Decorative fountain. How to make a home fountain

With the arrival of the summer, the fountains begin to delight the eyes, entail the cool, and the endless sound of falling water raises the mood. Fountains on the square, in the urban apartment, in the courtyard of the country house or on a small country site - the best way to improve the territory. Fountains are known to humanity from antiquity, they served as a city water supply water for drinking water, and in the lower bowl you could wash on a hot day. Today, its own decorative reservoir is available to everyone, and the home fountain do it yourself very simple.

Varieties of fountains

The fact that once was considered a man-made miracle, today it became something quite ordinary. The method of supplying water the simplest electric motor once replaced the natural slope of the area and the principle of reporting vessels. Technology development made it possible to embody technical innovations in everyday life and contributed to the invention of the species of fountains for the house.

Fountains are street and indoor. They are used for practical purposes, and to decorate interiors. For example, a wired mill "Mill" decorates national cuisine restaurants. In the hot climate, the water with a murmur jet reduces the air temperature in the premises, adjusting the humidity. The courtyard-patio does not cost without a fountain with a large bowl, replacing the pool, where you can rinse the legs after the dusty road or to fully swim.

Street fountains make in squares, in parks, at the station. They can be equipped with a complex mechanism: "singing" or "dancing" fountains, as well as with illuminated or colored jets.

More simple fountains will become a decent decoration of the household plot. This can be a whole system of reservoirs with islands or bridges, falling jets and geasers that are knocking out from under stones. Their destination is landscape design. Even a small reservoir in the country, for example, a small pond with a fountain in the center and beautiful plants among stones, is able to become a masterpiece. You can also connect a series of cascade fountains among themselves, and the backlight of different types will create a special atmosphere for evenings for kebabs in a circle of friends.

Materials for the manufacture of fountains can be the most different:

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

When geophysical conditions of terrain are allowed in the area of \u200b\u200bprivate house-building, it is possible to use a natural landscape slope so that fountains or cascade ponds worked without an electric motor. One pipeline is enough to bring water from the spring, the horizon of which is above. So once built water pipes and fountains in Mytishchi, Peterhof, Rome and other places. The combination of the difference in levels and calibration of holes in the flow tubes give the necessary pressure of water. Sometimes the principle of reporting vessels creates a sufficient pressure without hydraulic pump.

Tip: A large fountain with a tank of a small pool is made according to the project, it requires a foundation that will withstand a massive statue or another design. Sometimes the fountain is complemented by pressure capacity or receiver, which is placed slightly above the level of nozzles, which will ensure stable jet pressure. And remember that with the end of the warm season, the water from the fountain is completely removed, if possible, biting the entire facility with the film.

Stylistics fountains

Those who did not delve into the particular design of fountains, it seems that they are not much different, but also the pallet, and the decorative part has its own design features. There is natural stylization and palace-park fountains, rural fountains by type of water mills and jets such as geysers. As close as possible to the natural reservoirs of cascades and waterfalls flowing through the stones surrounded by plants. High samples of palace-park fountains have complex structures with dividers, oncoming jets, multi-level bowls or statueries.

Home fountains also have their own varieties, for example, a jet does not necessarily go vertically, it can be cascades that are transfusing from one bowl to another. It looks picturesquely a floor fountain for the house - artificial streams in a home greenhouse, which in the gutters, stones or shells independently finds the road, like natural reservoirs.

It can be considered as an embodiment of a standing water where the floating fountain is periodically included in order not to disturb the growing cultures: water hyacinth, pitchfork, pita, nymphy, etc. This reservoir can house snails, boosters, floats, fish, turtles. In fact, such a home fountain is a whole living area, replacing aquarium or terrarium, which is advantageous to complement beautiful stones and tropical plants. A similar home oasis can be made in a country house under the staircase, right in the floor of the lobby under glass, as well as on a small elevation of stones in the greenhouse, in the winter garden or in the lobby.

Desktop Fountains for Home

Home fountain can be decorated as you like using complex designs and backlight - it all depends on the possibilities, preferences and fantasies. For example, a bowl for flowers is drawn up:

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

1. A homemade polymer clay fountain with his own hands is a good way to embody creative ideas, especially since clay can choose any color. This plastic material during curing will save any form: castle ruins, rocks, mill, house thumbs under the leaves. The clay of piety in work, like a plasticine, and when heat treatment becomes solid (roasting in the oven or boiling). Finished products can be connected by mounting glue, cover with varnish or acrylic paint. For the functioning, the fountain is connected to aquarium pump so that water water from the container is raised through the tubes to the top of the structure and further flowed into the bowl. For this trickle, the fountain is important to consider a special groove.
2. A homemade seashell fountain is a great way to attach the seashells brought from the resort and sea souvenirs. Such a fountain can fill the need of citizens surrounded by particles of wildlife, especially when there is no possibility to have a large aquarium or terrarium. At the bottom of the decorative fountain, you can settle floating plants and a couple of unpretentious fish, for example, the swords. The water circulation system in the fountain is provided by the method described above. Pipes from aquarium compressor can be reapged into the jug attached above or an inverted cup. You can build a multi-level structure, which are fixed by bowls of different diameters.
   
3. Home table fountain from mounting foam is a fairly practical solution. For its creation, for example, they are shot around the perimeter a small cuvette for the manifestics of a photo or a bath, where the "scenery" of the shores with stones or shells will be mounted. In one corner, a water hole is made and a stainless steel tube is mounted. Foam can be sprinkled with large sand and petty pebbles to give similarity with the shore. The pump is connected to a flexible tube having a hole under the jet, which can go at an angle or vertically.

The simplest cottage or street fountain

If the question arose how to make a home fountain in the country or in a country house, it is important to understand that this is a hydraulic structure, in connection with which it will have to take into account the design features. For example, a mill in a remote corner of the garden is a great place to stay. You can make a fountain in the form of a small octahedron with a statue in the center, which can be purchased in the finished form. Another picturesque option is a system of reservoirs resembling natural mini-ponds with cascades.

The simplest design of the "natural" reservoir is associated with the purchase of the finished capacity of an arbitrary shape with a dark bottom. The finished bowl is buried to the ground, and there is a place for hydraulic equipment: pump, water recirculation systems, nozzle, power supply, cable, etc. It is equally important to ensure the flow of water from the fountain.

For a pond of this type, a ready-made tank is required, a jet formation device, filters, nozzles, the base of the fountain design and hydraulic pump. When buying a pump, it is important not to be mistaken in the choice, the pump can be vortex, electromagnetic or centrifugal. Usually, sufficiently powerful centrifugal pumps, which, besides, are also quite economical, are used to arrange country fountains.

If there is no finished bowl for an artificial reservoir, then the pit is covered with a waterproof film, which is fixed along the edges, and the pump is placed on the concrete block. It is important to think about how to connect a home fountain to the power grid and water supply. Excess water from the fountain can be poured into drainage or sewer, but it is better to provide recycling, that is, use the water again. It is most economical, especially when counters are on the water, and the lack of water is filled from the water supply.

Tip: Even with the most competent recirculation, part of the water will be absorbed by plants and evaporate, and the livne will give its excess. This water can be used for watering. Remember also, it is important to maintain a biological balance in the reservoir so that the water is not stuffed, not Green, did not rot. All water purification hydrochemistry in pools and fountains is sold in specialized stores. In a desert pond with a fountain, it is possible to cut water to blue - for the beauty and sensation of depth.

Making a cottage mini-fountain with your own hands

A small fountain in the garden is both coolness, aesthetic pleasure, and discharge to remove tensions after urban stress.

1. Capacity for the fountain. You can use fir-handed materials, for example, the usual, covered in the ground, barrel or old trough, will be planted at the edges by plants and stacked semplarified pebbles. The finished floating fountain can supplement your mini-pond. A larger reservoir can be any form, it all depends on fantasy and opportunities. You can dug up to a half-meter depth, concrete bottom and sides, put waterproofing by purchasing a film in stores for cottages. The edges of the artificial pond under the fountain decorated with stones and plants, and any inverted ceramic product can serve as the basis. All equipment can be placed in the back of a mini-fountain in a small cellar.
   
2. Scheme of work home fountain. Any fountain design is a closed type water circulation system. The decorative part and the nozzle for water emissions is the visible basis of the structure, but not me is important for taking water and technical equipment. Ideally, during the emission of a jet from the nozzle, there is circulation of water through the filters of coarse and fine cleaning, and then the pump sends it again to the nozzle. An emergency overflow device regulating water levels should be provided. The shape and size of the bowls vary. It happens, for example, a semi-bowl of a used fountain, where water flows or follows, like the famous Bakhchisarai fountain.
3. Economical feeding water to the fountain. Water supply is carried out by a pump or directly from the water supply system, the pump includes the need for savings. Water recycling will ensure the economical operation of the fountain, since the country and gardening partnerships are tied to the water supply schedule. Optimally, if you have a pump: immersed or superficial. The pressure of the water jet should be adjustable, with a tap on the hose. The budget fountain is a system without complicated filtering and water level sensor.
   
4. Waterproofing of parts of the fountain. Without waterproofing the fountain, it is not necessary if you want to maintain electrical equipment and the initial volume of water. The fact that the factor of the fountain is, the more difficult "filling", including general sealing. All joint articulations and locations must have sufficient tightness and waterproofing, especially with rotating jet divisors.
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 inserted into the hidden part of the fountain without fear of destruction. The assembly of such a pipeline is made using technology.
6. Electrical equipment fountain. The base of the fountain equipment is a hydraulic pump, water recycling system and power supply, they are placed in the construction of the fountain. The network also attach lighting equipment. Natural desire to sprawl in the water of the fountain should not be associated with risk, switches must be removed from water. Wires better lay down underground, inside special pipes.
7. Service fountain. 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, rains and fountain jets should not go there.
   
8. Highlighting fountains. Any fountain of the mysterious charm will give competent illumination around the perimeter of the capacity, above water or under water, as well as properly arranged point accents. To highlight the element in the evening, for example, a statue, apply a directional light beam light. Diodes are placed around the perimeter or bottom of the reservoir, to create the effect of glowing water. Especially beautiful variable blue, blue, purple and green, changing from the relay. This can be entrusted to make companies engaged in LED.
   
9. How to change the shape of a jet of a home fountain. Fountains with different types of jets are most effectively watching, for example, fountains with reflectors, dispensers, dividers or rotators, which can be purchased separately. With their help, you can get a jet in the form of an umbrella, splashing pulsar or dancing jets. The simplest type is "splashes" for irrigation of lawns.