Exterior Wall Fountains: The Many Styles Available

The two kinds of fountains available to you include mounted and stand-alone models. Little, self-contained mounted wall fountains can be hung on any surface. Wall fountains made of resin ( similar to stone) or fiberglass are normally lightweight so they can be easily hung. Floor fountains are freestanding, sizable, and also have a basin on the ground as well as a flat side against the wall. Normally made of cast stone, these water features have no weight constraints.

Landscape professionals often propose a customized fountain for a brand new or existing wall. A skilled mason is required to install the water basin against the wall and properly install all the plumbing inside or behind the wall. You will need to integrate a spout or fountain mask into the wall. Customized wall fountains lend to a unified appearance because they become part of the scenery rather than look like a later addition.

Contemporary Garden Decoration: Garden Fountains and their Beginnings

Pure practicality was the original purpose of fountains. Water fountains were linked to a spring or aqueduct to supply drinkable water as well as bathing water for cities, townships and villages. Up to the late nineteenth century, water fountains had to be near an aqueduct or reservoir and more elevated than the fountain so that gravity could make the water flow downwards or shoot high into the air. Fountains were not only used as a water source for drinking water, but also to decorate homes and celebrate the artist who created it. Roman fountains often depicted imagery of animals or heroes made of metal or stone masks. Throughout the Middle Ages, Muslim and Moorish garden planners included fountains to create mini variations of the gardens of paradise. The fountains seen in the Gardens of Versailles were meant to show the power over nature held by King Louis XIV of France. To mark the entryway of the restored Roman aqueducts, the Popes of the 17th and 18th centuries commissioned the construction of baroque style fountains in the spot where the aqueducts entered the city of Rome

The end of the 19th century saw the rise in usage of indoor plumbing to supply drinking water, so urban fountains were relegated to strictly decorative elements. Fountains using mechanical pumps instead of gravity helped fountains to bring recycled water into living spaces as well as create unique water effects.

Beautifying city parks, honoring people or events and entertaining, are some of the functions of modern-day fountains.