Best pins or begs to hold down liner

[Big Lou]

We will pull back the liner on the rebuilt side of the pond then pin it to the ground about a foot or so from the pond's edge. This pulled back liner will be coated with clear roofing adhesive all the way to just below the water. The newly applied clear adhesive will be covered with a variety of pebbles, river rock and rubber mulch. Please recommend the best type of pins or pegs we use to hold the liner in place over the earthen shore.

Thank you.

 

[addy1]

Try these, there is another I have used, looking for them brb

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Master-M...ipEdge-Brand-Products-25-Pack-11125/202815091

 

[addy1]

these work well
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sod-Staples...466523?hash=item4199846b5b:g:R6oAAOSwFqJWkXMJ

 

[Big Lou]

Thank you.

 

[Meyer Jordan]

We will pull back the liner on the rebuilt side of the pond then pin it to the ground about a foot or so from the pond's edge. This pulled back liner will be coated with clear roofing adhesive all the way to just below the water. The newly applied clear adhesive will be covered with a variety of pebbles, river rock and rubber mulch. Please recommend the best type of pins or pegs we use to hold the liner in place over the earthen shore.

Thank you.

I would be interested to see how well this adhesive holds up over time. Especially that portion that is always submerged.

 

[Big Lou]

Me too! Seeing the adhesive is going on EDPM that is used on roofs exposed to the elements I'm hoping for the best. Only a small portion will be under water and it will be along the shore.

 

[adavisus]

yup, sod staples are effective, I turn the sharp ends back with pliers so there is no sharp point to ding the liner

 

[Big Lou]

yup, sod staples are effective, I turn the sharp ends back with pliers so there is no sharp point to ding the liner

I'm a bit confused. If you bend back the ends then how do you push the pins through the liner?

 

[adavisus]

I don't push them through the liner I use them like a clothes peg, one end goes in the ground, the other holds the liner down. The steel pins are good for two years before they rust. Nice thing is, if you get ground movement behind the liner you can slip the liner out and get behind the liner

 

[Big Lou]

I don't push them through the liner I use them like a clothes peg, one end goes in the ground, the other holds the liner down

Has the liner ever slipped out from under your modified pins?

 

[adavisus]

Not much. It is very easy for the sharp pointed ends to go through a liner, so I turn the pointy part back

 

[addy1]

I used them stuck through the liner (way above water level) to hold the liner where I wanted it to stay. Excess edge

 

[j.w]

If that part of the liner you are going to stick those pins through is never going to be under water, who cares if there is a hole in it? I would think they would work very well if you have nice compact ground and if it slips sometime just pull the liner edge up w/the pin still in it and adjust to the ground again and hammer down. Stainless steel would be nice but maybe pricey or maybe they don't make them.