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Two pieces of 15 x 20' 45 mil rubber pond liner were used
for this project. Here you see the first piece draped over the
upper section of our water feature. |
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Here you see see the edge of the upper liner draped over
the waterfall and across the center of the stream. This will
be the section where the two liners will be joined using a double
sided "sticky tape" made for joining liner sections.
This area was chosen becuase it was the shortest span and least
likely to leak. |
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In this view the lower liner section has been draped over the
lower section of our feature. Some water has been added to the
upper section of the feature helping to hold it in place. |
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Here you see the lower section with some water in the deep
center that will accomodate the pumps for waterfall. It will
also make a good depth for water lilies. The shallower "shelf"
will be perfect for reeds, rushes and other shallow water plants
which are often refered to as "marginals" |
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Another view from the bottom :) The liners have already been
overlapped and sealed with the sticky tape. VERY STICKY TOO!
If you join liners with this stuff be sure to clean the area
to be joined with some rubbing alcohol and allow to dry. I pressed
tham together by doing a "dance" in stocking feet over
the entire span of the joint :) |
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Here water is being added and you can see some rocks starting
to go into place over the top of the fall and over the joint
between the two liner pieces. If you look closely you can also
see a can of urethane foam in the stream. This stuff is wonderfull
for sealing the cracks under you rocks to make sure the water
flows over and not under them! |
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Here you see more rocks added to the waterfall and the
stream section. Also notice in the right side of the photo spent
cans of urethane foam used to seal the cracks behind the rocks
of the waterfall. If you choose to a waterfall have plenty of
this stuff on hand! Also have some acetone based nail polish
remover to clean up with :) |
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Wtare is being added here to the top section. Flow over
the falls is only about an inch and a half away! woohoo! A quick
note here on selecting the rocks for a waterfall top. A single
rock covering the entire span works best. Multiple rocks were
used on this project and it took a lot of extra time to get a
good seal to keep the water flowing over and not under the top
of the falls. |