Usually a well is drilled so deep that you can reach the groundwater and extract it with the help of a pump. The garden fountains presented here, on the other hand, are purely decorative fountains that provide refreshment and cooling in the garden using a pretty, bubbling waterfall. You don't have to drill meters long here, the water you need simply comes from the tap, is filled into a hidden basin and is always kept in circulation by a powerful pump.
How do I build a waterfall fountain in the garden myself?
To build a waterfall fountain in the garden yourself, you need a water collecting basin, basic materials such as natural stones or concrete slabs, cement/mortar, gravel, sand and a submersible pump. The steps include laying a foundation, digging in the pool, building the waterfall, laying the hoses and decorating.
What you need for the garden fountain with waterfall
There are many different ways to build an ornamental fountain with a waterfall: For example, the water can fall from a wall made of stainless steel, walled natural stone or concrete into a basin below, from a hill made of polygonal slabs or larger chunks of natural stone into a Flowing into the tub or falling from an artificial rock into the garden pond. There are countless ideas that you can implement yourself with the right materials, the right tools, a little craftsmanship and sweat. For this you definitely need the following components:
- Water collection basin: This can be a disused bathtub, a bricklayer's bucket, a large plant tub, a rain barrel or another sufficiently large basin.
- Basic materials for waterfall: depending on the project, polygonal plates, concrete slabs, natural stone chunks, artificial rocks or simply concrete and pond liner for modeling
- Cement / mortar, gravel, sand
- a pump with a pumping capacity corresponding to the amount of water including hoses
Choose the right pump
For an ornamental fountain with a waterfall, you definitely need a submersible pump that is installed at the lowest point of the system. The different types of pumps have different performance, which determines how much water will be pumped and how strong the waterfall will flow or even rush. Of course, you don't need a powerful pump for a small, bubbling waterfall. However, you need a lot of power - especially not only in terms of flow rate, but also delivery head - for a large waterfall with a strong jet.
This work needs to be done
To install the garden fountain with waterfall, basically carry out the following work:
- Creating a foundation, compacting with sand and gravel
- Digging in the water basin, inserting the pump into the water basin
- Construction of the waterfall on the edge of the water basin
- Laying and hiding the hoses and cables
- Attaching the spout
- Decoration of pools, pool edges and waterfalls
Tip
An interesting idea is also combined fountains, in which the water falls in stages from one ceramic container into a second and from there into a third.
