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How to Make an Outdoor Fountain
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Tags: Outdoor Fountain, Create a Fountain, Fountain
An outdoor fountain can add some relaxation to your beautiful backyard. Here is how you can make an outdoor fountain.
| 1. | Think about your space. You will need enough room to place your fountain, a convenient electrical outlet (to supply power to the pump), and a way to cover the electrical cord (running the cord through a garden with high plants or under rock landscaping works the best). |
| 2. | Consider your theme. What kind of yard do you have? Do you want an artistic fountain? Something natural? Do you want a country garden kind of feel? Make sure your fountain theme meshes well with your existing landscaping, otherwise it will likely look out of place, no matter how fantastic it is. |
| 3. | Design your fountain. |
| 4. | Put together your supplies. You will need a pump, a container for a reservoir (see Tips for ideas), tubing, and any other elements that are custom to your design. Other items that might come in handy are small stones and loose dirt for leveling the reservoir, a shovel, water proof caulking, sand. |
| 5. | Get building. Dig a hole (only after making sure there are no power lines!), level with sand and put your reservoir into the ground--or level it on the ground for above ground fountains. |
| 6. | Put together the elements of your fountain. This could be as simple as a pile of rocks inside a large bucket, or as complicated as a welded copper framework. The only thing that matters is that the fountain head pours the water back into the reservoir. |
| 7. | Place the pump. Connect all of the tubing and make sure the pump is set to a medium high setting. Make sure that you can access it easily and that it can be removed for winter weather or if it should stop working. |
| 8. | Fill the reservoir. |
| 9. | Adjust the pump speed until the water comes out of the fountain head without spraying outside of the bounds of the reservoir. |
| 10. | Hide the cord and add finishing touches. Plant plants, add decorative bricks, and hide unattractive edges. |
| 11. | Enjoy your new fountain! You worked hard for it! |
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