| A wall fountain adds beauty and relaxing ambiance to | | | | The task would be easier if the wall is accessible at |
| any place. The sound of steady cascading water is | | | | the back and you can follow these steps. |
| very relaxing. Installing one does not require so much | | | | 1.) Drill a 1st hole through the wall at the position of |
| work but you must assess how the different | | | | the mask. |
| components fit together before the construction | | | | 2.) Drill a 2nd hole at the bottom behind the position |
| begins. | | | | of the basin. |
| The tools needed are: a drill, screws, screw driver, | | | | 3.) Staying in front of the wall drop a string through |
| tubing, strings and the Fountain (Note: this | | | | the 1st hole to the back of the wall, and pull it |
| construction is not for a mirror or glass wall fountain) | | | | toward the front wall passing through the 2nd hole at |
| The main components are: a mask, a basin with a | | | | the bottom. |
| built-in pump, and a decorative device or rosette. The | | | | 4.) Tie a string to a tube of an appropriate size. |
| fountain works as follows. | | | | 5.) Now go to the back of the wall, pull the string up |
| 1.) Initially the water is in the basin and it is pumped | | | | through the 1st hole returning the string to the front |
| into the mask. | | | | passing through the 2nd hole at the bottom. |
| 2.) The water passes through the rosette or any | | | | 6.) Enough tubing for the outflow (mask, rosette or |
| spout in front of the mask as a tiny stream into the | | | | spout) must be taken into consideration. Cut the |
| basin or series of basins and goes back to the basin | | | | excess after the exact length is achieved. |
| where the pump is. | | | | 7.) Drill a hole for the electric wires just enough for |
| 3.) The pump in the basin pumps the water back into | | | | the plug to go through it. It will be no sweat to let it |
| the mask and the cycle is repeated. | | | | through the wall to be plugged to an outlet. |
| Once the place where the wall fountain would stand | | | | 8.) After the holes and tubing have been set, it?s |
| out had been chosen, try to figure out the ways in | | | | now time to connect the water tubing to the pump |
| which the plumbing and electric wires would not show | | | | in the basin. |
| off. This is necessary if the basin is a separate part | | | | 9.) When you hang the wall fountain on the wall, see |
| from the fountain. If there is no access to the back | | | | to it that the hardware used is strong enough to |
| of the wall the best alternative is to run the plumbing | | | | support 50 lbs. weight. |
| and electric wires up the inside of the wall. | | | | 10.) All you need is to supply the water, plug it in and |
| In the case of a brick wall or concrete, make a | | | | you have a running Wall Fountain! |
| cavity by removing some bricks or concrete from | | | | Make sure that too much water isn?t? going out of |
| the wall making a room for the tube. The height of | | | | the basin because of splashing. The overflow must |
| this cavity must be from the bottom of the basin to | | | | be close enough to the basin to prevent water from |
| the overflow of the mask. A larger tube must be | | | | draining. This may cause damage to the pump. Use |
| used to fit-in a smaller tube for the circulating water. | | | | the flow adjustment feature of the pump to regulate |
| Again another cavity is needed for a tube where | | | | the flow of water in your wall fountain. |
| electric wires would run. Restore the wall to its | | | | Regular cleaning is always a must to extend the life |
| former look as much as possible. It would not be | | | | of the pump. Changing water regularly would prevent |
| appropriate if you have constructed a wall fountain | | | | dirt and bacteria build-up. |
| nicely but have made the wall behind it ugly. | | | | |