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D dtel Member South Mississippi Joined: Sep 06, 2013 Posts: 117	D dtel Posted posted on Tue, Jun 3, 2014 10:45 PM On 2014-06-03 21:05, stormrider wrote: I love the roof waterfall, how many gph is the pump rated and how did you make the delivery side of the falls? Storm Thanks, after looking at pump prices I went with a cheap model from harbor freight, I usually don't deal with them because some of the stuff is junk but I didn't want to spend a lot on this pump, it's not like it will be running a lot of hours or continuously like the waterfall pumps we used in the past. It's 2600 GPH with a head of 26', but not at that volume. I just used a short flexible pool hose connected to 1" pvc, I ran the pvc up the back right pole, up the slope of the roof and down the length of the roof about a foot from the peak. For the length where it was to drip I just drilled holes, I guess about 1/8" every couple of inches with a cap on the end of the pipe. I tried it along that bench pumping back into the pond and it seemed like the holes were big enough. I didn't know how much pressure it would loose pumping up to the peak so I left it like that. I did add a ball valve in the line behind the pole so it can be slowed down to a slow drip off the roof, but I like full speed. pump from HF http://www.harborfreight.com/1-horsepower-submersible-dirty-water-pump-with-float-69300.html [ Edited by: dtel 2014-06-03 22:47 ]

On 2014-06-03 21:05, stormrider wrote:
I love the roof waterfall, how many gph is the pump rated and how did you make the delivery side of the falls?

Storm

Thanks, after looking at pump prices I went with a cheap model from harbor freight, I usually don't deal with them because some of the stuff is junk but I didn't want to spend a lot on this pump, it's not like it will be running a lot of hours or continuously like the waterfall pumps we used in the past.

It's 2600 GPH with a head of 26', but not at that volume.

I just used a short flexible pool hose connected to 1" pvc, I ran the pvc up the back right pole, up the slope of the roof and down the length of the roof about a foot from the peak. For the length where it was to drip I just drilled holes, I guess about 1/8" every couple of inches with a cap on the end of the pipe. I tried it along that bench pumping back into the pond and it seemed like the holes were big enough. I didn't know how much pressure it would loose pumping up to the peak so I left it like that.

I did add a ball valve in the line behind the pole so it can be slowed down to a slow drip off the roof, but I like full speed.

pump from HF

http://www.harborfreight.com/1-horsepower-submersible-dirty-water-pump-with-float-69300.html

[ Edited by: dtel 2014-06-03 22:47 ]

Post #719189 by dtel on Tue, Jun 3, 2014 10:45 PM