Wall Fountain
These are a few of the random tips
on installation of the Rustzilla F 1752R:

1. The toughest part is cutting the hole in the back of the fountain to let the cord and plug through. I used a router. Not much room between the fiberglass back plate and the decorative front for a plug to go through. The hole we ended up cutting was 6.5 inches from its lower edge to the bottom of the fountain. It was an inch high. After cutting the two holes, I decided to just join them to make one larger hole. Still a little difficult to get that plug through. Be careful that the router doesn't cut so deep that it cuts through the decorative front (ours didn't, but it did score the backside of the face.

2. The clear tubing I used had an I.D. (Inside Diameter) of 1/2" and an O.D. (Outside Diameter) of 5/8", meaning I had to put the tip inside another larger thin-walled tube with a 3/4" O.D. to make it fit in the 3/4" hole in the fountain face. A brass spigot could be mountedhere as well. I added a little sheet of black rubber behind the lower lip of the decorative face but in front of the pump to hide the tubing from view from the front since about 2" is visible above the water line.

3. The pump we used was a Happy Garden & Pond Pump (HP-106G) from Gardenzilla. It takes either a 3/8" or 1/2" I.D vinyl tube, runs at 70 GPH (gallons per hour - 264 liters per hour), has a maximum lift of 2.6 ft. (30") and pulls 6 watts. We have it running at maximum. The fountain's lift is 25.75" from the basin bottom to the water exit hole, so I don't recommend a pump that has a lower maximum lift.

4. The basin has a slight forward tip to it, so it won't fill up to the lip in the back when hanging on the wall. The highest we can fill it up is 4.5" in the back before water begins to spill out the front. So the maximum height of any pump should be less than 4.5" when operating.

These fiberglass wall fountains are great for temperature fluctuations and fare beautifully all year long; frozen water will be not so ideal to pump and remove during cold winters.

A tip to minimizing water splashing is to lay a fine stiff screen in the basin - full size of the basin; Gold mesh screen can be even more dazzling.

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