Leak finding, repairs and relining
We find where it is going before anything gets dug up.
A dropping level is not always a hole. It is just as often water escaping down the back of a badly bedded waterfall, wicking out over a settled edge, or leaving through a pipe fitting that has worked loose. Digging out a liner before you know which one it is can turn a small repair into a rebuild, so we find the leak first.
Signs this is what you are looking at
- The level drops faster than evaporation explains, especially overnight
- You are topping up with a hose more often than you used to
- A permanently wet patch, or unusually lush growth, on one side
- The level falls to a certain point and then holds steady
Most leaks are not where people expect
Letting the pond find its own level tells us a great deal. If it stops at the top of the waterfall, the liner is almost certainly fine and the problem is in the feature. If it keeps going to the bottom, we are looking at the liner or a fitting. Either way it costs nothing but a few days of patience, and it regularly saves the cost of a full reline.
Relining without starting again
When a liner does have to be replaced, the shape, the shelves and usually the stonework can stay. We lift what needs lifting, correct the bedding underneath, fit the new liner and put the pond back together, rather than treating it as a blank garden. Your fish come back into their own pond the same day wherever possible.
Everything included
- Staged drop testing to find the depth the water is leaving at
- Waterfalls, streams and pipework checked before the liner is blamed
- Patch repairs to butyl and rubber liners where the liner is sound
- Full relining, with the base and edges reworked, where it is not
- Livestock and plants held in a temporary vat for the duration
- Edges and stonework rebedded so it does not start again
Not sure yet? Get it reviewed first.
The free pond health check is done online from photographs you send us. No visit, no charge, no obligation, and you get a straight answer about what your pond actually needs.