- Wed Mar 15, 2006 6:15 pm
#9711
I had this idea mid winter and finally got the designs kind of final in my head. I am going to make a PVC water park in my back yard for the kids. Nothing elaborat so maybe waterpark is too big of a word. Maybe monster sprinkler would be a better term for it. By getting 1/2" PVC (about $1 for a 10 foot stick), some elbows, tees and valves, I could rig up one cool play area for the kids. It would have a car wash type frame that had numerous 1/16" or smaller holes along the pipes where the water would spray from. The kids could use the valves to allow the water to come out of different places and maybe turn all off but one to get a monster spray from one area. Or let them turn them all at once and they can see why daddy yells when the toilets flush when he's taking a shower.
I think it would be a cool, cheap, fun project that even the kids would be able to help put together. I'll have to see if it can be hand tightened together so it can be taken down later or if PVC cement would be needed to keep the pressure from blowing the joints apart... I'll find out, eh?
Also, I thought this could be a cool mini car wash idea too. By making a frame that you drove through as you drove into the garage that sprayed your vehicle as you drove through to get rid of the daily grime. I think if you hooked the water supply up to a solenoid valve that was triggered by the door opener. The door opens, water comes on and you drive through the mini wash into your garage. You close the door, the water turns off. Also, by hooking the solenoid to a daily timer (vacation light timer), you could have it work only during the time of day you expect to arrive home. That way, the kids or anybody else in the house don't get drenched when they want to get their bikes out of the garage.
Let me know your thoughts guys...
I think it would be a cool, cheap, fun project that even the kids would be able to help put together. I'll have to see if it can be hand tightened together so it can be taken down later or if PVC cement would be needed to keep the pressure from blowing the joints apart... I'll find out, eh?
Also, I thought this could be a cool mini car wash idea too. By making a frame that you drove through as you drove into the garage that sprayed your vehicle as you drove through to get rid of the daily grime. I think if you hooked the water supply up to a solenoid valve that was triggered by the door opener. The door opens, water comes on and you drive through the mini wash into your garage. You close the door, the water turns off. Also, by hooking the solenoid to a daily timer (vacation light timer), you could have it work only during the time of day you expect to arrive home. That way, the kids or anybody else in the house don't get drenched when they want to get their bikes out of the garage.
Let me know your thoughts guys...