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Placing Fabric Underlayment

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What happens here

Begin by placing a layer of geo-textile underlayment fabric (also referred to as 'boulder fabric' by some or non-woven geotextile underlayment fabric) over the excavated pond area. This fabric serves to protect the EPDM rubber liner from punctures by sharp objects and increases the load-bearing capacity of the soil, providing structural stability and allowing the pond bottom to breathe, facilitating moisture and gas exchange. Ensure the fabric covers the entire excavated area before the liner is laid. This step usually involves multiple people to handle the large fabric sheets.

Goal: Protect the pond liner and stabilize the soil

Tools and materials

  • Geo-textile Underlayment Fabric — Protecting the pond liner from sharp objects and stabilizing the soil

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so this is the now in my world I'd call this Boulder fabric but what do you tell this guy's this is a nonwoven geotextile underlayment fabric heavy heavy duties this different great we have a heavier duty than this okay so this is your just your standard stuff in and what this does this prevents the EPDM liner from getting ripped torn or ruptured by any sharp objects underneath it correct now if you're in really bad soils you got a heavier duty much heavier duty fabric right correct the other thing that this does is it increases the load bearing capacity of the soils so by having a geotextile like this it's gonna spread the weight out over a bigger area and gives us a little more structural stability and it allows the bottom of the pond to breathe so it allows moisture and gases to wick out from underneath so yeah if you didn't know what I thought about with carpet you can use carpet as an underlayment but obviously they've got this down to a science don't break the pattern I said that earlier now I need to I need to live up to what I'm saying if you guys are just

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