Diy pondless waterfall reservoir1/22/2024 ![]() ![]() The plumbing consists of a PVC city water feed controlled by a float valve. When the hole was completed you put in the protective fabric, then the rubber liner, then the plastic grid boxes that support rocks on the top, the pump and its housing, and the plumbing. He chopped out the clay, and I re-distributed what he tossed out of the hole to re-form my terraces. So I rented an electric hammer with clay spade, tried it myself, then hired a strong chap to do the work. Standing on a shovel makes only slightest scratch. I’ve seen instructional videos of petite women digging holes for trees etc. ![]() Under the few inches of top soil, my California soil is clay. There was really only one place to put it in my yard, so we dug it. This would require a hole of about 2 cubic yards. This Instructable illustrates some of the work that went into building it.įor a stream the size I wanted the sump would need to hold about 200 gallons. It’s a simple design, but fitting it all into the backyard, and coming up with a pleasing design takes some doing. At the bottom, a plastic grid covers the sump and the water flows over more river rocks back down into the sump. River rocks and pea gravel cover the rubber to disguise it and to prevent sun damage. The water then runs down the stream which is lined with waterproof “rubber” material. When the stream is “turned on”, a large pump at the bottom of the sump pushes water up a large hidden tube to the “diffuser” which spreads out the water to form the initial waterfall. The idea of a pondless stream is that there is a sump or reservoir at the lower end that holds the water when the stream is not running. I researched it online and bought a kit similar to this. I settled on a pondless stream and waterfall. A pond requires maintenance and is a hazard for small children and would attract raccoons from the nearby park. It didn’t take much convincing for me to dive in. But the brick walls were leaning and collapsing, the stairway was straight and ugly, and I wanted a water feature. The yard is a side slope and the original landscaping was a small lawn, a concrete retaining wall, a series of brick terraces and a brick stairway. At my wife’s urging I/we decided to re-landscape the backyard. ![]()
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