San Diego Pond Builders

April 13

[metaslider id=10375] Building backyard ponds is a job for experienced San Diego Pond Builders. San Diego Ponds generally include aquatic plants and live fish, so there can be a delicate ecosystem. These ecosystems need maintenance regularly. As San Diego Pond Builders in business since 1998, Pacific Dreamscapes can help transform open or unused space in your yard into a tranquil pond of soothing elegance.

Why You Need Professional San Diego Pond Builders

The owner of our pond installation team has studied filtration and aquatic ecology for years. We incorporate this scientific knowledge into our landscape water features. And we can also provide pond maintenance to keep your water crystal clear and fish healthy and robust. There’s more to creating backyard ponds than digging a hole, putting down a rubber liner, adding water and plugging in a pump. Proper filtration is essential. Without it, garden ponds begin to grow algae, which cut off oxygen needed for healthy koi and other fish. The fish then die off, and that is when most of these ponds are abandoned. Our ponds have Aquascape filters. Instead of having a huge, loud pump 20 feet away from the pond, or right below the water in clear sight, this company has developed a skimmer that is built along the outside perimeter. The pump is seated at the bottom of the skimmer so that it sucks water from the pond through the skimmer opening, through a filter basin and into the pump, which then pushes the water up to the pond waterfall. Typical pond filters sift out small debris, but it only takes a couple of old leaves to clog the system. The line has to be cleaned every few days, or the water line is blocked. Going bigger and more complex isn’t always the answer, either. It is an energy zapper and results in a tangle of tubing, return lines and wires that take away from the natural beauty you seek. Our San Diego Pond Builders will custom design water features such as pond waterfalls and fountains that blend into your yard as if nature itself created it. Every water feature we build is unique. We place each boulder and rock with the idea that it should look natural, and not man made. If you have a need for a San Diego Pond Builder for your home or business location, Contact us for an on-site appointment: estimates@pacificdreamscapes.com or 858-583-4105

Backyard Waterfalls San Diego

April 8

Backyard Waterfalls San Diego

call: (858) 583-4105 email: info@pacificdreamscapes.com Backyard Waterfalls San Diego Backyard waterfalls transform your yard into a peaceful haven with their cascading rush and soothing sounds. Whether you want a lavish falls with a large pond or a compact pondless waterfall, call our company to schedule an on-site appointment. The best garden waterfalls look like a seamless part of the landscape. With every project that we undertake, we strive to replicate Mother Nature. In fact, we take our inspiration from the area’s own water features such as Mission Trails Park in Santee, where there are some pretty amazing falls along the stream in Oak Canyon. Backyard Waterfalls San Diego When beginning our waterfall and stream design, our owner works with you to create the right size, height and placement. We first visualize how it would look if it were designed by nature. We use a top quality product by Aquascape called the BioFall. We place it where we want the waterfall to begin. We level off the area so that the equipment is set level from left to right, slightly leaning forward. We hook up 2” flex pipe to the back of the unit using a flexible PVC glue and primer. The flex pipe then runs alongside the stream and connects to the back of the skimmer. With the right pond pump, the water will stay clean and free of algae. Contact us for Backyard Waterfalls San Diego http://www.pacificdreamscapes.com/ call: (858) 583-4105 email: info@pacificdreamscapes.com  

Custom Backyard Water Fountains in San Diego

March 24

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Backyard Water Fountains

The gentle trickle of a backyard water fountain or an outdoor wall fountain brings life, motion and peace to any backyard. Water fountains can attract more birds than Koi ponds or still water and the soothing sounds of trickling water will transform your space into a peaceful retreat. Backyard water fountains pair great with waterfall design and xeriscape or low water landscape designs.

Custom Backyard Water Fountain Feature in San Diego

This fountain water feature was built in Carlsbad, San Diego CA in the summer of 2012. For this project, we used Aquascape products and Basalt stone columns purchased from KRC in Lakeside, San Diego CA. The Aquascape components of this fountain water feature consisted of an Aqua Basin, Ultra 800 pump and LED lighting and transformer. The first process was to excavate the soil needed to install the aqua basin. The basin serves as a place to conceal the pump and plumbing. Set the basin on compacted gravel to ensure a solid foundation. Once the basin is installed, make sure it is completely level. The next step is to insert the Ultra 800 pump inside the fountain basin. Attach a kink-free pipe to the pump and run it up through the hole that has been drilled in the basalt rock column. Install the lighting to your fountain water feature and attach to a low voltage lighting transformer. To complete this fountain water feature project we covered the aqua basin with black Mexican beach pebbles. Depending on the size of your fountain, your project can be completed in as little as one day.

Custom Backyard Water Fountain San Diego Design Projects

For more San Diego Backyard Water Fountain Design Ideas or if you want to schedule an on-site appointment concerning a Backyard Water Fountains Project in San Diego County, contact Pacific Dreamscapes at 858-583-4105 or email estimates@pacficdreamscapes.com. You can also look into features such as Pondless Waterfalls here.

San Diego Pondless Waterfall Design

March 18

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A Pondless Waterfall Design can make retaining wall, backyard desert, or landscaped property complete. Pondless waterfalls add the piece of landscape design to make a beautiful, peaceful setting. Home owners can enjoy the sights and soothing sound of running water without having to maintain a full pond.

San Diego Waterfall Design

This Pondless Waterfall Design was built in La Mesa, San Diego CA in May of 2010. The project consisted of removing unwanted plants from the landscape and building a retaining wall to allow the pondless waterfall to lay against. For this water feature project we used Aquascape products consisting of waterfall vault and spillway.

Waterfall Design Process

First we installed a 45 mil rubber liner for the waterfall and stream. At the top of the waterfall is an Aquascape spillway which allows the water to begin its decent in a controlled flow. The spillway can accommodate flow rates of up to 7,500 GPH for waterfalls and streams. At the end of the stream is a basin which is typically 3′ X 6′ for smaller water features like this one. The basin is 2′ deep and is the starting point for the waterfall. In the basin sits the vault unit, which allows for the pump to sit. The basin vault has a cover which is then camouflaged with ornamental pebbles and rock. The waterfall pump inside is attached to the 2″ PVC plumbing pipe which continues alongside the waterfall and connects to the spillway at top. For this project we used an Aquasurge 4000 GPH pump which is an extremely high efficiency pump. To complete the pondless waterfall we installed LED lighting and transformer. Ornamental pebbles were used to cover the rubber liner. For the main landscape boulders on this water feature we used Baja La Cresta Red. This landscape boulder has beautiful earth tones and enhances the surrounding landscape. To complete the pondless waterfall project we planted aquatic grasses and reeds into the stream to give it a more natural look. This water feature is located in the front yard of the customer’s residence and can be viewed at 8921 Mosian Way, La Mesa CA 91941. Please do not disturb the residents.

Pondless Waterfall Design Projects

For more San Diego Pondless Waterfall Design Ideas or an on-site consultation on an Pondless Waterfall Project in San Diego County, contact Pacific Dreamscapes at 858-583-4105 or email estimates@pacficdreamscapes.com