Leak!

[ponderer]

Hello all
Have had a leak in a pond. Found that critters had chewed 3 holes in a vinyl liner. Was in a preform that had a crack in it, and was relinered and reused. What a job! 1st had to figure out where the leak was. Thought , waterfall, most probably. Finally was found in the liner with little critter chews. Anybody else had this happen?

We relined with rubber.

[tammie]

Yep.  Termites are thru my Xavan liner... heron poked holes in 20 ml EDMP liner.  Now the pond is concrete!
Tammie

[ponderer]

omg! even worse than mine!
 We cannot do concrete here. It will crack in the winter. So we are hoping. It will last. Have 4 ponds. This is the only one to have a problem. Critters chewed through the vinyl, maybe they will not through the rubber

[Julles]

So sorry, Ponderer.  I hope it was a slow leak, so you could take your time to redo the pond - not have a mad scramble to save fish and all that.

I never heard of animals chewing a liner! A new thing to worry about ... .

[ponderer]

No ,it was a slow one took DH a couple of weeks to get to the point of checking the liner. It was just below the water line so when we turned off the pump to eliminate the possibilities , it syayed up. There assumed waterfall. Anyhoo it's fixed now