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Installing a sheet pond liner - materials and equipment

Materials:

  1. Flexible pond liner and underlay. Pond liners are supplied with different guaranteed lifetimes - you get what you pay for. Don't skimp on underlay either.
  2. Strips of exterior plywood (2 or 3 ply), 4-5in deep. Buy the plywood from a timber supplier and order it ready cut to size - it saves a lot of work.
  3. Wooden stakes for attaching the strips of plywood. Use roofing lath because it is treated against rot and can be bought off the shelf from a timber yard.
  4. Plated roofing nuts and bolts for fixing plywood strips together. These are inexpensive and can be obtained from a fastenings supplier - find one in www.yell.com or your Yellow Pages.
  5. Plated counter-sunk pozzi-drive screws for fixing the edging strip of plywood to the stakes. Buy these from the fastenings supplier. Buy good quality screws to match the longevity of the exterior ply.
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Equipment:

  1. Spirit level.
  2. A length of wood as a straight edge for use with the spirit level. Order a length of wood from a timber supplier.
  3. G-clamp.
  4. Drill (hand or electric).
  5. Drill bit for making the bolt holes to fix the plywood strips together. Buy the drill bits at the same time as buying the bolts.
  6. Drill bit for the pilot holes for screwing the plywood strips to the stakes.
  7. Counter-sunk drill bit.
  8. Saw for cutting the lath. A tenon saw will do the job.
  9. Hammer. For driving in the stakes.
  10. Screwdriver.
  11. Scissors.
  12. Tape measure.
  13. Digging tools.
  14. Wheelbarrow for carting away waste soil.

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