Bathtub Fountain!

[Tristan14831]

I found a bathtub in the woods behind my house and decided to make something from it! I welded a steel pipe from an old swing set to the side and ran clear tubing up the tube from a pump. I used a faucet I got for free to act like the "shower". I love sitting out side and watching the fish jump thru where the water falls! I'm sorry I can't post pictures yet; I'm new to the community!

Here is the bathtub after my fiance dragged it out of the woods.


Here are the faucet pieces I used.


Once I attached the steel pipe and the faucet pieces:


The completed fountain!


plus, some fishies!


I hope y'all like it!

[Kimmermonroe]

Wow! Who knew and old bathtub could look so good!

[Tristan14831]

Thanks! I wasn't sure how it would turn out, but I enjoyed making it! Plus, when the weather gets warm, it makes a nice place to sit with my fiance and watch our fish swim around!

[skankamaggot]

Ohhh this is really neat.  And how sweet of your fiance to drag it out of the woods for you!  Mine would have rolled his eyes, haha. 

[Tristan14831]

haha thanks! There was also a cast iron sink that he carried out of the woods, which weighed more than the bathtub! I'm hoping to attach the sink to the wall of my potting shed and plant stuff in it. 

[LunarPowered]

Great work. If I can get my mom to part with a tub she uses to water horses I might give it a try...when summer arrives.

Could you tell me what kind of pump did you use and where did you get it?

[Tristan14831]

I bought my pump at home depot for about 60 dollars, if I remember right. It was a 600 gallons per hour submersible pump. It sounds like a huge pump, but the man at the pond store that I talked to told me that I needed to have a big pump because I was working against gravity. I would call around to make sure that you've got the right one just in case I'm remembering all this wrong lol!

[madebymarni]

OMG!  That is too cool!  What a conversation piece! 

[seampoints]

WOW. Now thats what I call ingenius recycling.

[Tristan14831]

thanks guys! I recently had to replace the pump because it decided to die. I took it apart but i couldn't fix it, so i ordered a new one! It works perfectly, which is awesome because I was getting worried about my fish!