Easy Water Garden Assembly

Before purchasing and installing a water garden, Scenery Solutions, the maker of Frame It All, highly recommends you enlist the advice of a aquatics specialist to determine the pumps, piping, liners and other elements necessary to make a successful water feature.

Our patented Frame It All system makes an excellent water garden frame. The instructions below are for installing the framework only. Contact your local aquatics specialist for instructions on other elements.

What you’ll need:
In addition to your Frame It All Composite Timbers, Anchor Joints, Stacking Joints, and Finishing Sleeves, the only things you’ll need are a level, a hammer, a tape measure, a screwdriver (electric or battery operated preferred) and possibly a saw.

Step 1: Mark off your area
Using stakes and string design the shape and flow of your water feature, waterfall or pond. 

Step 2: Determine your materials.
Measure and plan your required materials. Remember, the flexible Anchor and Stacking Joints from Frame It All allow you to achieve many designs and shapes. Measure the distance between joints to determine the length in inches of Composite Timbers you’ll need. Our timbers come in 44.5” lengths, which can easily be cut down, to the sizes required. For every 6” in height you wish to raise a tier, you’ll need an additional row of timbers and a set of Stacking Joints to match the Anchor Joints used on the ground level.

Step 3: Assemble Timbers and Brackets
If necessary, cut your Composite Timbers to the sizes needed. Remember to include 3.5” in your measurements to account for the joints when trimming timbers to smaller sizes.. Now slide your Composite Timber into the channel end of one of the brackets until it is centered and flush on all sides. Use the supplied screws to fasten the Composite Timber to the bracket as shown in diagram 1. Repeat this process on the opposite end of the Composite Timbers flipping the bracket in the opposite direction as pictured in diagram 2 (this will save you time later when installing the Timbers). Repeat this process until all of your Composite Timbers are fully bracketed on both ends. Lay them out with the Anchor and Stacking Joints, in the pattern you’ve determined, to be sure you have all pieces correctly prepped.

Step 4: Laying The Frame
Lay out the base level of design with stake fins facing up as shown in diagram 3. Design adjustments should now be done if needed. Once the desired position of base level is achieved, turn stake fins facing down and hammer stakes into ground see diagram 4 (Note: Do not fasten cap unless level is finished). Do not hammer stake in too deep. Check for level.

Step 5: Stack Your Framework
If a taller design is desired, slide a second stake into all of the exposed tops of the in-ground level 1 stakes and put the level 2 Composite Timbers in place until level two is completed. See diagram 5 & 6 (Note: You can continue stacking additional levels until reaching your desired height).

Step 6: Finish
To finish the appearance of each joint and to secure the brackets over the stake, push or tap the supplied caps into the tops of the stakes until they snap in place. See diagram 7. You are now ready to add the liner, pump, piping and other elements. Please see your local aquatics expert for advice and recommendations.

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