If you buy your pond liner from us, you will get a 20% discount on any Koi
fish you order after your pond is installed.
The biggest mistake in ordering a pond liner is ordering one that is too
short. Make sure your measurements include the depth on both sides, and ledges,
and enough to go under the perimeter
rocks (3 - 4 ft on each side), or into an anchor trench.
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Don't forget to go over the top of a cascading waterfall, or you can use a
separate liner piece from the waterfall into the pond. You don't
want to discover as your installing the liner that you are a foot too short.
For design help click here.
Many if not most professional pond designers and installers use 20 mil thick
PVC, but they don't worry about leaks or maintenance over the next 5 years or so. If
fact, there is some recent evidence that PVC liners will deteriorate from
ultraviolet light over a period of 5 years, unless completely protected from
sunlight.
Homeowners, on the other hand, are willing to spend a little extra upfront
for a maintenance free, tough, forgiving, elastic, thick synthetic rubber liner.
They want a no hassle pond liner that will last for years, is resistant to
leaks, and can easily be repaired, even under water. Firestone's Pond Gard 45
mil EPDM (Ethylene Propylene Diene Terpolymer) is warranted by Firestone for 20
years against deterioration, and it's safe for Koi.
A 45 mil EPDM liner weighs .3 pounds/sq ft. See the following tables for
sizes and weights.
A 60 mil
EPDM liner weighs .4 pounds/sq ft., and is available by special order.
UPS or RPS will ship liners up to 150 lbs. Freight for these liners is
typically $50 to $100, depending on weight and distance from Denver.
Over 150 lbs we need to ship by truck.
Most trucking companies charge $25 to $30 more to deliver to a residential address
(if you can have it delivered to a commercial address you save the $25 - $30).
The reason for this is a semi-trailer pulls up to a commercial loading dock
where a fork lift truck will drive into the semi, pick up the liner, and back
out onto the loading dock. For a residential delivery, they must transfer the
liner to a smaller truck with a lift gate and hand truck. Remember, these liners
can weigh a lot. Trucking freight is typically $100 to $200 depending on weight
and distance from Denver. Delivery time can be as short as 3-4 days.
We also carry:
- Firestone Seaming kits - come with a pint of adhesive, 25 feet of 6"
wide batten strip, scrubber pads, and seam roller - $67.
- Firestone Quick Prime cement for splicing EPDM sheets together - $67 per
gallon
- Firestone Bonding adhesive - neoprene based contact adhesive used for
bonding EPDM sheets to wood, metal, concrete, etc. $67 per gallon
- Firestone Lap sealant - EPDM based sealant for sealing splice edges, when
splice adhesive is used. - $10 per tube.
- Pipe boots - 1-3" and 4-6" $100. These boots have a tapered end
attached to an adhesive covered flat doughnut skirt. You cut the tapered end
to match the pipe size that penetrates the liner, tighten the hose clamp
securely around the pipe, and then seal the adhesive skirt side to the
inside of the liner. These are available in either 90° or sloping boots.

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EPDM
Firestone Pond Gard Liners