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Water Features - Too much hassle or Worth It?

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  • Steady EddieSteady Eddie Posts: 79
    We made a water feature from a large pot with a pump. It gives a nice bubbling noise and is virtually maintenance free. (We cover it in winter to protect from frost)
  • Steady EddieSteady Eddie Posts: 79
    I’m so sorry I don’t know how my dog photo got there! Fat fingers!
  • g.kingg.king Posts: 46
    @Steady Eddie I like that idea. Is the pot simply full of water with a pump in, or do you fill some of the space in the pot?
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    All you need to make a "water feature" is a bucket of some kind and a pump that costs about £20.
  • Steady EddieSteady Eddie Posts: 79
    We rest the pump on a few house bricks well below the water level and use the longest 
    spout.

  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    Love the dog @Steady Eddie  :)
  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    Chris-P-Bacon said:
    I have a home made water feature - and I quite enjoy the trickle of water during summer..but just occasionally it gets on my nerves!
    I think it would get on my ... bladder. ;)
  • bertrand-mabelbertrand-mabel Posts: 2,697
    @BenCotto Will try to do a photo tomorrow to show what we did.
  • bertrand-mabelbertrand-mabel Posts: 2,697
    @BenCotto The water feature has been in situ now for over 20years. At the bottom is a huge plastic curved "bowl" for the water. An old drain pipe runs up the inside of the "tower" with a piece of old hose pipe inside. The pump is at the bottom. The stones were all taken from building work being done and they were part of old foundations. The stones towards the bottom do a small spiral so that the water trickling down from the top is collected and returned to the reservoir. Over the years ferns and mosses have covered up much of the stones and we think it looks good.
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