The water feature pics.

[Tim Lamb]

'm new to photo album tricks so kindly do not criticise:-)

Rather a lot of effort for a modest gurgle!

regards

[Nitro®]

Rather a lot of work for as you say a modest gurgle. You could have chained a dog up and watch it piss for a lot less cash. Ramp up the power on that pump, maybe rig up an angle grinder.....

Does look nice though.

[The Wanderer]

Where did you source the reservoir? I have a small water feature in one corner, and it was constructed using an extra large 'rubber' waste bucket as a sump, with a bit of perforated galvanised metal on top. It's not really big enough and I could do with something larger for a sump.

[Tim Lamb]

It is actually an old galvanised water trough culled from the pile of

*possibles* remaining after I stopped rearing beef cattle.

The hidden detail is a strong frame welded up from galvanised angle and T section. The barrel full of water weighs more than I do and needs to be supported inside the collecting zone for the sump. I considered adding *aprons* to collect drips from further afield but then didn't bother.

There are plastic barrels (ex-chemical containers) available from industrial sources. Usually blue and found cut in half scattered around pony fields.

regards

[Toby]

Why does the barrel have to be full of water!?

Surely it would be better to just seal the lid on the top and have a pipe running from the top to the bottom?

Toby...

[Tim Lamb]

In message , Toby writes

Not very stable. I suppose a few rocks inside would do the same job.

Currently the lid is reversible and may be covered in broken slate or turned over and..... not my dept.

Maybe. The feed pipe is plastic waste and sealed with a straight tank connector at the bottom. The lid has a clearance hole.

Narrowing the outlet would produce a taller jet but the current set up met approval.

regards

[Jules Richardson]

Check car collision repair places, too - they'll probably have a source of petrol/diesel on site for testing purposes, and it'll be shipped to them in big plastic barrels (at least that's how we got ours)

cheers

Jules