UK Water Features Blog

The garden pond is a common sight and as children we learn to look for the froth of frogspawn gathering on the surface of the water but we don’t often look far beyond to see what else inhabits the common garden pond. Here is a selection of the wildlife which may live in your pond-1 NewtsThere are 3 main varieties of newt you may be lucky enough to find in your pond, the Palmate, Smooth...

Water makes up approximately 71% of the Earth’s surface, yet only 1% of it is safe to drink. Even though Earth is known as the Blue Planet is water really as plentiful as we think? If the Earth was an apple the water layer would be thinner than the fruit's skin.Compared to the size of our planet a sphere containing all of it’s water is surprisingly small, a meagre 860 miles wide.Image source - Read More

 There are thousands of different water features and fountains scattered across the globe, we have dug out the top five most impressive and largest of them all from Dubai to Singapore.1.   The Dubai Fountain (Dubai)The Dubai Fountain is the world’s larg...

A fun and exciting water display is the newest addition to our very own town centre! Opened on Wednesday, right here in Barnsley the fountain has 30 nozzles, placed in three banks of 10 and emitting 30 jets of water all varying in size! The jets are illuminated by LED lights and can be programmed to create unique displays. There is an underground tank which holds a whopping 50,000 litres of water, which is pumped through the fountains nozzles at 30,000 litres per hour!The Town Hall square and Garden in Barnsley town centre was subject to a fantastic overhaul this year and was offici...

Water is a great way to bring a new dimension to your garden.Ponds enable you to grow a wider range of plants and rear fish whilst at the same time we cannot forget about all the wildlife which will be drawn to your new pond.A small fountain can also be added to the found creating the soothing sound of splashing water as it falls back into the pond.Ponds can be the centrepiece of a garden and easily surrounded by rockeries.Creat...

1. No running costsSolar fountains have no running costs. Once you have made the initial purchase they simply use the the suns natural powers which of course cost nothing. The solar panels require direct sunlight to fully operate and use this sunlight to bounce electrodes off each other, this movement creates the power needed to run the built in pump.Several solar pumps now also have a battery back up system built in. During the day the fountain runs like normal whilst at the sametime storing energy in a battery back. As soon as the sun goes behind clouds or...

As the country basks in temperatures exceeding 30 degrees we have seen an increase in demand for self contained water feature pebble pools.Normally these pebble pools would be sold with a water feature kit or as an accessory to possibly mount below a monolith or granite water feature. With the hot weather and lack in stocks of paddling pools our customers have been snapping up these pools to use both both young children and animals.What better way to cool down that in a...

Solar garden lights are becoming a popular choice with homeowners across the country but how do they actually work?Each solar garden light comes with a solar panel which is either built into the light or separate to the light more commonly positioned on a spike which can be placed into the ground nearby. Each solar panel is made up of smaller solar cells. Each of these cells uses natural light to create electricity. Read More

As the technology used within solar panels has developed certain solar water features now have the option to operate on cloudy days, or even at night. This is courtesy of an inbuilt battery back-up system.             During the day the solar water feature uses direct sunlight to power the water pump, at the same time storing excess power...

With temperatures set to top 30 degress in certain parts of the country this weekend its guaranteed that barbecues will be a common site with the smell of food drifting through towns and villages.When it comes to owning the biggest and most impressive barbecue I think we have the answer!Introducing you to the Joe's Barbecue Smoker Chuckwagon - quite possible the biggest barbecue we have ever seen.Here are a few statistics to make the hairs on your neck stand up...The Chuckwagon can cater for upto 80 people...