Moving water always attracts the eye: whether it be a waterfall in a pond or a small cascading stream. The ability of water to move can be used in the installation of reservoirs.
Angara in the country
The waterfall can have various forms and sizes. In order to ensure a continuous and spectacular drop in water, it is necessary to accurately calculate the specialists from laying the foundation to arranging the place of water drop in the right to choose the right pump, calculate the diameter of the pipes, and also waterproof the electric cable. For powerful waterfalls made of natural stone, you need to device a frost -resistant concrete foundation. But a small waterfall at the edge of the country pond can be built on its own – there would be a desire. The protrusions lined with slabs will create the effect of the “falling sheet”, and if you lay them out with a layer of large pebbles, you get a waterfall.
Believe me, the creation of a small waterfall in the country does not need a lot, effort and time. And the device of the water flow with several, even small, changes in height will allow you to turn such a drawback of your site as an inclined relief, into a dignity.
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Modern technologies allow you to assemble a cascade like a constructor, quickly and easy. Ready -made hard designs that mimic the cascade ledges are very convenient for construction. Such elements (trays) of different colors, straight or rotary, are installed one under another at the required distance. Combinations you vary yourself when installing. You can purchase separate sections of the stream or even the finished cascade whole.
Artificial stones made of light -resistant polymer, architectural concrete or fiberglass look just like real ones and do not require filling a complex foundation, because their weight is insignificant (inside them are hollow) compared to the weight of natural boulders. They allow you to quickly and without special skills create small streams.
Down the steps
Another popular variety of a reservoir combining a stream and a waterfall is a cascade: several mini-volumes (“steps”) are located at various levels, water shimmers from the upper to the lower, in terms of “from the bowl to the bowl”.
Artificially created obstacles form small changes in the flow of water flowing along the rocky channel. They will turn even a quiet plain stream into a real “mountain stream”. Cascading steps can be made of different materials: plastic, stone, concrete, even shock-rugal glass.
Reference: When using three forms about 1 m long and 30 cm wide, you will need to build a water-collector pond at the origins of the water flow. And this means that you will need to prepare a plot with a diameter of 5 m and a height of not more than 1 m.
Architectural concrete – artificial material from which stones that imitate any people found in nature are made: boulders, rocks, grottoes. Three main advantages of this material: efficiency, decorativeness and durability.
For the device of decorative stone design, a metal frame is first built, which is coated with a special concrete mixture. The apparent heavy structure actually weighs not so much – artificial stone is light.
The upper layer is manually processed, and an artificially created stone takes on the form of a real natural. Architectural concrete products are resistant to sharp temperature drops, their frost resistance is even higher than in natural stones. Cracks here can only be an imitation – for complete similarity with natural samples.
Cascade in miniature If the site is completely small, you do not have time to build a water garden, but I really want to revive the space with a splash of living water, purchased cascading systems will help to make a dream – ready -made compositions of artificial stone or plastic – compact, convenient to care and affordable in cost. The mini-cascade does not require a lot of place, the care of it is minimal, but how quickly it is able to transform the surrounding space! A small “store” waterfall can be installed not only in the garden, but also in the corner of the veranda.