Fountain - DONE!!!! Huzzah!!!

[GoneOffShore]

Some of you have seen the earlier photos of my fountain project - here http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=287x5464

Well, today, it's done. Tiles set, grouted, cleaned. I'm not posting pics of it running because the grout is still setting and I'm going to give it a couple of days.
But here it is - just in time for autumn. When it was running into the concrete basin before I tiled it, Mrs GoS fell asleep listening to the water run. (It's a recirculating pump). The sound completely masks the traffic sounds from the street. Now I have to think about winterizing it. Though that's really simple, I think.

I was going to leave the basin terra cotta, but I had so much grout left over that I just smeared it on the outside walls. I'm not sure about cleaning the thinset off the bricks.

[eleny]

1. I really like wall fountains

Your installation looks great. What's going on over on the left? I mean the aqua. It looks permanent.

[GoneOffShore]

2. Ah, I'll post some pictures of that soon

It's a sculpture on the wall

I've decided that I have to add some more tiles because the splash back from the fountain soaks the bricks and it's a party wall.

More pictures next week.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

3. It looks great!

but you could spend the next 10 years trying to get the thinset off, if it bonded like it was supposed to.
I suggest a row of 3 inch tiles all the way around, that will cover most of it.