Quote Originally Posted by webfeet View Post
Thanks for the quick response! I need some ideas! I want to build a waterfall that is shaped like a rectangle, about 2 1/2 ft wide and 6 ft long and 3 1/2 ft high. I had the pool plumbed for the waterfall with 1 1/2 in pvc. The pipe sticks up in the air about 18 to 24 inches. It is about 2 1/2 ft from the pool edge. We have a 2 speed 2 hp pump on our pool.
I would like a lip, ledge or whatever it is called to project out of the waterfall (from the top of waterfall) about 12" over the pool water. I want this lip or ledge to be a flat surface that is about 3 ft wide, with the sheet of water falling over the edge. When it is finished, we would like to be able to stand under the lip, behind the sheet of water as it falls into the pool, without being directly under the the falling water. I may need to make some changes to my design, if this doesn't sound feasible.
I think we could build it, if someone would tell us what to do. I don't want anything terrible heavy, because my deck is only 4" thick. I am open to most materials, but I don't want the big boulder look, but a more formal or traditional style. Thanks for the help. Webfeet


That bottom rock is either going to have to be HUGE, or you're going to have to do some creative bracing underneath it. 12" of overhang will present some interesting problems if someone tried to stand or hang on it, unless you had a huge amount of weight to leverage the rock to stay on land.

Alternatively, you could probably have someone mold something custom for you that's fairly lightweight... but you'd have to design it in such a way to prevent anyone from trying to stand on it. If you used this option, you could do anything you want, because you'd probably be building it with a wood, steel, or plastic frame and then sheeting it with stucco or faux stone, etc...