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Installing and Landscaping Preformed Waterfalls

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TOOLS: spade, small level. Decide ...

1) where the waterfall will enter the pond. It looks best arriving at the most curved out part of the pond.

2) What shapes you will use? Always have a header pond at the top. This guarantees the falls having an even flow.

1inch of sand

Method

1) Excavate as near as possible the precise shape of the waterfalls into the bank. Start from the bottom. Also dig in the hose   The hose should travel through the soil via the shortest route.

2) It should be the maximum possible size for the pump.

3) Bed the preformed waterfalls on an inch of sand in the excavation.

Be prepared for movement as the soil settles over time.

Make sure the outlets are level.

4) Rockery stone is placed in front of and around the top of the unit. The aim is to blend the units into the rockery. Putting pea-gravel into the bottom of the units also helps.

The hose, where it enters the pond, can be disguised by a planted basket of marginal plants. At the outlet into the top waterfall, the hose can be hidden by flat stones placed upright in the units. Exposed fibreglass or plastic will weather more quickly if roughened with glass paper.

THE PUMP. The flow rate of pumps is described in gallons or litres per hour. Estimate 50-60 g.p.hfor every inch of waterfall sill (10litres per cm).

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