Found my hole in pond

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So I literally just found my hole in my pond. Totally bummed! It looks like an animal ate it!! I need recommendations for patches or is this too big? I may be feeling like this is the worse case. But I feel like this whole liner needs to be replaced. Now I didn’t install this pond it came with my house. So idk how old it is. But I know this was not here last yeah.
 
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It was under rocks I never move
 

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It was under rocks that never get moved
 

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That one looks very patchable! Just drain the water below that area, clean the liner directly around the hole, and use a patch kit of your choosing.
 

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Oh my! Thought it was going to be a pinprick size, but that’s a HOLE! I’m sure this would be fixable, but I would be worried about any other places that might be wearing through. How long have you lived in this house, since you don’t know the age of the pond/liner? I think most EPDM liners are warranted for 20 or so years. How big is the pond and do you have fish?
 

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How long do these patches last?
I am not sure, though I have seen the aquascape crew use a patch to fix a hole in a brand new pond ( box knife slipping and cutting liner ) so I assume it is not any worse than the liner itself.
 
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Oh man. This is making me wonder if I need the concrete cloth. Arrrggghhh. Sorry that happened!
 
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So I went to 3 stores. I’m about to order them online cause my pond place I go to doesn’t open till day again. All they have are pool patches. Can you use those?
 

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So I went to 3 stores. I’m about to order them online cause my pond place I go to doesn’t open till day again. All they have are pool patches. Can you use those?
Usually epdm will only bond with epdm, what material are the pool patches?
 

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I literally just ordered them online. These people at the stores had no idea what I was talking about. And they were like $80 and I just paid $36 on Amazon
Sounds like you got a much better deal! Unfortunately retail employees usually are not as educated as they should be about the fields they work in.
 

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