Installing a Water Feature

I watched the video regarding your installation of a water feature with interest and wanted to comment on a few points. Firstly a safety point, it would be a good idea to place the electrical cable inside a piece of coloured hose as this would protect it from possible breakage with a spade or other garden tool and make it visible if it was dug up.

My second comment is a little more aesthetic. My business is designing and creating garden water sculptures and it always pains me to see plastic water features which appear to be more of an afterthought than a centrepiece for a garden pond. Perhaps it might be an idea to be a little more adventurous when creating a water feature for a garden.

I know that the video is more instructional than design led and maybe I am biased regarding its content. But it would be encouraging to see more information on a number of alternate design formats which may help people to look a little deeper into the way in which a water feature could enhance their garden.

Thanks
Craig Humphreys

To a point I agree with computerwolf (previous comment) but I would like to add that a garden hose will add little or no mechanical protection to any cable. I would suggest that the mains supply cable be a steel wire armoured cable which is designed for the job, these are available in “kits” but even so I would recommend it be installed by a qualified electrician.

Also since the clip has been made a new building regulation called “part p” has come into force (I suggest any one try a search rather than me go into the details)

The presenter also does not mention that the filter should be left to run 24/7 in order to work properly, yes it is instructional rather than product operation, but the fact the filter can be switched off implies it should only be used when you want the “waterfallesque” (as the presenter put it) to run, if this is done the filter will be worse than useless.

Also the hose from the filter was not shown to be hidden, the presenter could have at least mentioned it best to hide it. (It’s an instructional video, so if not mentioned people will not do it)

Another point is the location of the filter pump was not mentioned, this should be at the opposite end from the outlet, this is so that the filter is “given” water from all the pond not just the water that has been through the filter.

Regards

Martin