xavan pond liners

xavan pond liners

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Let's Talk Xavan Pond Liners

Xavan pond liners are lighter than other liners used for this purpose.

Designed specifically for water gardens, Xavan pond liners are said to mold to the ground much like a second skin. Although this probably works best if your excavation surface is fairly clean with no rocks or root stubs.

You may also see xavan pond liners marketed as tetra pond liners. Same difference.

You see, xavan pond liners were originally designed for use as landfill underliner. Since it did such a good job of keeping the toxic goop from seeping into the ground water etc, someone had the bright idea it might make a good pond liner too.

What duPont did was sandwich a layer of spun bonded polypropylene between two outer layers of rubber.

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Benefits of Xavan Pond Liners

With an ultra-strong fiber core like that it's massively tear resistant.

Even extreme cold doesn't hurt it.

It's UV resistent.

But the big plus is weight. Or lack thereof. Xavan pond liners weigh less than the typical EPDM pond liner by a mile. Even using 22 mil thickness material the weight is one third of the more typically used 45 mil EPDM rubber liner. Making for an easier installation. And cheaper shipping costs if you have to have it shipped to you.

Another claim to fame of xavan is that given it's strength, the manufacturer, Tetra DuPont would claim you can skip the unlayment, saving money otherwise spent on that extra bit of puncture protection.

Drawbacks? As that last "selling point" suggests, xavan pond liners are going to cost you more. .

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