A project
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When hubby retires, you can hire him out as a fountain specialist!
Seriously, nice work.
He's so ingenious in designing the mechanicals for this. I am so impressed with his use of non-traditional parts for this project: a sewage tank and toilet float!
He uses my designs for things like the bluestone floor, the stone wall around it that overlaps the edge of the bluestone floor to hide the rubber liner, the bluestone ledges, etc. However, none of this would work without his ideas for the plumbing. I got lucky with this guy!
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Very nice! You never need to refill it.
It should be very low maintenance for daily functioning. In the fall, the pump will need to be drained, as will the hoses. The bluestone floor blocks most of the debris, and I will watch to see how often that needs cleaning. The river rock below will catch more of any small debris, so the filters should not have much work either. For the bluestone floor, I have a small shop vac to take care of that. I can see having a small shop vac stored in my utility cabinet at the back of the porch.
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Beautiful fountain, and a heavy one. Woof! Nice hummingbird feeder too. Looks like you have a beautiful house.
Where did you get those shades in the background? I recently ordered and installed some very similar for our porch and it's been a game changer in the summer afternoon sun when we eat dinner out there.
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Beautiful fountain, and a heavy one. Woof! Nice hummingbird feeder too. Looks like you have a beautiful house.
Where did you get those shades in the background? I recently ordered and installed some very similar for our porch and it's been a game changer in the summer afternoon sun when we eat dinner out there.
Beautiful fountain, and a heavy one. Woof! Nice hummingbird feeder too. Looks like you have a beautiful house.
Where did you get those shades in the background? I recently ordered and installed some very similar for our porch and it's been a game changer in the summer afternoon sun when we eat dinner out there.
I got them several years ago on Amazon. They were so cheap that I wondered how well they would last. I think we've had them about 8 or 9 years now, and they are still going strong. I've only had to change how the roller string hooks on the far top end, which was quite simple.
We love them. The porch gets a lot of sun in the afternoons, and these make a huge difference for comfort. That and a ceiling fan are the ticket for the warm days.
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Beautiful fountain, and a heavy one. Woof! Nice hummingbird feeder too. Looks like you have a beautiful house.
Where did you get those shades in the background? I recently ordered and installed some very similar for our porch and it's been a game changer in the summer afternoon sun when we eat dinner out there.
I got them several years ago on Amazon. They were so cheap that I wondered how well they would last. I think we've had them about 8 or 9 years now, and they are still going strong. I've only had to change how the roller string hooks on the far top end, which was quite simple.
We love them. The porch gets a lot of sun in the afternoons, and these make a huge difference for comfort. That and a ceiling fan are the ticket for the warm days.
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Beautiful fountain, and a heavy one. Woof! Nice hummingbird feeder too. Looks like you have a beautiful house.
Where did you get those shades in the background? I recently ordered and installed some very similar for our porch and it's been a game changer in the summer afternoon sun when we eat dinner out there.
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Kudos to you and hubby for an excellent job!
And many thanks for your painstaking post showing and explaining it all.
Very elegant! You should call it the Duck Fountain -- calm and serene up top, churning like crazy underneath.
Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka
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Beautiful and ingenious work!
You are the person to really appreciate the plumbing technology hubby used. It's not quite traditional, but it really works well.
I should clarify that the float in the reservoir really is intended for ponds, not toilets, but it looks just like the ones you see in toilet tanks. Being made for an outdoor use, it's a bit more beefy.
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Kudos to you and hubby for an excellent job!
And many thanks for your painstaking post showing and explaining it all.
Very elegant! You should call it the Duck Fountain -- calm and serene up top, churning like crazy underneath.
Kudos to you and hubby for an excellent job!
And many thanks for your painstaking post showing and explaining it all.
Very elegant! You should call it the Duck Fountain -- calm and serene up top, churning like crazy underneath.
We could call it the Lazy Fountain, too. Once it's installed and fully set up, it takes care of itself for filling and running.
You are correct that it's very calm and serene. It makes thin sheets of water on the bluestone tiers that gently drop to the floor. It splashes just a tiny bit out to the granite pavers, and is rather quiet, but it's nothing like a typical fountain that has a huge splash area and is noisy.
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I would have fun building that. I'm not a very talented plumber, but I can dig holes.
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Lovely
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Link to video
Here is the video, Friday, and it's very short.
I think I will increase the water flow rate just a little bit. It would still be a trickle fountain, and not too splashy. The water is coming out through the lions' mouths as it should, but that would be increased with a stronger flow.
I got much of the brick edging redone, and just need to redo the section I removed for the forklift to reach close enough to the site for the fountain. This is why the experts always say to install the hardscape before the landscape. LOL
Now I need Copper here to help me finish the last part of the brick mower edging by the front boxwoods. I know he will be wonderful at that. Then he and I can plant some things that just arrived today for various locations around the house. I have 9 roses to plant and some lilies. I might see if the lilies could be planted by the fountain, though that wasn't the intent when I ordered them.
I could spend all my time in the yard planting and taking care of plants. I even enjoy pruning and spraying my roses. How did this happen? I never pictured liking this so much.
