Has anyone made a water feature in their yard that you see in some of the magazines that has rocks, pottery and bubbles? I have checked my area nurseries for these and can't find or not large enough for what I need. Does anyone know of a website that shows how they are constructed?
Thanks
Mike
Question on water feature that bubbles
HGTV has some ideas on their website. I, personally, haven't made one but I have dreams.......someday!
Do you mean similar to these on the top of my page...
http://www.mdvaden.com/water-features.shtml
If yes, click Albums button above, then pick the decorative rock album choice and scroll to another image that shows the bubbling rock before I covered the top with river rock.
The big rock is supported on two stacks of flat blocks, allowing the hose to pass up the hole in the middle. The pump is in a valve box. I cut a gap in the top of the valve box to run the power cord up and over so a new pump can be added someday. The water hose can run through the bottom.
There are kits made for these - about $500 dollars or more. But I often use a preform liner and place rubber liner just under it and on it under the concrete flat blocks to protect the shell.
md, I love that bubbler, was it difficult to drill a hole through that big rock?
The landscape rock yard supplied it that way. It's about $3 per inch.
Apparently, some rental yards can rent the drills and bits needed.
In that rock album I mentioned, the first two album slots are the same video of one of the rock yards, and it shows a momentary glimpse of the drilling process on another rock.
Pretty website, md.
Thanks, fireant...
By the way, in regard to my earlier post, my rock album page is still up, but the video of Oregon Decorative rock (including the drilling), went to a separate album page. I was reworking my albums today, as well as tweaking my website.
The Oregon Decorative Rock video album can only be accessed with this URL now...
http://imageevent.com/mdvaden/decorativerock