Have You Thought About Building Your Own Bamboo Fountain

Having a bamboo fountain can add a certain magical ambiance to your home garden. This unique fountain hails from Japan where it was devised by rice farmers as a way to scare deer away from the rice paddies. Therefore, it isn’t strange to know that they have been called “deer chasers”.

The bamboo fountain found a new use with the monks who used them to track their meditation times. In a time when more people are concerned about their impact on the environment, the bamboo fountain is an ecologically friendly material option. The bamboo fountain is also popular because of its charm and colloquial appeal. The typical bamboo fountain can be used inside the home and out in the garden.

Constructing a bamboo fountain is easy and takes just a smaller number of parts to build. These pieces include bamboo, pipe or tubing, a base, a water pump, rod, screws, and a container. For outdoor bamboo fountains, you should use higher quality bamboo that can withstand various weather conditions. When the bamboo fountain will be used inside, you may want to make it more attractive by polishing the surface. Other tools needed to build your own bamboo fountain include a screwdriver, wood saw, and a drill machine.

Once you’re ready to build, you should start by cutting the bamboo sticks to the preferred length. You should have three big bamboo sticks. A stick will hold the nozzle while two other will hold the moving piece on the bamboo fountain. The part that moves is responsible for collecting water and emptying it once the weight of the collected water rises. Moving on, you will have to drill a hole through the center of the two other bamboo sticks and the moving part. You need holes in these pieces because a rod will be inserted in them to make the fountain operate with pivot action.

You will take the pipe and link it from your water pump and up through the bamboo stick. The pipe will be capped by a nozzle made of bamboo. Everything should then be secured onto a base. The bamboo fountain is in working order when it continues cycling water through the moving part, out of the nozzle and back in again.

If you’re kind of person who would rather someone else did it, then you may prefer purchasing a bamboo fountain kit from your building supply store.

Lastly, you may want to know how to maintain a bamboo fountain. Maintenance focuses on two areas. You will focus on the water pump care. You need to have the water pump below the surface of your retaining pool when running. Don’t forget to clean the pump regularly. You must replace the water in your fountain on a regular schedule. While you won’t have to change the water on a bamboo fountain that constantly operates, you still need to schedule a time so you’re not dealing with stinky water.