Modern giving is not only beds and fruit bushes. Today people direct on the parcels to have a rest, merge with the nature, to receive charge of cheerfulness and to find composure. For this reason many dachas are decorated with artificial reservoirs and fountains today, owners construct some of them the hands. For example, to construct decorative fountain – business not so troublesome if to know the sequence of works and certain rules.
- - shovel;
- - armature;
- - timbering (metal sheets or boards);
- - concrete;
- - special soil or waterproofing film;
- - pump;
- - decorative material for finishing;
- - plants for dressing.
1. Accurately be defined what size there will be your fountain and as it will look. You can make the sketch on paper, or draw it in one of computer programs.
2. Designate the place for fountain on your parcel. The territory has to be rather spacious. It is better if it is the pritemnenny place (half-shade) since direct sunshine will provoke water "blossoming". It is desirable that in close proximity there were no trees as their roots can damage further bowl (tank) of fountain, and the falling-down foliage quickly will pollute water and will cause its turbidity.
3. Taking into account the expected size make tags where you should dig hole.
4. Dig out hole of the necessary size. Strengthen bottom and walls by means of mesh reinforcement.
5. Establish timbering from metal sheets or boards and fill in with concrete. When concrete stiffens, ground surface special soil. It is possible to use special waterproofing film also. If you consider that concreting – it is too labor-consuming, can get the plastic, metal or fiber glass capacity (bathtub, the tank) in specialized shop and to establish it in hole, having filled up space between walls of hole and walls of capacity pebble or crushed stone.
6. Install the pump – fountain "heart". Put it on bowl bottom on concrete or metal support. Trace that the nozzle was over the water surface. In order to avoid its contamination on the pump there has to be filtering casing with openings. Usually the pumps acquired for fountains work from the alternating current main with voltage of 220 V therefore follow safety rules. As a rule, problems do not arise if grounding is provided and there is strong dielectric body.
7. Decorate land part of your fountain. You can make beautiful border of natural stone, establish sculptures and plaster figures, plant plants – irises, hosts, astilba, hygrophilous cereals, geykher, kupalnitsa, primroses, ferns, bergenias, derbennik, etc.
8. Start water in the tank, turn on the pump.