How To Build A Wall Mounted Water Fountain

The first step to wall fountain bliss is properly installing your wall fountain and the most important part of the process is finding an appropriate wall stud 2 foot by 4 foot or 61 centimeter by 122 centimeter pieces of wood that are part of the wall frame on which to hang it.

How to build a wall mounted water fountain.

Determine the height and width for your river rock wall. Leave enough space at least 20 inches from the ceiling to the top of the copper wall fountain. In other words if the indoor fountain has a distance of 14 inches between the two hanging clips you would place two marks on the wall 14 inches apart. I spent less than 500 building and installing this gorgeous waterfall on my apartment condo in one easy weekend.

Attach the two l brackets on the top of the wall using an impact driver. Excavate the ground where you will build your wall. Take the measurements to your local landscape supply. After the mortar cures fill the reservoir with water plug in the pump and watch your wall fountain spill out of the rock formation.

Use the 1 4 inch lag screws and drive them into the studs. Start by marking spots on the wall to coincide with the distance measurement for the clips followed by the measurement from top to clips. It should end up sticking out of the rock wall when you are finished. Most wall fountains are quite heavy particularly those made of concrete and stone and it would be disastrous to hang them directly on sheetrock.

Place the pump in the base of the reservoir and run the tubing to it and up the wall. Cover the tubing unobtrusively with rocks or plants. Set the copper sheet aside. How to build a wall water fountain step 1.