DIY: waterfall cottage

The main stages of construction:

1) dig a recess into which the water will drain;

2) protect against water leakage;

3) Then, from the stones of a suitable size and texture created by the elevation - the actual waterfall ledges. As a binder used ordinary concrete. The feed pump hose is passed through the clutch, and the top masked.

4) Set the pump. sit down plants if necessary.

Basic principles

1) Any waterfall is best viewed in conditions as close to natural.

2) Ideal placing it in the shade of the trees, next to bushes or flowers. And here at the crossroads of concrete paths it will look out of place.

3) If the inclined portion, it is desirable to use a natural slope, reinforcing it and making one - two small terraces. The effect of natural increase.

4) Use as a support for the fountain wall of a house or other structure - is a bad idea. Even if the waterproofing will retain one hundred percent impermeability of the entire period of service of the fountain, near the inevitable high humidity cause the appearance of moss and mold on the walls.

Council: if the waterfall I'd like to build a wall around the house or other structure - Take care of her waterproofing.

The dampness will save any film material, laid under the decorative plaster.

5) In winter, the water from the pond at the bottom of the falls merges even when the depth below the freezing point.

6) There is always the possibility that the winter will be especially severe. In addition, it expands when it freezes the ice can break the waterproofing even without filling the entire volume of the pond.

7) The estimated pump capacity - 200-250 liters of water per hour per meter width of our waterfall threshold.

With less instead of the waterfall will very very modest trickle.

The pump is desirable to select the most quiet and adapted for pumping contaminated water: any water intake filtration system does not wholly effective.

8) The optimum height of the ledges on the water flow path - 15-30 centimeters. If you arrange a cascade of waterfalls, the latter is desirable to make out above the rest - at least 30 cm.

9) Do not chase the fountain height: overall drop a half meters will force you to use higher capacity pump with its attendant noise and power consumption.