Build wall fountains for the garden
A beautiful wall fountain in a garden corner near the seating area makes a garden twice as beautiful. You don't need to buy an expensive wall fountain. A fountain like this does not cost 100 € if you build it yourself.
What you need:
- Gargoyles
- Mortar bucket
- Plastic hose
- Solar powered pump
Basic structure of the wall fountain
The basis of the wall fountain for the garden is a gargoyle and a mortar bucket:
- Obtain a gargoyle. You can get these parts at flea markets, on eBay, or you can cast or cast them yourself from cement or casting compound. model.
- Mount this gargoyle on a wall. Depending on the material of the wall and spout, you can glue it on with mounting adhesive or fix it with screws and dowels. If there are drill holes, you can hide them with a little filler and paint.
- The other end of the hose is attached to a solar powered fountain pump and inserted into the Place a mortar bucket filled with water under the gargoyle so that the water is exactly inside Bucket lands. The solar drive has the advantage that the fountain only runs when the sun is shining, so you are not disturbed by the splashing at night. It's also convenient that you don't have to lay cables.
This is how it becomes a beautiful wall garden fountain
With the wall fountain for the garden, it is very important that the gargoyle is decorative. In addition to lion heads or grimaces made of cast iron or the like from the flea market, there are also self-made impressions of styrofoam elements.
A fountain in rooms or in the garden is not only a special look ...
- In a mortar bucket, pour enough plaster of paris to allow you to dip the element you want. Weigh down the element with stones so that it is almost completely submerged.
- As soon as the plaster of paris has hardened, remove the element. You now have a negative shape of the part.
- Coat the plaster and the wall from the inside with a suitable release agent (special agent suitable for the casting compound: wax or clear lacquer). Now pour the later spout for the wall fountain from a casting compound into the negative mold. Cement, external filler or polyester are suitable as the compound.
- Now remove the gargoyle from the mold and drill a hole in the middle through which you can lead the hose. A suitable piece of copper pipe that you can insert approx. Let it protrude 10 cm, of course, looks better than just the hose.
- Secure the hose or the combination of pipe and hose with silicone so that everything is tight and the hose cannot slip off.
- Depending on the material, the gargoyle of the garden fountain still has to be plastered or painted with paint. A matching patina looks good too.
Harmonious wall fountain for the garden
Now only the collecting basin of the wall fountain in the garden has to be embellished and the hose hidden.
- Mortar bucket or Mortar tubs come in different sizes and shapes. Choose one that fits the space and suits you.
- Cover the bucket with a wall made of bricks or clinker, but only layer them on top of each other, do not stick with mortar, otherwise you will have a problem if you want to clean the fountain greenish. You can also make the cladding as a rollboard or palisade for edging beds in the garden.
- As far as possible, hide the pump and the hose of the wall fountain under stones that you put in the bucket. The hose that leads to the gargoyle can be underneath Climbing plants can be hidden or by making a facing from clinker brick or tile.
Empty the fountain before winter and place the pump in a frost-free place, then you will enjoy the wall fountain in your garden for many years.
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