Installation and Maintenance of Large Outdoor Fountains

Installation and Maintenance of Large Outdoor Fountains A very important first step is to consider the size of the outdoor wall fountain with regards to the area you have available for it. It will require a very strong wall to support its total weight. Therefore for smaller areas or walls, a more lightweight feature is going to be more appropriate. You will need to have an electrical socket in the vicinity of the fountain so it can be powered. There are many different models of fountains, each with their own set of simple, step-by-step directions.Installation Maintenance Large Outdoor Fountains 33182862054.jpg

Most outside wall fountains are available in "for-dummies" style kits that will give you all you need to properly install it. A submersible pump, hoses and basin, or reservoir, are included in the kit. Depending on its size, the basin can normally be hidden quite easily amongst the plants. Once fitted, wall fountains typically only require some light maintenance and regular cleaning.

Replace and clean the water on a regular basis. Debris such as branches, leaves or dirt should be cleaned up quickly. Protecting your outdoor wall fountain from the cold winter climate is essential. In order to avoid any damage, such as cracking, from freezing water during the cold winter season, relocate your pump indoors. Simply put, your outdoor fountain will be a part of your life for many years with the correct care and maintenance.

Acqua Vergine: The Answer to Rome's Water Problems

Acqua Vergine: The Answer to Rome's Water Problems Aqua Anio Vetus, the first raised aqueduct founded in Rome, started delivering the people living in the hills with water in 273 BC, although they had counted on natural springs up till then.Acqua Vergine: Answer Rome's Water Problems 52482356.jpg When aqueducts or springs weren’t easily accessible, people dwelling at greater elevations turned to water taken from underground or rainwater, which was made available by wells and cisterns. In the very early 16th century, the city began to use the water that ran beneath the earth through Acqua Vergine to furnish drinking water to Pincian Hill. Through its initial building and construction, pozzi (or manholes) were added at set intervals alongside the aqueduct’s channel. While these manholes were developed to make it simpler and easier to maintain the aqueduct, it was also feasible to use containers to pull water from the channel, which was carried out by Cardinal Marcello Crescenzi from the time he purchased the property in 1543 to his passing in 1552. The cistern he had built to gather rainwater wasn’t satisfactory to meet his water specifications. Thankfully, the aqueduct sat under his property, and he had a shaft opened to give him access.

The Original Water Fountain Designers

The Original Water Fountain Designers Water feature designers were multi-talented people from the 16th to the later part of the 18th century, often serving as architects, sculptors, artists, engineers and cultivated scholars all in one person. Leonardo da Vinci, a Renaissance artist, was renowned as a creative genius, inventor and scientific master. He systematically recorded his ideas in his currently celebrated notebooks, following his immense fascination in the forces of nature led him to explore the qualities and movement of water. Early Italian water fountain builders converted private villa configurations into inventive water exhibits full with symbolic meaning and natural charm by coupling imagination with hydraulic and horticultural expertise. Known for his incredible skill in archeology, design and garden creations, Pirro Ligorio, the humanist, offered the vision behind the splendors in Tivoli. For the various estates in the vicinity of Florence, other water feature developers were well versed in humanist subjects as well as classical scientific texts, masterminding the phenomenal water marbles, water features and water antics.
The Influence of the Norman Invasion on Anglo-Saxon Garden Design The Anglo-Saxon way of life was considerably changed by the appearance of the Normans in the later eleventh century.The Normans were much better than the Anglo-Saxons at architecture and horticulture when they came into power.... read more


Contemporary Statues in Early Greece Nearly all sculptors were paid by the temples to accentuate the intricate columns and archways with renderings of the gods until the stage came to a close and countless Greeks began to think of their religion as superstitious rather than sacred, when it became more typical for sculptors to represent everyday men and women as well.... read more


The Advantages of Solar Outdoor Fountains There are many different energy options you can use for your garden wall fountain.Older fountains have historically been powered by electricity, but due to an increased interest in eco-friendly fountains, solar energy is used in new models.... read more


The First Modern Outdoor Wall Fountains Pope Nicholas V, himself a well educated man, governed the Roman Catholic Church from 1397 to 1455 during which time he commissioned many translations of old classical Greek texts into Latin.... read more


Characteristics of Garden Statues in Archaic Greece Archaic Greeks were renowned for developing the first freestanding statuary; up until then, most carvings were constructed out of walls and pillars as reliefs.Most of the freestanding statues were of young, winsome male or female (kore) Greeks and are known as kouros figures.... read more


Architectural Sculpture in Old Greece Nearly all sculptors were paid by the temples to accentuate the elaborate columns and archways with renderings of the gods until the stage came to a close and countless Greeks started to think of their religion as superstitious rather than sacred, when it became more common for sculptors to represent ordinary people as well.... read more


Contemporary Sculpture in Historic Greece Even though most sculptors were remunerated by the temples to adorn the detailed columns and archways with renderings of the gods, as the period came to a close, it became more prevalent for sculptors to depict ordinary people as well because plenty of Greeks had begun to think of their religion as superstitious rather than sacred.... read more


"Old School" Water Fountain Manufacturers Multi-talented individuals, fountain artists from the 16th to the late 18th century often served as architects, sculptors, artists, engineers and cultivated scholars all in one.... read more


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