Building A Backyard Stream
It s not too difficult to build your own backyard stream and it s a great diy project that you can complete in a weekend.
Building a backyard stream. Build a stream if you prefer a long gentle waterfall. How to build a homemade backyard stream. Then dig out the stream to go from the higher basin to the lower one.
Building a backyard stream means that you can enjoy the sound of water gently flowing over the rocks and you ll have lots of beautiful birds frogs and other wildlife visiting your backyard. Habitual flooding and water runoff directed through your yard causes damage to turf grass and turns lawns into marshy messes. To build a stream start by digging a top pool at the top of an incline.
Building with irregular stone isn t the same as building with flat square wood. The stream has to be sloped to move water downhill so working on a natural incline in your yard reduces the amount of digging you have to do. Test it to make sure the water flows properly before you fill in the stream.
Create a rippling rock lined stream with multiple waterfalls in your backyard. These problems often caused. Run a hose from your pond along the streambed to the top pool and attach it to your pump.
Use gravel and stone filters and a heavy duty pump to reduce maintenance and maintain water clarity. The 7 steps for how to build a stream include digging lining rocking additions and then checking. Use small stone chips to shim and stabilize larger stones as you work.
Now you have a pondless water feature. Once you re satisfied with the design and water tightness of your stream use pond foam a black weather resistant expanding foam available through your pond dealer to secure thin stone to the top and face of the spillway to disguise it. You can find the 7 steps and a video of us building a backyard stream in the post below.
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