If this project interested you go check out this bigger and better one! I used all the same concepts from this video with a little extra detail :) ua-cam.com/video/ks48nw8x0NU/v-deo.html
A bunch of these vids have a buried reciprocal basin that sends the water back up to the top. I haven’t seen any of that in ur vids. How does the water go back from the bottom to the top of ur fountains?
Oh, so I see you have a long connector(hose) that the water is pumping through to get to the top. and then you hide behind the landscape! GENIUS! I was like wondering, like, "whoa, that's a strong little pump!" at first. Awesome! We are wanting to add water features around our house for our Autistic son and he would just love this! Thank you so much! :)
@@travisjantzer yeah please post a detail video on which pimp to buy and how to attach suction pump because I’m not sure how the water flows and so mechanics because I’m a first time home buyer and want curb appeal
You are all adorable and great energy. I'm in my 8th decade and am getting one done in front yard. Labor intensive and incredibly creative. I took notes so that when mine is done, I will definitely pay attention to the edges and sloping. It will be a dry creek, but will make sure the gutter downspout is directed to meet the start of the creek so when it rains, it will actually be useful instead of pooling on my pavers. Best wishes to you all.
They already do! We’ve gotten a lot of nice birds back since my wife and I started planting flowers and putting in water features :) the first night after I put the creek in this beautiful Dove took a bath in it.
I was just pondering this tonight in my backyard and wasn’t even looking at yard videos, I wasn’t even talking out loud for the phone to overhear and suggest the video, didn’t even have it near me, it was charging... I’ve been trying to decide whether to make a wall fountain, independent yard fountain, or a stream, and the lines of the area would just be better to have a little stream, but I also want it quick and easy as you said, just a simple meandering run of water, and boom! There’s your video. No need to scour any more minutes, let alone hours of other videos, this is exactly what I was wanting to do. And I like your easy idea for creating the natural fluctuations of a riverbed. I’ve got some smooth logs I can just put underneath the liner to create those little variations... and the yard happens to slope in that spot already. What a plus! Always preferable to work with the natural terrain. And by the way, you have such a cute family, it’s just great to see a kid still happily drinking from the good old garden hose, enjoying yard time with mom and dad, and it’s also good to see a handsome guy who includes his very pretty wife and his adorable child front and center in the video, too. Family is so important...
This is a wonderful comment. I’m really glad you appreciate my video and I agree with you; family is very important! If you’re looking to tackle this project be sure to check out my channel, I have several water feature videos including a larger more in depth creek build that might be helpful :)
Simple is where it's at. The way you've shown can add so much to a garden because it's not overly complicated or takes up too much room & it can be incorporated with other designs easily. I can imagine the additional curb appeal this has added to your home since it's in front of the house.
I know it’s a little late, but I’m definitely going to try and do this. My only question is about the pump setup. So there is one pump in the pond at the bottom that runs the water back to the top? Thanks @@travisjantzer
My classmate does that for a living. I took horticulture in college and he had a nursery with another classmate. I interned there. We even sold tad poles.
So I watched this video, and started making my creek and it turned out waaay harder than it looks. After watching like 50 videos, this is still my go-to video.
I've watched a few of your vids; I appreciate your tutorials. I am in the planning stages of putting in a Japanese Zen garden for my many bonsai and these ideas are on point. Future video in the process. Thank you for sharing.
Great job. Watching from the UK. Love the old wheelbarrow idea. Looking to do something similar, and now that wheelbarrow idea is in my head. Mine's a bit different, as I am having to build up over concrete, but the concept is now coming off your idea. Great stuff you two. Thanks.
It was relatively simple. I'm motivating myself to build one in my backyard. It's the digging I'm dreading. Single mom here. The area I've chosen has lots of tree roots this why I want to put something eye-catching there.
❤wanna a feature with a nice water creek would be perfect to grow my 💧 watercress, and it looks good with the relaxing 😌 sound Vibes to just read a book or just bathe I the sun watching 👀 the ❤️ gardens bloom!
I made a cleaning video for it this year. It held up over the winter but I got bored of it so I’ve completely redone it. Bigger and better. Video coming soon.
Hey your little stream. looks better than some worth $10K nice job. It gives me hope for my own dyi project. Hope it stays working well as I have seen a few abandoned water features that become real eye sores.
Thank you SO Much! I've been on here several times in the last few years looking for a water feature that looks like the creek where I grew up. something Natural and simple and Finally, here it is. I got my rock last fall and chose a spot in my yard for the "creek". This is the year I will build it.
Glad I could help! Good luck with the build :) I’ve actually just this week completely rebuilt my creek so it’s 4 times the size! There should be a video soon. Hopefully it will be helpful too.
We created a creek on our playground for the children to play. It is fantastic especially at the beginning of each year when we redo it! The children of course move all the river rocks around. Wonderful play takes place within our creek. I feel like I cannot use a pump because the mud and sand that make would destroy the pump. We just use a hose and waste water. Any suggestions?
Hi Travis, very inspired by your videos, Travis, they are clear, informative and with all the necessary detail. In fact you make it look easy so I'll be having a go myself soon.Thanks for posting them. (UK)
I'm going to suggest raise the edges of the watercourse to prevent water inflow when it rains as this will introduce nutrients. With such a shallow run you may be susceptible to algae growth.
Started converting my 1500-2000 gallon stream and pond to a pondless water feature and decided to use existing catchall box that pumps up to the top of the stream that had a ten gallon reservoir that dumps into existing stream 20 feet down to where the 5 foot deep pond is that I am only channeling a stream to the recovery box. My question is do you have to have a place for the excess rain to go and how do you deal with keeping the pond at the proper level to keep plant life alive when gone for long vacations.
What kind of pump, how far did u bury the line? What do you do with it in winter time? Im in central IN, gets freezing here. Oh, and did u bury the pump too? Thnx. Luv it
Hey, love this video - it actually inspired me to try something similar. I'm close to being done with my stream but i'm losing water and so far can't find any leak to explain it. Curious if you have noticed any significant water loss in your stream(s) from purely evaporation, being that they're shallow and you've got water splashing up on rocks as it flows down through?
I’m a huge fan of water fountains and creek water way! When I have land someday I’m gonna do this! I LOVED THE WAY YOURS LOOKED!!! By chance do you do fountains? I like doing indoor fountains and porch fountains and would love any that you have done or might do in the future😉
Awesome built, curious what gph pump you used. You might have said in the video but I couldn't find it. Trying to build one soon was thinking an 8000gph?
We want to know what is the slope we would require to run a 40-foot stream from the waterful at the head of the stream to the pond. Like you we want to have puddles, etc.. we don't want it to run straight to the pond. Any input would be appreciated. Thanks
How did you handle the power situation, I plan on building a little stream/waterfall for my small farm pond but it's like 50 feet or more away from the house lol. I dont know if I'm just gonna have to run a long cord on the ground or find a way to bury it
Hi, Travis! Thank you so much for this video; it's very informative. I have a question for you, if you have a moment. I want to replicate this design, but without the pond. I know I am going to need some sort of reservoir. Do you have any suggestions for how many gallons I would need for a design like this? Thank you so much.
the bigger the reservoir the better. water loss is inevitable with evaporation. But on a smaller feature 40-80 gallons is pretty good I think. It really depends.
new sub here, I am planning to do a simple water feature in our front yard and want it simple and cheap. this video helped alot. We are in portland and I think you may be in medford.
you called the plastic that you down “pond liner” ; is that some special stuff just for putting down for a running lil creek? if so please give me that info. i just put in a beautiful creek in my front yrd and it has a leak at the lil pond at the end , where the water runs to. it has me totally bummed. it’s been a lot of work, but i want it to be rite when i’m done. lm in N. Calif. Thank you Gary Cannon
Essentially pond liners are just a thick plastic sheet but there are various different materials and thicknesses they can be made from. They are usually engineered to be difficult to puncture and nontoxic for wildlife. Leaks are tricky. Sometimes its just water flowing over the edge where you dont expect it. other times its a puncture or tear in the liner.
Hi, looks great! I´m not sure if it´s been asked but I was wondering if you needed to plug the pump into a socket or whether it was solar powered and understand a bit more info of the mechanics of making it a reality for my front yard! Cheers!
So our issue is looking water and the ground around it being higher, creating a bog where our trashcan must be kept. Can we simply just dig until the ground around is lower for the runoff?
I'm new to your videos so apologies if you have what I'm asking readily available. Do you have a video showing the installation of the water lines and pump etc? I mean, how to connect the thingys with the things? Great video thank you!.
If this project interested you go check out this bigger and better one! I used all the same concepts from this video with a little extra detail :) ua-cam.com/video/ks48nw8x0NU/v-deo.html
Thank you
A bunch of these vids have a buried reciprocal basin that sends the water back up to the top. I haven’t seen any of that in ur vids. How does the water go back from the bottom to the top of ur fountains?
Oh, so I see you have a long connector(hose) that the water is pumping through to get to the top. and then you hide behind the landscape! GENIUS! I was like wondering, like, "whoa, that's a strong little pump!" at first. Awesome! We are wanting to add water features around our house for our Autistic son and he would just love this! Thank you so much! :)
I’d like to see more on the mechanics. Connecting the water, pump etc
I plan on making that video.. haven't got around to it yet.. soon hopefully!
Me too
@@travisjantzer meanwhile, I’ll start digging
@@travisjantzer yeah please post a detail video on which pimp to buy and how to attach suction pump because I’m not sure how the water flows and so mechanics because I’m a first time home buyer and want curb appeal
You are all adorable and great energy. I'm in my 8th decade and am getting one done in front yard. Labor intensive and incredibly creative. I took notes so that when mine is done, I will definitely pay attention to the edges and sloping. It will be a dry creek, but will make sure the gutter downspout is directed to meet the start of the creek so when it rains, it will actually be useful instead of pooling on my pavers. Best wishes to you all.
Brother, thank you for this. This brought me joy and saved me thousands.
Nice one ! The local birds will like it too.
They already do! We’ve gotten a lot of nice birds back since my wife and I started planting flowers and putting in water features :) the first night after I put the creek in this beautiful Dove took a bath in it.
I was just pondering this tonight in my backyard and wasn’t even looking at yard videos, I wasn’t even talking out loud for the phone to overhear and suggest the video, didn’t even have it near me, it was charging... I’ve been trying to decide whether to make a wall fountain, independent yard fountain, or a stream, and the lines of the area would just be better to have a little stream, but I also want it quick and easy as you said, just a simple meandering run of water, and boom! There’s your video. No need to scour any more minutes, let alone hours of other videos, this is exactly what I was wanting to do. And I like your easy idea for creating the natural fluctuations of a riverbed. I’ve got some smooth logs I can just put underneath the liner to create those little variations... and the yard happens to slope in that spot already. What a plus! Always preferable to work with the natural terrain.
And by the way, you have such a cute family, it’s just great to see a kid still happily drinking from the good old garden hose, enjoying yard time with mom and dad, and it’s also good to see a handsome guy who includes his very pretty wife and his adorable child front and center in the video, too. Family is so important...
This is a wonderful comment. I’m really glad you appreciate my video and I agree with you; family is very important! If you’re looking to tackle this project be sure to check out my channel, I have several water feature videos including a larger more in depth creek build that might be helpful :)
Simple is where it's at. The way you've shown can add so much to a garden because it's not overly complicated or takes up too much room & it can be incorporated with other designs easily. I can imagine the additional curb appeal this has added to your home since it's in front of the house.
Definitely! I'm glad you like it. Ive since replaced it with another bigger one. Even more curb appeal :)
I know it’s a little late, but I’m definitely going to try and do this. My only question is about the pump setup. So there is one pump in the pond at the bottom that runs the water back to the top?
Thanks
@@travisjantzer
This is absolutely amazing! Honestly, this is the best home made water feature I’ve seen on UA-cam. Keep it up!
I'm trying to build a very small waterfall stream on the side of this small slope and your video is exactly perfect for what I needed
You're really good at these. Make water features your thing!
Thanks!
I’ve already started on a big one behind my parents house so I’m gonna have more videos for sure :)
Water feature design and installations 👍
My classmate does that for a living. I took horticulture in college and he had a nursery with another classmate. I interned there. We even sold tad poles.
So I watched this video, and started making my creek and it turned out waaay harder than it looks. After watching like 50 videos, this is still my go-to video.
Thank you so much for the great video man! You've inspired me to build my own!
This is great, with really important things to think about, love the way you used the wheelbarrow. Thanks
I've watched a few of your vids; I appreciate your tutorials. I am in the planning stages of putting in a Japanese Zen garden for my many bonsai and these ideas are on point. Future video in the process. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks Travis....this was cool...props on the wheelbarrow waterfall
thanks, glad you like it.
How peaceful your creek looks.
Great job. Watching from the UK. Love the old wheelbarrow idea. Looking to do something similar, and now that wheelbarrow idea is in my head. Mine's a bit different, as I am having to build up over concrete, but the concept is now coming off your idea. Great stuff you two. Thanks.
thats awesome, i love hearing where my viewers are from. Best of luck on yours! I'm sure it'll look great.
We’re about to do this in our back yard. You make it look easy. We will see. 🤞
Good luck! Send me a picture on instagram @travis.jantzer . I would love to see what you come up with.
That's a great project. I Like how it looks like a naturally formed stream.
This is such a great remodel for your yard.
oh, a subaru forester! subscribed!
I have watched this like 900 times
That’s awesome!
I like the idea of using boards under liner to create ripples. I’ll try that
Amazing...Love the wheel barrow concept!
Thanks! :)
I've always wanted a creek in my backyard
Thanks Travis! Really enjoyed your video. It’s refreshing to see someone with an honest heart. Bless you and your Family
Thank you!
I like the idea with the well barrow
Amazing job bro. I hope u are doing this for a living now. I'm inspired.
I'm not. I'm a mechanic. But i'm really enjoying making these projects for videos. I got to fly to SoCal to build one for a Subscriber this spring!
That's awesome and thanks for sharing. Cheers from Australia
I really like the video... its awesome how to make it look so natural yet simple to make. Great job
Glad you like it!
Simple and very natural looking, that’s what you want. I love the water feature, but I think I’ll keep mine for what’s it intended for 😂😂👍👍👍
Whats yours intended for? lol
@@travisjantzer carrying sand and cement😂
Great concise presentation. More to come from you I hope!!
It was relatively simple. I'm motivating myself to build one in my backyard. It's the digging I'm dreading. Single mom here. The area I've chosen has lots of tree roots this why I want to put something eye-catching there.
You are fabulous!!! Thanks for sharing.
You guys done an amazing job on this.. and your little one was cute as can be
Thanks! Isn't she adorable?
You killed it man. Love it
thank you.
❤wanna a feature with a nice water creek would be perfect to grow my 💧 watercress, and it looks good with the relaxing 😌 sound Vibes to just read a book or just bathe I the sun watching 👀 the ❤️ gardens bloom!
Well done 🎉
Thanks for the lesson, Travis! Blessings.
sure thing!
You're really good at these. Thanks!
You're the man! Thank you this helps so much.
Glad it helped!
Absolutely amazing. You are very talente my friend. Beautiful.🤠💯👍God bless you and family.
Thank you kindly :)
You have inspired me to create one, and I made it running the the greenhouse. ❤
Real nice, just what I came for, and not a bunch of extra fluff.
Thanks! If you're looking for extra fluff I have that too. but that wasnt the point of this video. Glad it was helpful :)
Wow this is completely awesome and so creative 🔥🔥🔥
Glad you like it!
This is an excellent way to start. I'm curious as to how it's holding up over time. Looking forward to the update videos.
I made a cleaning video for it this year. It held up over the winter but I got bored of it so I’ve completely redone it. Bigger and better. Video coming soon.
Awesome man!! Might do this on my property!!
Do it!
@@travisjantzer thanks! I was gonna put my tiny house there but sold it! Checkout my vids! Much love!
You should add a rust protection coating to the wheel barrel. Great build!
Hey your little stream. looks better than some worth $10K nice job. It gives me hope for my own dyi project. Hope it stays working well as I have seen a few abandoned water features that become real eye sores.
Really nice stream/river this motivated me to start my own thanks
looks great! nice video
Looks great! Cheers!
Thanks Bill, Cheers!
I did a waterfall/pond at my old house due to the small yard. But now I have lots of yard gonna give this stream a whirl yours look great👍👍👍👍
That’s awesome! Best of luck, I’m sure it will look great 👍🏽
You helped me more than you know! Yes I can do this ! Peace& love to yall.
I’m glad! Thanks for watching!
Good man good Dad too..thanks!
Thank you!
Love it brother man, great job!
Glad you like it!
GREAT JOB CONGRATULATIONS ITS BEAUTIFUL 😍❤💖THANCK YOU.
Thanks!
Thank you SO Much! I've been on here several times in the last few years looking for a water feature that looks like the creek where I grew up. something Natural and simple and Finally, here it is. I got my rock last fall and chose a spot in my yard for the "creek". This is the year I will build it.
Glad I could help! Good luck with the build :) I’ve actually just this week completely rebuilt my creek so it’s 4 times the size! There should be a video soon. Hopefully it will be helpful too.
What do u use as the water holder where the pump goes? Bucket? How big? Thank you
Tight work!
You are creative. Very impressive. I did mine too.
Super video bro tanks for the video 💯💯
Glad you liked it :)
I love your videos. thanks for posting and sharing. what liners and pumps do you recommend using today for features like this one? thank you!
thanx for the video man - good work!
We created a creek on our playground for the children to play. It is fantastic especially at the beginning of each year when we redo it! The children of course move all the river rocks around. Wonderful play takes place within our creek. I feel like I cannot use a pump because the mud and sand that make would destroy the pump. We just use a hose and waste water. Any suggestions?
Hi Travis, very inspired by your videos, Travis, they are clear, informative and with all the necessary detail. In fact you make it look easy so I'll be having a go myself soon.Thanks for posting them. (UK)
Gerry, Thank you! Good luck on yours. Let me know how it goes :)
I'm going to suggest raise the edges of the watercourse to prevent water inflow when it rains as this will introduce nutrients. With such a shallow run you may be susceptible to algae growth.
Cool idea, any clips on the pump/return instal? Thanksl
Started converting my 1500-2000 gallon stream and pond to a pondless water feature and decided to use existing catchall box that pumps up to the top of the stream that had a ten gallon reservoir that dumps into existing stream 20 feet down to where the 5 foot deep pond is that I am only channeling a stream to the recovery box. My question is do you have to have a place for the excess rain to go and how do you deal with keeping the pond at the proper level to keep plant life alive when gone for long vacations.
Very cool. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Thats just beatifull
thanks!
I would love to know what pump you used and it there a solar one on amazon i can buy. I'd like to do this for my mini pond/river in Japan.
Great idea!! Nice and affordable
I'm always trying to make things cheap lol
What kind of pump, how far did u bury the line? What do you do with it in winter time? Im in central IN, gets freezing here. Oh, and did u bury the pump too? Thnx. Luv it
Hey, love this video - it actually inspired me to try something similar. I'm close to being done with my stream but i'm losing water and so far can't find any leak to explain it. Curious if you have noticed any significant water loss in your stream(s) from purely evaporation, being that they're shallow and you've got water splashing up on rocks as it flows down through?
wow this is amazing
thanks
I’m a huge fan of water fountains and creek water way! When I have land someday I’m gonna do this! I LOVED THE WAY YOURS LOOKED!!! By chance do you do fountains? I like doing indoor fountains and porch fountains and would love any that you have done or might do in the future😉
Thanks! Ive made fountains of all sizes. Even some for indoors. I'm working on one right now.
Thank-you. The water is being circulated. Do you need to replenish the water?
Yea periodically. Just because of evaporation.
Hello, great vidio. How deep did you dig the deepest part of you pond? Also how big is your pump and the hole you dug for that.
About 18 inches which is very shallow. I would recommend at least 2 feet deep. This one had an 800 gph pump.
How reliable is the liner ? Can you replace liner with clay and rocks instead ?
I would like to see more info about the pump equipment and cost.
Awesome built, curious what gph pump you used. You might have said in the video but I couldn't find it. Trying to build one soon was thinking an 8000gph?
Nope. 800.
Jeeeeeeshh this guy is so attractive 🙌🏼😍👌🏼 subscribed!
I have water standing by right side of house , will this help? Vs the French drain
We want to know what is the slope we would require to run a 40-foot stream from the waterful at the head of the stream to the pond. Like you we want to have puddles, etc.. we don't want it to run straight to the pond. Any input would be appreciated. Thanks
How did you handle the power situation, I plan on building a little stream/waterfall for my small farm pond but it's like 50 feet or more away from the house lol. I dont know if I'm just gonna have to run a long cord on the ground or find a way to bury it
I think you could get away with a long extension cord. Or install an outlet.
ide like to see you building the stream
This latest project shows a little more creek laying. It was a much bigger project but conceptually very similar.
Good stuff!
Hi, Travis! Thank you so much for this video; it's very informative. I have a question for you, if you have a moment. I want to replicate this design, but without the pond. I know I am going to need some sort of reservoir. Do you have any suggestions for how many gallons I would need for a design like this? Thank you so much.
the bigger the reservoir the better. water loss is inevitable with evaporation. But on a smaller feature 40-80 gallons is pretty good I think. It really depends.
Is the liner toxic? Does it affect the health of the water and fish?
What pump did you use, im from the U.K so need to work out gallons to litres , thanks
new sub here, I am planning to do a simple water feature in our front yard and want it simple and cheap. this video helped alot. We are in portland and I think you may be in medford.
Thanks for the sub! Yea I live in the rogue valley.
Hi Travis. What pump did you use for this water feature?
he just had a water hose running lol
you called the plastic that you down “pond liner” ; is that some special stuff just for putting down for a running lil creek? if so please give me that info. i just put in a beautiful creek in my front yrd and it has a leak at the lil pond at the end , where the water runs to. it has me totally bummed. it’s been a lot of work, but i want it to be rite when i’m done. lm in N. Calif.
Thank you Gary Cannon
Essentially pond liners are just a thick plastic sheet but there are various different materials and thicknesses they can be made from. They are usually engineered to be difficult to puncture and nontoxic for wildlife.
Leaks are tricky. Sometimes its just water flowing over the edge where you dont expect it. other times its a puncture or tear in the liner.
Hi, looks great! I´m not sure if it´s been asked but I was wondering if you needed to plug the pump into a socket or whether it was solar powered and understand a bit more info of the mechanics of making it a reality for my front yard! Cheers!
Thanks! This one is plugged into an outlet but there are solar pump options out there :)
So our issue is looking water and the ground around it being higher, creating a bog where our trashcan must be kept. Can we simply just dig until the ground around is lower for the runoff?
Very cool 😎
What would be better is to put fish inside your own little mini creek 😊
I'm new to your videos so apologies if you have what I'm asking readily available. Do you have a video showing the installation of the water lines and pump etc? I mean, how to connect the thingys with the things? Great video thank you!.
Yea I have a “how to hook up a pump video” as well as a longer “Pondless waterfalls 101” video where I cover things like that :)
@@travisjantzer much appreciated! Thank you!
I love this 😀❤
Thanks! Ive since replaced it with a bigger better one.
Dayum, this guy showed his face in the camera and I fell in love. What am I watching again? 😅
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