The Myriad Reasons to Add a Fountain
The Myriad Reasons to Add a Fountain You can enhance your exterior area by adding a wall fountain or an outdoor garden water feature to your yard or gardening project. Any number of present-day designers and fountain artisans have found ideas in the fountains and water features of the past. As such, introducing one of these to your home design is a great way to connect it to the past. The water and moisture garden fountains release into the atmosphere draws birds and other creatures, and also balances the ecosystem, all of which contribute to the advantages of including one of these beautiful water features. Birds enticed by a fountain or bird bath often frighten off irritating flying pests, for instance. The space necessary for a cascading or spouting fountain is considerable, so a wall fountain is the perfect size for a small yard. You can choose to install a stand-alone fountain with a flat back and an connected basin propped against a fence or wall in your backyard, or a wall-mounted type which is self-contained and hung from a wall. Adding a fountain to an existing wall requires that you include a fountain mask as well as a basin at the bottom to gather the water. Since the plumbing and masonry work is substantial to complete this type of job, you should hire a professional to do it rather than try to do it alone.
Water Delivery Solutions in Ancient Rome
Water Delivery Solutions in Ancient Rome Prior to 273, when the first elevated aqueduct, Aqua Anio Vetus, was built in Roma, residents who resided on hills had to journey even further down to collect their water from natural sources. Outside of these aqueducts and springs, wells and rainwater-collecting cisterns were the sole techniques obtainable at the time to supply water to locations of high elevation. To furnish water to Pincian Hill in the early 16th century, they implemented the emerging approach of redirecting the movement from the Acqua Vergine aqueduct’s underground channel. As originally constructed, the aqueduct was provided along the length of its channel with pozzi (manholes) constructed at regular intervals. Although they were originally manufactured to make it possible to service the aqueduct, Cardinal Marcello Crescenzi began using the manholes to get water from the channel, commencing when he purchased the property in 1543.
It seems that, the rainwater cistern on his property wasn’t enough to fulfill his needs. That is when he decided to create an access point to the aqueduct that ran directly below his property.