Customizable Three-Tiered Fountain
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OnTheFly...DIY
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18 Materials
$85
1 Day
Medium
Water features are a favorite outdoor project. But why have a fountain that looks like everyone else’s? Make this three tiered fountain and customize it to reflect your décor, an upcoming holiday, or even your favorite hobby.
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* A unique item for the topper and filler for the saucers – I’m going to show you two options - a hard plastic figurine and legos and a repurposed iron sconce and landscaping rocks.
First, spray paint your planters and saucers over the drop cloth. I’m using ‘Perfect Gray’ for the large and small planters and saucers and a contrasting metallic Oil Rubbed Bronze for the medium planter and saucer. Allow to fully dry.
Next, use the marine epoxy to seal all of the holes in your large planter. If your medium and small planters have multiple or off-center holes, seal them as well. Make sure you use protective gloves to keep the epoxy from touching your skin and let it dry according to the directions.
Use your drill and the larger bit to make holes dead center in the small and medium planters as well as all of the saucers. If your planters and saucers don’t already have markings to show the middle, use the measuring tape to determine the middle before drilling. You will also need to make drainage holes in the large saucer so use the smaller drill bit for that.
Attach one end of the plastic tubing to the fountain pump.
Then, place the pump at the bottom of your large planter.
Feed the tubing up through the hole in the large saucer and place the saucer on top.
Feed the tubing through the medium planter and place that on the middle of the large saucer.
Now for the fun part… how do you want to customize your fountain? I’ve picked two to show you.
To make the topper, use an item’s existing hole or drill one where your tubing will go. My sconce has a hole already so I’m taking advantage of that.
Run your plastic tubing up through the piece and position where you want your water to spray out.
Leave a short amount of tubing sticking up out of your piece and add your fountain nozzle of choice on the top. If the nozzle doesn’t sit snug on the tubing, use electrical tape to add some bulk until the nozzle is nice and tight.
Once you have your topper tubed and ready, add filler to all of the levels so you don’t see the saucers.
Fill the bottom planter with water but also fill the small and medium tiers so they spill over from one level to the next in a cascade effect. The water should fill and spill from the top, then fill and spill from the middle. The water will drain through the holes in the bottom saucer and into the bottom planter, allowing the pump to cycle it back up again to the top.
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Published April 28th, 2020 1:05 PM
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Margaret Williams on May 07, 2020
Love this! Thank you for the inspiration, love to try it.
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Did you drill a hole in the side if the large planter for the power cord?
What about the power cord?
Do you seal the top two saucers with something so water doesn't fill the planters or does gravity do the trick?