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DIY Wine Fountain
by
Linda
(IC: blogger)
$200.00
6 Hours
Medium
This fountain was installed outside of our guest bathroom. It is 6 feet tall with plenty of wine bottles, a light and on remote control.
It starts with you finding a wine rack that suites your taste and size. The larger the rack, the larger the catch basin will need to be. The same goes for the pump size. This rack is 6 feet tall and we used the 600 gallons per hour pump.
1. Cable ties – These will be used to secure the half inch main line ( to the back frame of your wine rack.
In figure 2 at the bottom, where the red arrow is pointing, you will see the half inch main line coming from the pump where I have used an elbow to make the turn up the back side of the wine rack. The main line runs around the perimeter of the wine rack and the black cable ties are used to secure it. You will also see the quarter inch bottle tubing coming from the main line to one of the bottles. More on this later.
Figure 3 shows both ends (I did a loop) coming together at a Tee. From the bottom of the Tee I connect to my pump. I took my pump and a piece of half inch main line to the hardware store and found some connectors to make the connection. Since pumps come with different size outlets based on the pump you have chosen this will vary and you will need a trip to the hardware store for some help. Bring your pump and the half inch main line that represents what is coming out of the Tee to your local hardware store.
You will need a 1/4 diamond drill bit for cutting glass.
Find a small bucket somewhat shallow bucket for your wine bottle to rest in. I half filled my wine bottle with cold water to keep things cool while I drill. I used a towel to set the bottle an an angle with the water toward the bottom. You can see my diamond drill bit at the location I plan to make the hole.
Figure 5 is a finished bottle with the quarter inch tubing just as an illustration. Next comes the fun part of placing your bottles in the rack and running your tubing to them.
Place the wine bottles that you want dripping in the wine rack. Some high low and in the middle. Using your puncture tool, make a hole in the half inch main line. Put a barb on the end of a length of quarter inch tubing and push that into the half inch main line started hole. Place the other end of the quarter inch tubing into the bottom of the wind bottle hole you drilled. I would leave a lot of slack at this point since you will want to move the bottles around when you see how the water is flowing
Finished wine fountain, complete with a light and remote control.
You can create a small version or larger. Some of these can be found at Overstock or Wayfair.
This is the first wine fountain my husband made years ago. The cost is less, because it is smaller. Smaller pump and basin makes it less expensive. He used two curved wine racks to create this one.
There you have it. Nice ambiance....Check out my blog to see the whole post.
Here's a picture of the water flowing. Side view.
This is another fountain, made with a wine barrel and one of the curved wine racks.
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Published April 14th, 2015 11:53 AM
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MahtaMouse on Jun 04, 2015Betty... I don't have any fish - raccoons kept eating them, lol - but I do like the idea of running it through my pump to clean it up... can you tell me how much vinegar to use?? My "pond" is a 5' antique clawfoot tub with an antique pitcher pump for the waterfall.
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Patricia Liefeld on Aug 19, 2016Ok, same one you used for the bathroom fountain. Thank you.
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Hello. If i pay you, can you create one for me? You give me the price ?
Hello. If i pay you, can you create one for me? You give me the price ?