Protect a garden fountain in winter

Well maintenance before winter

• If you want to make your fountain really winter-proof shortly before winter, then ideally you should remove the pump and pump out all the water. Another pump is suitable for pumping out the remaining water.
• If you don't have another pump, use a narrow hose (like the one used for aquariums). Hang this in the still existing well water and suck in the water with your mouth. After that the water will run out.
• You can pick up leftovers with a cloth. Depending on the depth of the well, you can also use hemp ropes to wrap the rags on a long stick or around a broom and fasten them. Then drive the broom into the mouth of the fountain and absorb the water. In this way, the Garden fountain also cleaned.
• Then you should cover the fountain, for example with wooden planks or jute sacks, depending on its size. Depending on the size and depth of the well, you can also leave the water in the well. It is better for the stones if the water is removed, but sometimes this is simply not possible, for example with very deep garden fountains.
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Let the garden fountain run

• You can also take the risk and simply do nothing, but simply let the fountain and pump run continuously and add hot water at most times when it is very cold. This is particularly recommended if there are fish in the well that they would otherwise have to move.


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• If you leave the water in the well and run the pump, however, you should go back and forth in winter Check the temperatures again so that everything doesn't freeze or damage the fish come.
• As a rule, however, it is sufficient to leave the pump on. The pump itself generates heat that normally does not freeze the water. In addition, you should wrap hemp sacks or fir branches around the fountain as much as possible.