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POND LINER MATERIAL SELECTION
Pond liner material selection can often be confusing to the customer with so many options available today. Fortunately, from our past experiences we have been able to narrow down the selection of pond liner materials so that we can provide the best value to our customers. Western Environmental Liner will never try to sell a pond product that is overkill for your application or select a pond material for you that won't get the job done right.
We normally recommend a reinforced pond liner product for most pond liner applications. These pond liners are often lighter, stronger, much more tear resistant, & less expensive than unreinforced pond liners. One thing to note is that thickness does not equate to quality, an unreinforced pond liner product often needs to be much thicker than a reinforced pond liner to work well. When this extra thickness is factored into the price, an unreinforced pond liner is often more expensive overall.
For water ponds the biggest consideration should be if the pond liner will be exposed to the sun or not. Sun exposure can often be a problem with the slopes of a pond because in some situations it can be difficult to cover the pond liner with dirt or other materials.
Reinforced Polyethylene is normally the best value when the pond liner is not exposed to u.v. rays. Reinforced Polyethylene products are very strong and our specially formulated Reinforced Polyethylene pond liners (Aqua Series) can often last over 20 years buried. Unfortunately, most of the time Reinforced Polyethylene can not be guaranteed to last over 5 years exposed to the sun depending on area, so for long term use this product should be buried. Reinforced Polyethylene can be quite a bit less expensive than liner materials that last 20 years plus in the sun. We provide thicknesses up to 24 mils with Reinforced Polyethylene. We have not seen the value of increasing the thickness above 24 mils since this thickness is more than adequate for almost all liner applications where the pond liner is not exposed to the sun.
Reinforced Polyproylene is our product of choice for exposed applications. Our 36 mil & 45 mil Reinforced Polypropylene will last over 20 years when exposed to the sun for water applications and also works well with many other fluids. Although more expensive than Reinforced Polyethylene, there is no need to worry about the suns rays destroying the liner.
We know sometimes other products are speced in to a project and we can normally provide those materials as well.
Please contact us via either e-mail or phone to help you choose the best value pond liner for your application.
