HOW TO BUILD A DIY WATERFALL ON A BUDGET

Ready to add a homemade water feature to your backyard landscape? This step-by-step tutorial shows you how to build a small DIY waterfall, on a budget of $500 or less.

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Our Backyard DIY Waterfall

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Materials Used:

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- Drill and bits - Level - Circular Saw - Reciprocating saw (fine tooth blade) - Pencil - Screw Gun

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Step 1: Choose the Location

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Next, it’s time to make some artificial rocks out of concrete. Begin by mixing your concrete, and coloring it if you’d like.

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Step 3: Create The Waterfall Fountain

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HOW TO BUILD A DIY WATERFALL ON A BUDGET

Ready to add a homemade water feature to your backyard landscape? This step-by-step tutorial shows you how to build a small DIY waterfall, on a budget of $500 or less.

Our Backyard DIY Waterfall

Materials Used:

- Wood Screws - Liquid Cement Color - Concrete Mix - Concrete Mold - Mortar (2 40lb bags) - Purple Primer - Medium Clear pvc cement

- Drill and bits - Level - Circular Saw - Reciprocating saw (fine tooth blade) - Pencil - Screw Gun

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Step 1: Choose the Location

First things first, decide where to put your waterfall.

Next, it’s time to make some artificial rocks out of concrete. Begin by mixing your concrete, and coloring it if you’d like.

Step 2: Make Pond Rocks

Step 3: Create The Waterfall Fountain

To make the water flow and “fall” out of the rock instead of shoot out at the top of the waterfall, we divided the supply line 4 ways with some 1″ T-fittings and 1″ elbows.

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