Wall Fountain Construction: 10 Easy Steps To Build & Install Your Own Wall Fountain!

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A wall fountain adds beauty and relaxing ambiance to any place. The sound of steady cascading water is very relaxing. Installing one does not require so much work but you must assess how the different components fit together before the construction begins.

The tools needed are: a drill, screws, screw driver, tubing, strings and the Fountain (Note: this construction is not for a mirror or glass wall fountain)

The main components are: a mask, a basin with a built-in pump, and a decorative device or rosette. The fountain works as follows.

1.) Initially the water is in the basin and it is pumped into the mask.

2.) The water passes through the rosette or any spout in front of the mask as a tiny stream into the basin or series of basins and goes back to the basin where the pump is.

3.) The pump in the basin pumps the water back into the mask and the cycle is repeated.

Once the place where the wall fountain would stand out had been chosen, try to figure out the ways in which the plumbing and electric wires would not show off. This is necessary if the basin is a separate part from the fountain. If there is no access to the back of the wall the best alternative is to run the plumbing and electric wires up the inside of the wall.

In the case of a brick wall or concrete, make a cavity by removing some bricks or concrete from the wall making a room for the tube. The height of this cavity must be from the bottom of the basin to the overflow of the mask. A larger tube must be used to fit-in a smaller tube for the circulating water.

Again another cavity is needed for a tube where electric wires would run. Restore the wall to its former look as much as possible. It would not be appropriate if you have constructed a wall fountain nicely but have made the wall behind it ugly.

The task would be easier if the wall is accessible at the back and you can follow these steps.

1.) Drill a 1st hole through the wall at the position of the mask.

2.) Drill a 2nd hole at the bottom behind the position of the basin.

3.) Staying in front of the wall drop a string through the 1st hole to the back of the wall, and pull it toward the front wall passing through the 2nd hole at the bottom.

4.) Tie a string to a tube of an appropriate size.

5.) Now go to the back of the wall, pull the string up through the 1st hole returning the string to the front passing through the 2nd hole at the bottom.

6.) Enough tubing for the outflow (mask, rosette or spout) must be taken into consideration. Cut the excess after the exact length is achieved.

7.) Drill a hole for the electric wires just enough for the plug to go through it. It will be no sweat to let it through the wall to be plugged to an outlet.

8.) After the holes and tubing have been set, it’s now time to connect the water tubing to the pump in the basin.

9.) When you hang the wall fountain on the wall, see to it that the hardware used is strong enough to support 50 lbs. weight.

10.) All you need is to supply the water, plug it in and you have a running Wall Fountain!

Make sure that too much water isn’t’ going out of the basin because of splashing. The overflow must be close enough to the basin to prevent water from draining. This may cause damage to the pump. Use the flow adjustment feature of the pump to regulate the flow of water in your wall fountain.

Regular cleaning is always a must to extend the life of the pump. Changing water regularly would prevent dirt and bacteria build-up.

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