Decorative fountain. How to make a home fountain

With the advent of summer, the fountains begin to delight the eyes, attract coolness, and the endless sound of falling water raises the mood. Fountains in the square, in a city apartment, in the courtyard of a country house or in a small country site - the best way to ennoble the territory. Fountains have been known to humanity since ancient times, they served as a city water supply for drinking water, and in the lower bowl it was possible to wash themselves on a hot day. Today, their own decorative pond is available to everyone, and it is very simple to make a home fountain with their own hands.

Varieties of fountains

What was once considered a man-made miracle today has become something quite commonplace. The method of supplying water by the simplest electric motor once replaced the natural slope of the terrain and the principle of communicating blood vessels. The development of technology made it possible to embody technical innovations in everyday life and contributed to the invention of varieties of fountains for the home.

Fountains are street and indoor. They are used both for practical purposes and to decorate the interiors. For example, the wall fountain "Mill" decorates restaurants of national cuisine. In a hot climate, a reservoir with a murmuring stream reduces the temperature of the air in the rooms, adjusting humidity. The patio’s courtyard does not do without a fountain with a large bowl, replacing the pool where you can rinse your legs after a dusty road or fully swim.

Street fountains are made in squares, in parks, at stations. They can be equipped with a complex mechanism: “singing” or “dancing” fountains, as well as with backlight or colored jets.

Simple fountains will become a worthy decoration of the personal plot. This can be a whole system of reservoirs with islands or bridges, falling jets and geysers knocking out from under the stones. Their purpose is the decoration of landscape design. Even a small pond in the country, for example, a small pond with a fountain in the center and beautiful plants among stones, can become a masterpiece.   You can also connect a series of cascading fountains, and the backlighting of different types will create a special atmosphere for the evenings for barbecue with friends.

Materials for the manufacture of fountains can be very different:

• stones and shells;
• mounting foam and cement;
• gypsum and porcelain;
• plastic and ceramics;
• marble and wild stone.

When the geophysical conditions of the area in the area of \u200b\u200bprivate housing construction allow, you can use the natural slope of the landscape so that fountains or cascading ponds work without an electric motor. One pipeline is enough to bring water from the spring whose horizon is higher. So once they built water supply and fountains in Mytishchi, Peterhof, Rome and other places. The combination of levels of levels and calibration of holes in running pipes give the necessary water pressure. Sometimes the principle of communicating vessels creates sufficient pressure without a hydraulic pump.

Tip: a large fountain with a reservoir like a small pool is made according to the project, it requires a foundation that will withstand a massive statue or other structure. Sometimes the fountain is supplemented with a pressure capacity or receiver, which is placed just above the nozzle level, which will provide stable stream pressure. And remember that with the end of the warm season, the water from the fountain is completely removed, if possible, wrapping the entire structure with a film.

Fountain stylistics

Those who have not been in particular the design of the fountains seem to be little different, but the pallet and the decorative part have their design features. There is a natural stylization and palace and park fountains, rural fountains according to the type of water mills and jets such as geysers. The most close to the natural reservoirs cascades and waterfalls flowing down the stones surrounded by plants. High samples of palace and park fountains have complex designs with cutters, oncoming jets, multi-level bowls or figurines.

Home fountains also have their own varieties, for example, the stream does not necessarily come out vertically, it can be cascades that shimmer from one bowl to another. The floor fountain for the house looks picturesque - an artificial brook in a home greenhouse, which on gutters, stones or shells independently finds the road, like natural ponds.

You can consider as an option a waterflower for standing water, where a floating fountain is turned on periodically so as not to disturb the growing crops: water hyacinth, duckweed, water lilies, nymphs, etc. This pond can be inhabited by snails, swimming beetles, fish, and turtles. In fact, such a home fountain is a whole living corner, replacing the aquarium or terrarium, which is favorably complemented by beautiful stones and tropical plants. A similar homemade oasis can be made in a country house under the stairs, right in the floor of the lobby under the glass, as well as on a small elevation of stones in a greenhouse, in a winter garden or in a hall.

Home desktop fountains

The home fountain can be decorated as you like, using complex structures and backlight - it all depends on the possibilities, preferences and fantasies. For example, a bowl for flowers is issued:

• natural or artificial stones;
• shells and twigs of corals;
• bamboo, coconuts, bent branches and roots;
• artificial plants;
• colored glass or gems;
• toys and souvenirs in the form of inverted jugs or amphora.

1. DIY home -made home fountain is a good way to realize creative ideas, especially since clay can be chosen any color. This plastic material during hardening will retain any shape: the ruins of the castle, rocks, mill, and the house of inch under the leaves. Clay is malleable in work, like plasticine, and during heat treatment it becomes solid (firing in the oven or boiling). Finished products can be connected with mounting glue, varnish or acrylic paint. For functioning, the fountain is connected to the aquarium pump, so that through the tubes water from the container rises to the top of the structure and then flow freely into the bowl. For this stream of fountain, it is important to think over a special groove.
2. A home -made home fountain is a great way to attach shells and sea souvenirs brought from the resort. Such a fountain can make up for the need of citizens surrounded by particles of wildlife, especially when there is no way to have a large aquarium or terrarium. At the bottom of a decorative fountain, you can settle floating plants and a couple of unpretentious fish, for example, swordsmen. The water circulation system in the fountain is provided by the way described above. The tubes from the aquarium compressor can be decorated into a jug or an inverted cup attached above. You can build a multi -level structure where bowls of different diameters are fixed.
   
3. A home -made desktop foam foam is a rather practical solution. To create it, for example, a small cuveta is discouraged around the perimeter for a photo or bath, where the “decorations” of coasts with stones or shells will be mounted. A hole for water is made in one corner and a stainless steel tube is mounted. Foam can be sprinkled with large sand and fine pebbles to give a resemblance to the shore. The pump is connected to a flexible tube that has a hole under the stream that can go at an angle or vertically.

Simplest country or street fountain

If the question arose of how to make a home fountain in a country house or in a country house, it is important to understand that this is a hydraulic structure, in connection with which you have to consider the design features. For example, a mill in a remote corner of the garden is a great place to relax. You can make a fountain in the form of a small octagonant with a statue in the center, which can be purchased in finished form. Another picturesque option is a system of water bodies resembling natural mini-excedes with cascades.

The simplest design of the “natural” reservoir is associated with the acquisition of a finished container of an arbitrary shape with a dark bottom. The finished bowl is buried in the ground, and a place for hydraulic equipment is equipped nearby: pump, water recirculation systems, nozzle, power supply, cable, etc., it is equally important to ensure the flow of water from the fountain.

For a reservoir of this type, a finished reservoir, a stream formation, filters, nozzles, the base of the structure of the fountain and a hydraulic pump is required. When buying a pump, it is important not to make a mistake in choosing, the pump can be vortex, electromagnetic or centrifugal. Usually, sufficiently powerful centrifugal pumps are acquired under the arrangement of cottage fountains, which, moreover, are also quite economical.

If there is no finished bowl for an artificial reservoir, then the pit is covered with a waterproof film, which is fixed at the edges, and a pump is placed on the concrete block. It is important to think about how to connect a home fountain to the power supply and water supply. Excess water from the fountain can be poured into drainage or sewage, but it is better to provide recirculation, that is, to use water a second time. This is most economical, especially when the water meters are on the site, and the lack of water is replenished from the water supply.

Tip: Even with the most competent recirculation, part of the water will be absorbed by plants and evaporated, and the shows will give its excess. This water can be used for watering. Remember also that it is important to maintain a biological balance in the pond so that the water does not stagnate, does not green, does not rot. All hydrochemistry for water purification in pools and fountains is sold in specialized stores. In a uninhabited pond with a fountain, you can tint the water with a blue - for beauty and a sense of depth.

Making a country mini-Fonet with our own hands

A small fountain in the garden is a coolness, and aesthetic pleasure, and discharge to relieve tension after urban stress.

1. Fountain capacity. You can use improvised materials, for example, an ordinary barrel or old trough, dug for the ground, will be planted at the edges, and dis -dash pebbles will be planted at the edges. A ready-made floating fountain can complement your mini-breed. A larger pond can be of any shape, it all depends on imagination and capabilities. You can dig a pit to half a meter in depth, concrete the bottom and sides, lay waterproofing, buying a film in stores for a summer residence. The edges of the artificial pond under the fountain are decorated with stones and plants, and any inverted ceramic product can serve as the basis. All equipment can be placed in the rear of the mini-puffer in a small cellar.
   
2. The scheme of the home fountain. Any design of the fountain is a system of circulation of water -type water. The decorative part and nozzle for water release is a visible base of the design, but the container for taking water and technical equipment is not important. Ideally, when the jet is released from the nozzle, there is a circulation of water through the filters of rough and thin cleaning, and then the pump directs it again to the nozzle. An emergency overflowing device regulates the water level should be provided. The shape and size of the bowl vary. It happens, for example, a semi-shch of a wall fountain, where water flows or flows, like the famous Bakhchisarai fountain.
3. Economical supply of water to the fountain. The water supply is carried out by a pump or directly from the water supply, the pump is included in the need for savings. Water recirculation will ensure the economical operation of the fountain, since the country and horticultural partnerships are tied to the water supply schedule. It is optimal if you have a pump: immersed or superficial.   The pressure of the water jet should be adjustable, with a tap on the hose. A budget fountain is a system without complicated filtration and water level sensor.
   
4. Waterproofing parts of the fountain. You can not do without waterproofing of the fountain if you want to save electrical equipment and the initial volume of water. The more solid the construction of the fountain, the more difficult the “filling”, including general sealing. All joints and places of connection should have sufficient tightness and waterproofing, especially with rotating cutters of jets.
5. Technical equipment of the fountain. An important point is the use of pipes that are resistant to corrosion, for example, from metal -plastic. They can be forever in a hidden part of the fountain without fear of destruction. The assembly of such a pipeline is done using technology.
6. Electrical equipment of the fountain. The basis of the fountain equipment is a hydraulic pump, a water recocry system and power supply, they are located in the structure near the fountain. Lighting equipment is also connected to the network. The natural desire to splash in the water of the fountain should not be associated with risk, the switches must be removed from the water. It is better to lay wires underground, inside special pipes.
7. Fountain maintenance. It is important to provide access to the equipment of the fountain, so it is desirable that everything is connected to the main node located in a secret cellar or niche, where all communications lead. The room should have good waterproofing and ventilation, the rains and jets of the fountain should not get there.
   
8. Fountain illumination. A competent backlight on the perimeter of the container, above water or under water, as well as properly placed spot accents, will give any fountain of mysterious charm. To highlight the element in the evening, for example, a statue, a directed beam of light light is used. The diodes are placed around the perimeter or bottom of the reservoir, to create the effect of luminous water. Particularly beautiful is the varying blue, blue, purple and green color that changes from the relay. This can be entrusted to do a lighting company.
   
9. How to change the shape of a jet of a home fountain. Fountains with a different type of jets, for example, a bell of fountains with reflectors, dispensers, dispensers or rotors, which can be purchased separately, look most impressive. With their help, you can get a stream in the form of an umbrella, spraying a pulsar or dancing jets. The simplest type is “spray” for watering lawns.