When designing a pond there are many site specifics that need to be taken into account. Once your client
has decided on a style of pond, for example formal or informal, they must also decide whether it will be above
ground (raised) or below ground. What lining materials will be used? Will you specify the use of butyl liner,
fibreglass or something else? Will the filters be bottom drain fed; mid feed or pump fed? The answers to these
questions depend very much on whether your client's desire is a natural pond (plants), a fish pond or a koi pond.
The cost implications of your pond design can be immeasurable if initial mistakes are made. It is true to say,
any body of water can be filtered adequately. However, if the design is extremely technical, dead areas can appear
where water is not circulated and filtered correctly. You may find more than one filter system is needed and hiding
these can be a chore. No client wishes for visible pipe work and filters, so the design must be based on the
specifics of the job.
The Plan
If the plan of attack is clear and concise, the product selection and eventual finish should be good. If the
pond seems to develop over time and new ideas are incorporated by your client during the construction phase, one
can be left with an expensive mistake. The pond world has had many technical advances in recent years to make the
life of you, the specialist designer, far simpler. Please feel free to make use of our vast experience during the
planning phase. Correct planning and product selection is not something to be overlooked.
A Complete Service
Head Squared offers a complete service from design to a fully-functional water feature.
We can organise project managment, product selection and
purchase.
RHS Chelsea Flower Show - Gold Winner
We have links with a number of Landscape architects and are proud to boast extremely close links with Mark Davis.
Mark is an RHS Chelsea flower show gold winner and an RHS gold winner with rosette at Hampton Court. Marks designs
have inspired many writers and many aquatic books today use Mark's ponds for photographic illustration. Mark no longer
designs gardens but has agreed to design exclusively for Head Squared clients.
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