Home Fountain : independent production

Who said that the fountain - it's only street fixture?The modern decoration of this type with the same success, and are used outside of the home and indoors - it is all about size and device.For apartments and houses, as a rule, apply small fountains, which are called "home fountain."It is about them, but rather variants of their self-production, will talk in this article.

man long can contemplate three things - a long time he was unable to tear his eyes away from the flames, flowing water, and how someone else works.For this reason, the most common decorations in houses and apartments are all kinds of fireplaces and fountains.In this article, we will focus on the fountains - with site Dream House we will deal with the question of how to make a home fountain with his own hands?We will consider various options for the independent production of decor and most importantly - deal with the principle of the creation of such things, the knowledge of which will allow you to independently design of these products at home.

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Home Fountain: How it works

Most of you will probably be surprised by how the fountain is a simple thing - you could even say that by the standards of modern technology is the basic thing,in the manufacture of which does not cause difficulties.If the deal with its design, it can be divided only into several separate parts.Plus or minus, of course, since there is no limit to perfection, and it can be improved, as the saying goes, ad infinitum.

1. pump.Today, it is a very small detail - box of 5 to 5cm.With its small dimensions such feature is able to push the water to a height of half a meter or more.In principle, the more is not necessary.Buy this pump can be virtually any specialty store, in the construction market and the first in almost every economic hypermarket.Even if they can not find you pump, you can always go to the store, where they sell fish and aquariums, and there instead of the aquarium filter to buy (how it works exactly the same).
2. capacity.This raises the most problems - despite the fact that to make a home fountain with his own hands, you can even out of the ordinary or pelvic bowl, people are still facing this difficulty.The fact is that everyone wants something unusual, and one simply pushes himself to a standstill.Make such home fountains from almost all anything - some people of his mold of clay, others try to put out small natural stones, while others adapt well as common household trash containers, problems that usually does not happen.Naturally, it should be a bit tidy.But without it, you know, not enough even in the manufacture of brand-new fountain of building materials.
   

   Home fountain with his hands photo

As for the principle of operation of such devices, here and understand nothing special - just looped fluid motion.There is a container from which the pump pumps the water and delivers it to the nozzle of the fountain - departures out as a beautiful decorative spray or flowing down a waterfall, she comes back to the same vessel, from which, again, is sucked into the pump and sent to the next ring cycle.That is the entire fountain.

How to make a fountain in the home: the options

Among the most common options for the manufacture of pet fountains with their own hands, you can select only a couple of more or less successful designs.To be honest, it is completely successful, only one - the first variation, though acceptable for a house or apartment, it also has several significant drawbacks.

1. Classic mini fountain home with their own hands, in which the water stream is made up emissions.By and large, it has only one advantage - basic manufacturing.In contrast, the lack of dignity of acts such as the sprinkling of water on the floor or furniture.Avoid it can be only one way - to use a large bowl of water, which in itself translates it from the category of small fountains in the category of medium-sized fountains.Choose this design is necessary only when there is enough space for its installation.Alternatively, you can pay off several climbs up a jet of water and redirect it down - for this purpose you will need to mount on stream another small bowl, mounted upside down.
   

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2. waterfall or waterfalls.It is this structure is considered to be the most suitable for the production of mini fountain for the house - it provides for the release of the water jet is not up and draining it down.That is to say, to flow from one container to another - the bottom of the tanks is cumulative (it contains a supply of water), and the upper transit or, more correct to say false, since it no longer needed to extinguish the jet produced by the pump.Of course, while this scenery, which can be made either as a jug or a key underground, or in some other form.By and large, it can be very diverse - is no exception and the notorious boy peeing and spitting water spray toad.In these cases we have to send a clear trickle, so that it does not create the spray.Typically, the upper and lower tank are connected to each other tightly, in order to hide all internal communication - in particular, the tube extending from the pump and wires.By the way, the pump itself is fully protected against water product - it is mounted directly to the collecting lower bowl directly into the water.

Depending on the necessary size of the fountain home, you can install and interim capacity - to create a so-called cascade of waterfalls that will look much more attractive.manufacturing of fountains principle no different from the single waterfall - the only thing that is added is one or more intermediate containers.In such a situation, the water pump is fed to the upper container flows by gravity from a reservoir located below.In turn, this will drain the tank in vodichka below capacity - in this case the approach to the number of containers may be limited.

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How to make a home fountain with his own hands: Installation without pump

Immediately say that this is not a perpetual motion machine, and work indefinitely a fountain can not - it's a great toy, clearly showing the operation of the laws of physics andno more.Depending on the containers used in the construction of the fountain, you can count on 10, 15 minutes, perhaps half an hour of work -. Then you will need a recharge, which do you get tired very soon.

This is the fountain of Gerona, for which you need three tanks, connected in series with each other handsets - this is a completely sealed system, which works through the air tube.On receiving bowl water enters into the bottom, and above the empty container - presses it into the air in it, which in turn generates pressure in the upper tank (it with water).It is this pressure and causes the water to rise up fountain.What is most interesting is the rise of the jet can be quite large and reach 1 m in height.Moreover, this fountain can be even more "automate" - it organized overcharging with less time and effort spent.Undoubtedly, it is noteworthy invention of mankind, which is a separate article that in the future and will do.

How to make a home fountain with his own hands: Fountain Heron photo

Finally, threads, how to make a home fountain, a few words on a very attractive add-ons that allow you to contemplate not only the appearance of flowing water, but also to observe the different effects.The first thing that comes to mind here, it lights.Organize it can be in many ways, but the most interesting of these is the use of a small electric generator.Small priborchik, bought in a store, it is able to make the LEDs light up - you can arrange them as you like, anywhere, importantly, do not forget that the water and electricity - are incompatible in principle.

second point, which will allow a variety of home fountain - a variety of mechanical things.The simplest of them - the water mill wheel, which can be set between the two containers.Incidentally, such a wheel is quite easy to combine with the generator of electric current.By and large, the various movable water toys can be a great many - this boat, floating on the water surface, and ducks, and birds, and much more.

author Vladimir Belov