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Any do it yourself garden fountain ideas? Yes, build one yourself using polymer modified cements. One of the quickest building methods is to use a 55 gallon metal or plastic drum as your center piece. Cut a hole at the base of the drum and also in the center of the top. Insert a 1” copper or pvc pipe with elbows and also exaggerate the ends. Once your desired cement texture is complete you can then cut the exaggerated ends and attach additional plumbing and pump. I like using metal drums along with metal lathe or diamond wire. Simply wrap the mesh around and secure to the drum with self tapping screws. In our Hands On or Mail Order Schools we teach all product formulations and recipes, but for those who want to practice with a simple option simply go to Home Depot and purchase as many bags of Rapid Set Mortar mix as needed. Mix according to instructions on bag, wear dishwasher gloves and hand apply the mix over the diamond wire to achieve a strength coat. At this point you may use a trowel to achieve flatness or use your hands to push material around for the purpose of getting a head start of desired end shapes or textures. Castle stone or river rocks for example. A water retainment bowl can be created by digging a hole, reinforcing with 3/8” rebar then covering with 6” of concrete. For those who want to buy a storefront product for final waterproofing, look for Thoroseal and those who want to batch something similar, use 1 part Portland cement or Rapid Set Cement to 1 part polymer or Acryl 60 if buying at a store. Also, we teach many variations of hydrosealing to choose from, some have silica sands, some with marble dust and some with lime, etc.

I want to build my own interior water fountain, are there any limits or size restraints?No, indoor wall fountains or wall water fountains can be made to take up the full size & height of any wall. The large outdoor wall fountains or indoor that we build are usually 8’ wide by 6 to 8’ tall and come with a cabinet underneath for accessories such as fiber optic illuminators, pump and the transformer for low voltage lighting. The easiest water walls to build are the ones built on sight, simply use a stud finder to locate all studs then decide your layout for side rails to be attached, preferable by screws. Once that is decided, we snap two vertical lines in the center of the layout for the purpose of cutting & removing the sheetrock for the insertion of a 1” copper or pvc pipe that will have a 90% elbow & stub in the bowl area and the same at top to create the T for water flow. We use many methods for reinforcement prior to applying our proprietory cement formulations. There are many methods for unique textures by hand sculpting, but our best comes by using our Patent Pending Deep Textured Rollers. These replicate anything from small to large tree bark, cobble stone, wall stone, slate, weathered flagstone & many other textures for indoor water fountains or even theme park type settings with fake trees, and fake rocks.