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Making Artificial Rock Waterfalls

...with J. Erik Kinkade

Landscaping how-to video: Making Artificial Rock Waterfalls by J. Erik Kinkade 4_bulb Review this video!

One of today's finest artificial rock artists, J. Erik Kinkade has built water features and exhibits in every corner of the United States. Mr. Kinkade writes a comprehensive guide taken from first-hand knowledge that took years to acquire.

This video is a step-by-step, complete process of constructing a medium sized artificial rock project for a backyard waterfall using the standard frame construction method.

(about 80 minutes)

This video was added to our catalog on July 22, 2005 in Construction::Landscaping.

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Reviewer: Ina K.

This was very well done and informative. I am excited about the prospect of making my own waterfall in my yard. I appreciated the clear and detailed instructions. Thanks!

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Reviewer: david h.

Very detailed and helpful. Shows how to use concrete to make faux rock.

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Reviewer: Rod B.

This instructional video was great. It showed the construction from start to finish, of a large faux rock outcropping with a waterfall cascading over its realistic looking ledges to a pool below. They basically covered every aspect of construction. The planning part was limited to laying a garden hose on the ground in the shape of the base you wanted and painting an outline along the hose. It would have been nice to maybe have mentioned making of model of clay first or how to lay it out on paper. The quality of production was good with good sound and ample close-ups when needed. Some of the things missing were the approximate cost of building the rock feature shown and the man hours required to create it. They have a website at rockandwater.com that contains more information and faux rock building supplies. I highly recommend this DVD for anyone thinking of building their own faux rock water feature. I'd give it a 4.5 rating

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Reviewer: Matt F.

The video was worth watching, but I found myself fast forwarding a lot. The painting was informative, but I am very glad I rented and didn't buy.

I wonder if the actors were paid by the tobacco industry?

I would like to see more videos of this subject

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Reviewer: Dean S.

Highly recommended for anyone who wants to make faux stone.

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Reviewer: Debi F.

I really enjoyed looking and the information and examples. Very exciting. I would love work with it.

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Reviewer: Terry N.

Too slow moving and filmed poorly. Basic idea was helpful, but not the best. Terry

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Reviewer: Eugene C.

Okay, so you will see everything you need to see in order to build a waterfall in your yard; for that I give it a good score. On the negative side the show does not move too fast. The parts you want a little more detail on (like paint) they breeze through at times, and then, sweet fancy Moses, you watch them power wash the structure for ten minutes! "Power wash the structure" with a ten seconds video would have surfaced.

You will find yourself slunking down into the couch as you watch this homeowner (guided by the host) move ever so slowly, as cement literally dries. You will then bounce to attention as you begin to yell at him, "For someone moving so slow you sure are missing a lot of spots". It is maddening to see him go over and over an area while applying cement with no apparent purpose in his stride while still failing to get cement where it needs to go. Then he misses texturing on a few spots and you wonder if this is his waterfall he is failing to give proper attention to detail on.

All in all you are left with two things: The ability to build one of these, and wondering how he ever completed this project at the pace he chose to work. It's actually funny, but at the beginning you see the wife helping, and, somewhere in the process, even she must get bored because you don't see her again until the thing is finished.

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