Indoor Waterfalls-Good For The Spirit and Home Value
It´s the flip side of sitting in front of a comforting fire in the hearth; shimmering water gently flowing down with a subtle soothing sound. Indoor waterfalls not only add a certain spiritual atmosphere to your home but also added resale value to your home.
We have always liked to build our own homes. Over the past fifteen years, we´ve built four homes-each with a custom built waterfall in the central area. Each night, we went to sleep to the wonderful sounds of gently cascading water. When friends came over, we always gravitated around the falls. Without fail, we became known for our rather eccentric home décor.
Others recognize the uniqueness of living with nature inside the home. Whenever we put our home up for sale, prospective clients were captivated by our indoor waterfall. As one buyer put it, "of all the homes we looked at, we thought of your home as something special." Indeed, we were always fortunate to sell our homes for top value-even in slow moving real estate markets.
There are many sizes, variations and prices of indoor waterfalls. The most costly are the custom made waterfalls. There are very few contractors that have experience building indoor waterfalls; thus the higher prices. However, building an indoor waterfall is fairly simple and the results are stunning. We had our contractors build according to plans that we had designed with the help of an architect. It cost us about $3500-$4500 to install a 12 foot long by 6 foot high slate waterfall.
There are firms who specialize in very beautiful ready-made indoor waterfalls that are really pieces of high quality art. Typically, expensive new homes will incorporate one of these expensive installations; however, that is not always the case. Most waterfalls can be installed even after construction. All that is needed is some floor and wall space. However, there are some special considerations.
The basic construction of an indoor water fall consists of the façade, the catch pool and pumping systems. A façade is where the artistic part comes in. We preferred slate and textured rock but many custom constructions use exotic materials such as stainless steel, copper, glass and special plastic derivatives.
But here is some good news for apartment dwellers and work spaces: there are scaled down indoor waterfalls that use little space and are not very costly. For example, there are small circulating desktop waterfalls that can cost as low as $165. There are wall hanging indoor waterfalls that can cost anywhere from $500 to thousands. So, just about anybody can have the soothing sound of circulating water without worrying if the tap was left on or the toilet overflowing.
In the ancient Chinese Philosophy of Feng Shui, waterfalls help us connect with the never-ending flow of universal abundance. To that we can also add resale value as an additional positive factor.
About the Author
The author is a custom home builder and specializes in green, customized homes. For more infomration about indoor waterfalls and founains go to http://indoorwaterfalls-fountains.com
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