On the seasonal dacha it is possible to arrange beautiful harmonious corner with fountain. Material for the device can be found among old things in the shed, or garage. The only thing that you should get, is the pump. Look at unnecessary things, dream up, and to you the set of the ideas for production of garden fountain will come.
It is required to you
- - pump for fountains;
- - stones;
- - old bathtub.
Instruction
1. Find the place, suitable for fountain. It has to be optional big, one square meter quite will be enough for composition with the running water. Even it is desirable to make for a start something not too big that there were enough forces and time to finish work. Be guided by style of registration of your site and house, use similar materials during creation of fountain.
2. Stones in water will never prevent therefore look for them at the river, at roads or in the field. Choose smooth beautiful samples. Well look oval and round, rectangular and broken form.
3. As basis for garden fountain take old bathtub or the washbasin. Dig out hole of the suitable size in the planned place and put bathtub there. Close drain holes traffic jams or plastic stubs.
4. Hide edges of bathtub behind layer of sand and lay out organically stones. If the area of fountain big, for registration of regions and the adjacent site it is possible to use small crushed stone or pebble, combining them with stones.
5. On capacity bottom put stones and other jewelry too, it is possible to use aquarian decor – the sunk ships, buildings, chests. If you want the fountain to shine in night-time, put illumination. But it will work from electricity therefore count that the cord reached the socket. It is not necessary to fix lamp in any way, it will quietly lie at the bottom of bathtub.
6. Fill bathtub with water and add blue for decorative effect a little. But dye can be any, choose the fact that you have more to taste. In the middle of capacity put the cascade pump for fountains with emission of stream on 1-2 meters. Count height of departure, proceeding from the size of bathtub or other material of basis. Weight of the engine allows the pump to stand strong on bottom and not to move.
7. Care for purity of water and the pump. Wash out the unit every week and change water.
8. Add design of garden fountain with sculptures from stone and clay. Land around plant which love water. Lilies or water-lilies can grow in the most artificial reservoir, it depends on the place where it is located. It is possible even to start small fishes, only do not forget to look after them.
9. At the small place the composition from old pans, teapots and other ware also will be suitable for your fountain. Just look at all objects which will sustain long contact with water and make of them sculpture. In the middle put it the pump and organize water supply.