The water feature was a project that was thought up in my head, and made use of the left over bricks from the house construction. A slab of concrete formed the base of the water feature and threaded rod (that was also left over from the house construction) was used to strengthen the corners of the water feature.

The bottom area of the water feature has to create the shape and form of a bathtub to hold the water. A suitable pond liner was purchased from Bunnings for this purpose. A layer of bricks was used to hold the liner in place across the back of the water feature. Capping would hold the liner down across the sides and front of the water feature towards the end of the construction.

The pumps and spillway were purchased from a company in Adelaide called "Creative Pumps" or www.creativepumps.com.au.

You do need to make sure you get the position correct or the waterfall will not work correctly.

The lip of the spillway needs to reach out over the front of the front surface of the water feature by a small margin such as 5mm or 10mm. Also keep in mind that the overall height of the waterfall should not be greater than say 900mm, or due to gravity the water will not fall correctly and breakup. This will splash water outside the water feature and not look as pleasant as it should.

So how do I maintain the electricity, lights and hoses? From the back of the water feature of course!

A gap in the brick work (which will later be covered by timber doors made from decking timber) allows access to everything from the back. Since these house bricks came with 3 holes already in them, I enlarged the holes to provide access for cables and the pump hose as shown in the image below.

The power comes from a conduit running down through the concrete base of the water feature and under concrete/tiles back to the house external power connection. This is later connected to an outside powerboard housed inside the water feature.

I pondered what to use for the capping of the water feature. From where I purchased most of the materials for the landscaping (www.jacksonlandscape.com.au), I purchased these cream capping blocks for retainer walls. A typical angle grinder with masonry disc cut through these blocks like cheese. Even though they are not hebel, it felt like it when I was cutting.

So the water feature with capping bricks looks as shown in the image below. I think the colours match well with our house bricks and since they are "chunky" look appropriate for the water feature.

All that is left to do is add a tiled surface to the water feature.

The tiler from Metricon broke a box of these specially purchased tiles that we were going to use for our kitchen splashback. Since there was enough left over, I cut a few to size and used them here. They have a mirrored silver line through them that reflects water and light well.

Some decking boards help hold the tiles in place as the builders adhesive takes a hold.

The image below shows that the spillway is concreted in well to make sure it doesn't move around.

All of the tiles are shown attached to the front fac below awating grouting.

With the grouting finished, the water feature is ready to test.

This is the finished power board at the back of the water feature. Another power board will be added to help power lights for the water feature, garden and nearby pond.