Pond Clean, Oxted
This Autumn we received an email from a customer looking for someone to come out clean out their pond, it was not in the best way and needed some serious attention from years of plant growth taking over the pond.
We attended a site visit to see the pond in person and go through what the pond required. We later quoted the customer and shortly after got the go ahead to book them in to have the pond cleaned out.
When we arrived on the day we set up our temporary holding pools, this was in case we found any Fish, the customer was unsure of if there were any fish or how many there possibly were as you simply could not see through the thick plant build up. We got to work draining the pond and netting out the mountain of pond weed. As we got through the plants, we did come to find there were some resident Fish, in fact there were quite a few including fry and juveniles, so it was all good signs the water quality was healthy. As suspected below all the plant growth there was a thick layer of silt and sludge, mostly made up from the surrounding flora above and around the pond dropping in along with the pond plants breaking down. Whilst the pond was being emptied we took the opportunity to dead head the Lily that was in the pond which would otherwise be difficult for the customer to reach. After a thorough hoover and a significant amount of rinsing, especially in and around the large rock formation that was in the pond, the pond was finally clean. We filled it back up using the treated fresh water we had accumulated in the holding pools and returned the fish with it. The filtration system was also cleaned out and pipework washed through. We advised on upgrades the customer could make to the filtration system as the existing one was really showing its age and was dilapidated, and in many areas of pipework we found leaks which we made patch repairs on. At the end of the day the customer was left happy with a clean pond with a controlled amount of plant life put back in.
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