Need water feature ideas
 

I'm setting up a water feature in my front yard. I've got the basin sunk in, working on the plumbing, now I just need the artistic ideas.

The basin is 45" square and will support 1200lbs (according to the docs) in an area roughly 18' x 18'

I'm looking for ideas for something I can construct and plumb myself; I don't want something that looks like it came from Home Depot or Lowes, eg a big vase with water coming out the top.

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fountain based on an old 911 oil pump

easy to build...or to change.
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This is inspiring! I see a rotted out, green, ‘71 Dodge pickup with water running off the tailgate onto a pile of broken concrete.

I like it; I'm sure I could find a junk Isetta to use for the centerpiece

Use a sectioned first gen 924.

My great Uncle has a 15 ft diameter water pool with a big volcanic bolder 6 ft tall on a pole hovering just above the water. The water is pumped into the bolder and comes out everywhere and flows into the pool. Volcanic rock is very porous.

A bit more contemporary than the vase or the vw.

My dog dug a toad up at the base of a cottonwood tree. About 1-1/2 ft deep. It filled up and stayed full of clear water until the soil filled in the hole at the end of the summer. Understand the water wicked out of the cottonwood tree.

More traditional, you can do the greek thing of cherub peeing or classic sculptures of nearly nude women pouring water from a vase.

In nature, spring water just comes out of a hole and runs down from there.

Bellagio fountain 😎

Yes! Sinc the fountain to ZZ Top “She’s Got Legs.”

Trevi Fountain - no interest in legs


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I like mermaids myself......

$230 from Amazon:

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Only 30" high so may not be the right size for you but there are tons of mermaid water fountains online if you are interested.

I know you stated you wanted to make this yourself and didn't want something that looked like it came from a box store but wanted to offer the mermaid suggestion anyway. There are many available like I said including many that you probably wouldn't see in a box store because of their artistry.

We had a large piece of green basalt drilled as a bubbler at our last house. It did take a Bobcat to place the rock. At our most recent house we live in a more woodsy area and have an upper and lower basin with a small stream between the two. The sound of running water is really nice.

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Instead of a water feature as such, how about a beautifully landscaped goldfish pond with a waterfall or the water cascading down over rocks.

Edit : LOL something like Hockey's water feature/water fall but with a pond as well.

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Go to Pinterest and search on water features. There will be hundreds.

more ideas here: https://www.houzz.com/photos/query/water-features-around-home/nqrwns

So memorable, even though you don't see it until 5 minutes into this scene:

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Most of the water features I've seen on Pinterest, Houzz, etc have more square footage than my entire yard.

With it in your front yard, just remember to make it something with no retaining pond that a kid could drown in. It is an "attractive nuisance" and if some kid could possible fall in and drown it might be something to talk to your insurance agent about.

We have a koi pond in our back yard that is surrounded by plants and flowers my master gardener maintains.

You don't want any of that ugly plastic tray showing so I'd put a layer of small river stones in it with some polished pebbles to fill in. Then I'd stack 3 or so larger stones vertically and have water flow out and over the top one. Low interesting plants around the perimeter to conceal the lip.

Some will look at it as a Phallic symbol.

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From this angle the waterfall and pond view is almost blocked with flowers.

Here's the one I did in the back yard. It's a similar type of basin. It's covered in rocks - there is no exposed water.

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The back yard looks great! I'm sure whatever you do in the front will look amazing.

how about an automated water cannon with tracking?

You could have something like this as a water feature. And if the wife sees you having an outside pee you can say if it's OK for him it's OK for me.

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OK, I went with a fairly simple water feature: an 18x18 gabion with glass rock, and a copper birdbath top

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Like. Alot. Are the glass rock lit?

They are not. When I bought the pump, I didn't yet know what I wanted to do for the main feature, so I didn't get one with a light. I could fish a low-voltage line through and add one.

How would that glass look if you hit it with a laser?

A light right on top, where the water comes out might look cool.

Where did you get the Glass Rock? I've been looking on line, never seen it local.

I couldn't find it local either; one place that used to have it hasn't been able to get it for a while. I got it here: https://americanspecialtyglass.com/

Thank you.

Looks awesome.

What is the volume of the reservoir on that and how big is the pump?

Basin: 98 gallons - (the 45" one) https://www.thepondoutlet.com/aquabasin-30-45
Pump: 1100GPH https://www.thepondoutlet.com/ultra-pumps-generation-3-by-aquascape-p10505