The newest trend in garden ponds isn’t even a pond! Pondless waterfalls and streams may well be made without a pond. The best features of going ‘pondless’ are:

No standing water– an excellent option for families with young children
No skimmers and filters required–little to no maintenance
Can very well be turned on and off with the flip of a switch–set on a timer in order to make it easier yet

The water from a Pondless water feature is aimed into an underground reservoir. This reservoir concealed with rocks or gravel makes the water look like it really is flowing straight into the soil. It is possible to make it appear like a rippling waterfall inside the Colorado Rockies or possibly a meandering stream.

What you first need to do to create a pondless water feature would be to use your imagination. Think of where it will look best in your yard. Would you like to view it through your kitchen window or tucked away inside a secluded corner for a cozy backyard retreat. When that call is established you need to decide if you d like to create a pondless waterfall, a disappearing stream or possibly a mixture of the two.

The difference between waterfall and the stream is the height. Should you choose to do a waterfall you’ll build more than one tier so your water would cascade down the falls. For your stream you merely need the water running off the one tier. You could put a stream bed as part of your waterfall. This would require more rubber liner and underlay depending on length and width of the stream you intend to create.

After you have imagined and sited your pondless water feature you have to take into consideration the sound you desire the water to generate. Are you going to prefer a trickling sound or possibly a roaring falls. Knowing this will likely help you figure the water flow rate that you ll require to size the correct waterfall pump. You then need to figure the water volume in gallons to learn the size reservoir that will be needed. Try not to be frazzled, easy formulas to calculate all of this are available online. After you know your water volume, desired water flow rate and waterfall pump size it’s time to commence the build.

Step 1. Simply dig a hole adequate to contain the gallons of water (which you previously figured). This is your reservoir. By using dirt from the hole mound up from the reservoir towards the height of the waterfall desired. If constructing a streambed berm the dirt on both sides of stream.

Step 2. Position underlayment and pond liner into reservoir hole, up waterfall slope (or stream) and into top hole where waterfall weir will rest. Working with liner follow contours of the ground. Liner should overlap perimeter of water feature by 1 1/2 feet.

Step 3. Position the waterfall weir directly into top tier of your waterfall onto the liner. The waterfall weir is just a box that fills with water to evenly cascade the water over the spillway. Always keep the weir level.

Step 4. Position the pump vault (holds pump) into reservoir onto liner. Put pump into pump vault, connect pump to tubing and run tubing up to the waterfall. Lay tubing up the side so it can be simply hidden upon finishing.

Step 5. Using gravel, cement blocks or EcoBlox, fill remainder of reservoir up to the lip of the pump vault. This displaces the water and creates a base on which to put the finishing rocks.

Step 6. Place small 3″ to 4″ rocks into waterfall weir. Finish locating the decorative rocks you have chosen into the waterfall slope, stream bed, onto reservoir and around perimeter if you choose.

Step 7. Fill with water, turn on pump.

Step 8. Sit, Relax,Chill Out and Enjoy!

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