People are wising up to the fact that extending a home can significantly add value to it. If done sensibly, the value is usually more than the cost of the building work. Buying a new family home in the UK is becoming more expensive due to increasing house prices, so extending is a good alternative to moving. Increasing the value of a home is not just about the physical building but also the garden, no matter what the size. So, if you are thinking of adding a pond to your garden a lot of planning needs to be done so it doesn’t look out of place. Just as a home extension requires planning so that it looks part of the original build, so too does a pond so that it looks part of the overall landscape of the property.
Time taken in the planning stage is never wasted. It may sound so obvious, but it is important that your pond looks as if it is meant to be in your garden. If you have a garden, which is quite formal in its layout, a pond with curved or uneven edges won’t look right. Equally, a square or rectangular pond will not suit a less formal garden. Creating a pond requires physical effort and financial expenditure so anything that you can do to ensure that you don’t have to re-do any work has got to be worthwhile. Continue Reading…
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Every garden pond owner will soon discover that besides the necessary garden pond products, there will be a variety of garden pond accessories that they will want to purchase as well. Some of these are so valuable that they are considered by many to be a necessity.
The have to have items for the garden pond are the liner, pump, and filtering system. Along with these though, the following items are often added to the garden pond inventory.
Pond heaters
If you are going to house fish chances are you are going to want to make use of a pond heater especially if you experience fluctuations in temperatures. They are usually submersed totally within the pond. There are many makes, models and sizes and vary in price.
Garden pond thermometers
Whether you use a pond heater or not you are still going to want to monitor the temperature of the pond water. Even without having fish, many of the Continue Reading…
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Having a water feature in your yard is so relaxing and it’s a lot of fun to watch your fish move around or, if you only have plants, to tend to your water vegetation. Make sure before you design your setup that you look at garden pond pumps to see which one will work best for your needs.
This is a very important part of the pond, in fact, it is the heart of it. The purpose behind pumps are twofold: first they circulate the water throughout the entire system and aerate the water with much needed oxygen for both plants and animals. The second reason is not as necessary, but is an added bonus and that is the tranquil sound they make that is so soothing to listen to. Some people will purchase a specific pump just because of the sound that it produces, with the main purpose being incidental.
There are actually four different types of pumps that you can buy, each one designed with it’s own specific purpose:
External Drive Pumps are designed for large water flows, usually associated with features such as waterfalls, therefore, they must be installed outside of the water in order to operate. Continue Reading…
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