pond pump from the bewildering selection available is therefore most important. Here are some of the things to consider:

• Pond application – submersible pond pumps may be used to operate garden fountains, streams or waterfalls, to filter garden ponds or to power free standing patio water features.
• Pump Capacity – this may be expressed as a measure of water flow (liters or gallons per hour), and/or ‘head’, the maximum height to which the pump will raise water.

For fountains, the ‘head’ is the more significant measure, as it tells you how high the pond pump will throw water above the surface of the pond.

Epalyn pond liner is a high quality material that can be manipulated into various shapes and sizes and is slightly more flexible than Butyl, although they are very similar in appearance. Epalyn is superior to Butyl in certain major physical properties, such as its tear strength and tensile strength.

Epalyn rubber retains its strength, durability and elasticity regardless of the influence of water, heat and temperature fluctuations, movements in the ground or UV radiation. This means it remains stable with advancing years, without shrinkage, melting, brittleness or cracking. Epalyn can also be readily repaired if required.

Epalyn is made with 100% EPDM polymer. EPDM polymer is more readily used around the world in a range of industries as well as for lining ponds, it is generally cheaper.

Available in 0.75mm, 0.85mm and 1mm, all grades also come with a lifetime guarantee.

Like to buy Epalyn Pond Liner?

Visit our pond liner size calculator, insert your pond dimensions to get the exact measurements you require for your pond. The calculator will also give you the price for the size required per pond liner type. You are then ready to place your order.

Most literature on pond planning will recommend siting a pond away from trees – and for very good reason. But, if you are willing to put in the maintenance work to prevent tree-related problems to your pond, siting it under a tree is possible. Here are some points you need to take into consideration.

Siting your garden pond

• plant only those aquatic plants that will grow happily in the shade
• build a screen over your pond to catch fallen leaves – the decomposition that occurs from accumulated leaves affects the quality and clarity of the water as well as causing health problems for fish. Oak leaves, maple leaves and pine needles produce tannic acid, which causes the water to turn brown and stresses fish making them more susceptible to disease or could kill them.
• root intrusion can lead to the need for major repairs to pond liners and protective underlay. A barrier needs to be installed around the pond to prevent root intrusion or consider an above the ground pond.  There are, however geotextile barriers on the market, which can be put into a trench dug between the tree and the pond.

With careful planning and construction, it is possible to create a tranquil water feature under a tree in your garden to blend in with the overall landscape design.

To order a pond liner and geotextile protective underlay, contact Liners Online who will over advice on how to calculate pond liner dimensions according to your pond size.