New garden water feature
I have installed a new water feature in the garden at the back in the raised bed. Paula and I visited the Ideal Home Exhibition in March where they had several fantastic stainless steel water features outside the show houses. On enquiry it turned out that each was custom made and costs started at £7,000. Nice but meant giving up food for a few years!
Then we came across a stand that did all sorts of twee garden lights but had stunning tubular water features. Three four inch diameter tubes with water cascading down the sides - and at a vey good price (no where near the custom price!!) - we had to have one! I coughed up the dosh and waited five weeks for delivery and I installed the feature last Sunday.
The kit comprised of a normal black bubble pool that you will find in all garden centres these days but with 4 short tubes welded together in the middle. Into these go the three stainless tubes, the centre short tube is for spacing, one four foot, one three foot and the last two foot.
In the pool is a pump - unfortunately the company had forgotten to pack some of the hose and valves required but a quick trip to Woodcote Green Nurseries Garden Centre and I had all the components needed. I then wired it up and spent a good hour with the long spirit level and short words getting the three tubes perfectly upright. I then filled the pool with water and spent the next half hour re-adjusting the tubes to get the flow right! (More swearing is mandatory!)
I then covered the base with the rounded rocks we had purchased from Woodcote to finish it off and it looks stunning!
I had always envisaged a water feature in this part of the garden but could never imagine how good the tubes look - it sets off so well with the curves and modernism of the garden. Perfect! We had fiends around tonight, with copious wine, and they all admired the feature (what else can you call it - feature sounds so stupid!!).
They also do a stainless steel deer scarer - I am tempted!
Update!
We have had quite a few enquiries about our fab water feature and people have been missing my posted comment with the details of where we obtained the feature from so I will repeat it here:
Farmers Cottage Lamps Ltd.
The Blacksmith Shop, Castle Lane, Maxstoke, Coleshill, Birmingham, B46 2RA
01675 464705
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