Setting Up and Maintaining Wall fountains
Setting Up and Maintaining Wall fountains An important first step before installing any outdoor wall fountain is to analyze the area you have available. A strong wall is absolutely needed to hold up its total weight. Therefore for smaller areas or walls, a light fountain is going to be more appropriate.
In order for the fountain to have power, a nearby electrical socket is needed. Most outdoor wall fountains come with simple, step-by-step instructions according to the type of fountain. All you will require to properly install your outdoor wall fountain is normally provided in easy-to-use kits. The kit will contain a submersible pump, the hoses and basin (or reservoir). Depending on its size, the basin can normally be hidden quite easily amongst the plants. Other than the regular cleaning, little servicing is required once your outdoor wall fountain is installed.
Replenishing and purifying the water on a routine basis is very important. Leaves, branches or dirt are types of rubbish which should be cleared away quickly. Protecting your outdoor wall fountain from the freezing winter temperatures is vital. In order to avoid any damage, such as cracking, from freezing water during the cold winter months, move your pump indoors. All in all, an outdoor wall fountain can last for any number of years with the right maintenance and cleaning.
A Chronicle of Outdoor Fountains
A Chronicle of Outdoor Fountains Hundreds of ancient Greek documents were translated into Latin under the auspices of the scholarly Pope Nicholas V, who ruled the Roman Catholic Church from 1397 to 1455. It was imperative for him to embellish the city of Rome to make it worthy of being known as the capital of the Christian world.
At the bidding of the Pope, the Aqua Vergine, a damaged aqueduct which had transported clean drinking water into Rome from eight miles away, was restored starting in 1453. Building a mostra, a grandiose celebratory fountain built by ancient Romans to memorialize the arrival point of an aqueduct, was a custom revived by Nicholas V. The Trevi Fountain now occupies the space formerly filled with a wall fountain built by Leon Battista Albert, an architect commissioned by the Pope. The water which eventually provided the Trevi Fountain as well as the renown baroque fountains in the Piazza del Popolo and Piazza Navona came from the modified aqueduct which he had renovated.