A spring with a stream and a pond is already a small garden sensation. You don't need a park-like property for this - a wooden terrace is enough.
Garden waters are popular and widely used. But what can you do, if you only have a small plot of land and just enough space for a terrace? Then you build Sourcestone, Stream and pond in the terrace!
The additional cost of the technique, the foil and the small material amount to approx 650 Euro. That mainly depends on the water volume, that should be moved, and the pump capacity required for this. The width and depth of the watercourse also play a role here. So before you buy, get advice from a specialist retailer.
We took a square mortar tub from the hardware store as the spring basin, the ornamental pond at the end of the gully is a round one . plant container, which can be obtained from tree nurseries. Both together cost approx 40 Euro. The round basin later accommodates a watercourse pump, which cannot be heard due to underwater operation.
A hose is laid as a connection to the UV filter and overflow box on the "spring stone"., which must have a clear gradient (about 5 cm per meter distance), so that it can run empty, when the water is drained for winter. It should definitely be connected in the lower area, so that there are no turbulences on the surface. The UV filter has a special lamp inside that emits ultraviolet light, whereby algae clump together in the passing water and can then be easily filtered out (for example through a fine gauze in front of the overflow edge in the water reservoir).
Anyone who wants to set up a natural stone slab as a "spring stone"., gets these from stonemasons or natural stone dealers (Yellow Pages). The mason can probably drill the holes for you to attach it. We used a slab of slate, but you might as well use a concrete- or take a metal plate. The best way to connect the wooden gutter is with a permanently elastic and weatherproof sealant from boat building (Marine Sealant, Pantera, round 20 Euro/290 ml) with the cymbals. To do this, sand the plastic surfaces and clean all adhesive surfaces (Holz, pool) with acetone.
Now all you have to do is plank the terrace. The garden sensation is ready.
1 Measure the position of the gully and basin, and mark them with plumbing lines and by pressing the edge of the pool into the ground. Then dig out the holes for the cymbals.
2 A wall duct is connected to a pressure-resistant hose, which is laid in the ground with a slight incline.
3 Made of wood for the substructure (pages) and two trimmed, connected with PU wood glue, The channel is built using deck boards. For the pool connection, notch the edge of the tub with the jigsaw.
4 Now place a stone sheet (bones) into the horizontal trough, and staple them to the edge.
5 The joint between the gutter and the basin is sealed with permanently elastic sealant (with. B. by Pantera) closed.
6 The gutter edge and terrace substructure must end at the same height and are connected to each other during planking.
7 After the terrace has been planked and the round pool has been roughly left out, determine the center of the pelvis with a transverse board and a plumb line. A nail in the board is positioned exactly over the middle of the pool, fixed the board with clamps.
8 Attach a string to the nail, a pencil at the other end. Draw a circle of approximately 8 to 10 cm less in diameter than the pelvis.
9 Now cut out the pool opening with the jigsaw.
10 Immediately behind the “spring basin”, a simple mortar trough, concrete in two H-post anchors.
11 While the anchor foundation sets, use an angle grinder to cut the stone into shape and slit it 2 cm high 45° water outlet in channel width.
12 Short posts in the H-anchors hold the stone slab via 12mm stainless steel threaded rods, pushed aluminum tubes and cap nuts. The plate is in the pool.
13 The overflow box made of 12 mm multiplex is lined with a waterproof GRP layer on the inside.
14 It gets a plastic coat of paint on the outside (Coelan Boat Coating via A. W. Niemeyer).
15 Stainless steel brackets doweled on the back hold the overflow box.
16 The overflow edge of the box and the stone must be flush.
A fiberglass fabric, impregnated with epoxy resin (Category. W. Niemeyer or car accessories), connects both permanently.
17 The overflow box has a lid, the UV water filter is mounted underneath.
18 Now connect the stream pump in the large pool to the wall duct and to the power supply.
19 Finally, dowel the underwater lights onto a paving stone and place them in the spring basin.