How much is this fountain going to cost?

Exclusive Fountains

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Build Quality

So, how much will this fountain cost? Let us take the above nozzles, (They are both foaming)  you can clearly see the one on the right is of better build. Being of better build also means it will cost more. (The less you pay, the less you get)

Example "economy" fountain cost

You want to build a simple square fountain pool. In each corner you want a single jet directed towards the centre, each jet to have a single coloured light. Your budget is £400

Let us start.

In order to have 4 jets in 4 corners each lit at night you will need a pump, a nozzle, a light, and coloured light filter, that is 16 items in total (One for each of the four corners)

You have already said the budget is £400, so 400 divided by 16  = £25

So now you can see that with an average of £25  for each item, £400 is not going to be enough, and you have not built the pool yet.

An Existing Space / pool

What follows is a genuine example from a potential customer, who we will call Roger.

Roger wanted to convert an existing raised flowerbed into a fountain pool. (This really is his flower bed, but we digitally added water and jets to it)

We offered various jet and lighting options which he was happy with.

How "Roger's" pool may have looked if he had of continued.

After we had quoted all the parts we heard nothing for some time, until we received the following email.

Hi Crew

Sorry for not getting back before now. Bad news I'm afraid, as I've heard from my builder how much it will costs to get the pond ready for the fountain and I have had to shelve the whole project on grounds of cost. Maybe look at it again in a year or two.

Thanks for your help though

Regards,

"Roger" (2007)

Not that we are cynical, but we suspect it was the cost of all the parts he wanted was the real reason "Roger" never went ahead.

Commercial fountain from scratch?

You will need a concrete pool, cable inlet glands, water replenishment, water level sensor, pump, nozzle, lights, light sensor, timers, "control room /cabinet" It could look like below. You can already see there is more to a fountain that it seems. Click on the drawing for more information.

Cheaper pumps?

What about using cheaper pumps? Why not use a pond pump? Simple answer is the less you pay the less you get. For more about pump cost information, read the page here

Closing comments

To most, it is surprising how many components are required just to construct a "simple" fountain, each individual component is not that expensive, but when you total them all it soon adds up. You would not say to a car maker, "Leave the engine out, it costs too much" its the same with a fountain, it needs all its parts. Could the fountain below be a musical fountain if it had one light and one jet?