All of us might have seen many different varieties of indoor water fountain in all stores and in all ranges.
After seeing the beauty and hearing its soothing sound, I wanted to make one by myself :) While thinking for the kind of material, first my thought went towards molding with white cement but that need lots of effort and precision in making the mold and then filling it with white cement. This seems to be imperfect and too messy.
Few days later when I went for a casual shopping, I saw a good deal put on plastic garden pots. Suddenly a thought stricken me 'why I should not use it for my fountain?'. So I started taking pots of different sizes and stacked it in different order. I was taking the pots of all sizes and playing with it. One guy in the store came close to me after seeing my actions and asked do I need any help? :D I told 'No, No'. Finally purchased few sets of pots, plates, hanging pots as per my design idea in my mind.
Next main thing to buy was the electrical water pump; for this I went to SP Road in Bangalore with my friend. We inquired in many shops and finally found one which sells it. The shop keeper showed us pump of different qualities, I chose one which costed 350 INR. In the same shop, I purchased tube, connector and water flow controller. When the seller asked me the reason for buying, I told college project :D. College days are the days which we can cherish till our last breath.
Apart from this I purchased few pebbles in different colors from a nearby aquarium shop.
Now all set, ready for the day to fit all things together. In the process of fitting, my father helped me a lot in fine tuning the alignment and controlling the water flow. We may use m-seal adhesive to seal the parts permanently.
After seeing the beauty and hearing its soothing sound, I wanted to make one by myself :) While thinking for the kind of material, first my thought went towards molding with white cement but that need lots of effort and precision in making the mold and then filling it with white cement. This seems to be imperfect and too messy.
Few days later when I went for a casual shopping, I saw a good deal put on plastic garden pots. Suddenly a thought stricken me 'why I should not use it for my fountain?'. So I started taking pots of different sizes and stacked it in different order. I was taking the pots of all sizes and playing with it. One guy in the store came close to me after seeing my actions and asked do I need any help? :D I told 'No, No'. Finally purchased few sets of pots, plates, hanging pots as per my design idea in my mind.
Next main thing to buy was the electrical water pump; for this I went to SP Road in Bangalore with my friend. We inquired in many shops and finally found one which sells it. The shop keeper showed us pump of different qualities, I chose one which costed 350 INR. In the same shop, I purchased tube, connector and water flow controller. When the seller asked me the reason for buying, I told college project :D. College days are the days which we can cherish till our last breath.
Apart from this I purchased few pebbles in different colors from a nearby aquarium shop.
Now all set, ready for the day to fit all things together. In the process of fitting, my father helped me a lot in fine tuning the alignment and controlling the water flow. We may use m-seal adhesive to seal the parts permanently.
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| Three Tier fountain |
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| One more snap |
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| Closer look with the pebbles |
