Country arbor, undoubtedly will be the most sought after and favorite vacation spot for the whole family. It is perfect for evening friendly gatherings with kebabs or barbecue. In a spacious cozy arbor a large company can comfortably settle down.
Arbor with your own hands, choose the material for construction
So decided! We need a summerhouse, built with their own hands. You need to think carefully, consider the options and choose the most attractive.
We can build such a structure from:
- wood;
- polycarbonate;
- bricks.
Although now you can buy a ready-made summer house, but it's still more interesting to try and build a summer house on your own. Let's look at the types of arbors for the construction of their own hands.
Advantages and disadvantages of a wooden arbor
Pretty quick and easy to build a summer wooden gazebo. Therefore, they are very popular. Such an arbor is installed on a brick, wooden or concrete foundation. You can choose a heavy wooden structure of logs or laminated veneer lumber, and you can light a portable gazebo of rails and bars. But if you have conceived to build a portable gazebo, then at the corners of the structure you can lay a regular brick, not connected with a solution. Such an arbor can be transferred to a new place every summer. Lightweight wooden structure can be removed for the winter in the barn, so it will serve twice as long.
Wooden buildings have their drawbacks. The tree can easily flare up, and the brazier with sparks flying upwards cannot be installed in wooden arbors, but only outside. Agree, not very convenient.
Did you know? Wooden arbor badly tolerates snow and rain. After three or four years, the tree begins to rot. Although this disadvantage can be dealt with, impregnating all wood with special means from rotting.
Polycarbonate gazebo
New wonderful material - polycarbonate combines into one with any building material. From it is easy to make a gazebo for the house with your own hands. Both wooden and metal supporting structures, stands of brick or stone are equally suitable for him. Futuristic looks spectacular construction of a slightly darkened polycarbonate. You can make a curved arc or tent roof, you can make it one or dvuhskatnoy. Lots of options.
But with all the convenience and beauty of polycarbonate in its application, there are downsides. This is a fairly high price for the material and the predisposition of polycarbonate to cracking from a heavy load of snow.
Important! In heavy rain in such an arbor there will be a deafening noise. After all, plastic holds well and enhances the sound of raindrops.
"Capital" arbor of brick
If you know how to make a gazebo with your own hands out of brick, then you are a bit of a mason. So how to lay the laying should be an expert, because it will already be a capital structure. For it is important a solid foundation, monolithic or tape. Before construction, you need to determine what the soil you have on the site, and on the basis of this, make a choice of foundation. Brick gazebo in the country often combines the role of a summer kitchen and a canopy - shelter from the sun and weather. If when building a gazebo for the house with your own hands, you will consider installing window and door frames, while hanging windows and doors, the gazebo turns into a summer house for guests. Brick gazebos - the best option, but also quite expensive and time consuming.
Reliability and durability, advantages and disadvantages of the steel frame
The metal frame for the construction of the arbor is welded from channels or shaped pipe. The stiffness of the corners of the structure is achieved by welding electric braces from the corner. Of all types of frames the most durable metal. It is easy to manufacture and easy to install on any surface. The design is durable, reliable and will serve for many years. Arbors with steel frames sheathed with wood, plastic, slate, polycarbonate, decorated with artistic forging and light curtains. Independently making a small arbor with your own hands, you have the right to decide exactly how it will look.
Did you know? The only disadvantage of steel frames is iron susceptibility to corrosion. But this is simply avoided by cleaning the metal from rust and painting every year.
Where to locate a summerhouse, the choice of a place to build
It is better to choose a place for the construction of a gazebo in the garden or under a spreading tree, which gives coolness, in the depth of the plot, away from the roads and noise. Near the gazebo, you can plant climbing roses or clematis, which will decorate walls beautifully. At the exit of the gazebo, it is desirable to break the flower beds with annual flowers.
Making a tree gazebo with your own hands
We offer you a finished drawing with the dimensions of a wooden arbor.
How to make a foundation for a gazebo and what is needed for it
We will build a gazebo on a column base. On the marked site we dig holes for installation of racks of the base. We put the armature strapping in them and, setting the crate forms, pour concrete racks on the number of corners of the gazebo with cement mortar, and do not forget about the central rack. Total, seven pieces.
Important! If wooden structures are not treated with means of decay, in one year it will rot in places of contact of the tree with the ground!
Floor installation
Under the flooring of future floors we put end boards (lags). When the whole construction of the arbor will be assembled, a batten will be laid on the logs. A floorboard needs to be taken at least 50 mm thick. We leave a hole in the floor where we intend to put the oven - a barbecue. A little later we will make a fireproof solid foundation - the foundation.
Frame construction and wall cladding
At the beginning of the assembly of the frame we lay a wooden bar of 10 cm, fasten the screws to the corners. We coat the entire wooden frame with an antiseptic, and only then do flooring. We leave a hole in the floor where we intend to put the oven - a barbecue.
How and from what to make a roof for a gazebo
The easiest way is to assemble the roof on the ground, finally check everything out and adjust all the details of the construction. Then we sign every detail and what connects with what. For example, one detail is labeled with the number 1, and the one that will be attached to it with the number 1-A. At height, the installation of such a labeled structure will be uncomplicated. We put the rafters on a permanent place, sawing hollows in them in the places where they are mounted on the arbor frame. Fasten all the screws.
Features of arrangement of the arbor, ensuring comfort and coziness
It is easy to find drawings showing how to make gazebos with your own hands. When building, use the building level and plumb, all 7 racks of the structure must be made absolutely vertical. Fix these racks can be using building corners. Installation of horizontal screeds done with screws and strips of metal, curved corner. We assemble the marked parts of the designer of the roof and reinforce it at permanent places. Sawed off the central support - column under the roof. We make the flooring crates the walls.
We make the foundation for the stove in the left floor opening. We remove the extra soil and do the strapping to fill the foundation. For it we knock together the crates from the boards. The walls of the crates box are laid with roofing felt. It will serve as a waterproofing. We make strapping of reinforcement mesh on fixed reinforcing pins.
Prepare a concrete solution: 1 part of sand, 1 part of cement, 1 part of granotsev. Making the foundation under the stove. It remains to do the design of our gazebo. Covering arbor walls can be made of a blockhouse or clapboard. Cover the roof with ondulin or tile. Inside the summerhouse can be decorated and decorated to your taste. Full scope for imagination. At the entrance to the gazebo, you can install stylish street lamps, stylized antique. In the decoration of lighting in the gazebo itself, you can use a variety of lampshades and lampshades.
Light curtains and drapes, and shading blinds, which are in tune with the overall style of the house, will perfectly fit the walls or window openings of the gazebo. A large selection of country furniture allows you to furnish a summer gazebo with wicker sofas or heavy wrought-iron furniture, putting multicolored soft pillows and blankets on it for comfort and coziness. Well, the work is finished. The result of our efforts will be a cozy gazebo, created with your own hands and for your family.
Features care for a gazebo
At the end of construction and finishing works, it is necessary to treat the wooden arbor with varnish or other paints protecting the wood. In the future, throughout the year you need to care for the structure. In the autumn, the wind often sweeps into the open gazebos of a pile of leaves, and, if they are not periodically removed, rot will form from the contact of old foliage and tree. Before the onset of winter, you need to check the walls and floors of the building and, if necessary, make a small repair, tinting the wood or metal with varnish or paint.
Usually the openings of the gazebos for the winter are covered with film, blocking access to rain and snow. In this case, we must not forget to leave a couple of small openings open for airing the arbor. Light furniture, curtains, lamps for the winter period should be removed in a country house or garage. If in the gazebo heavy furniture made of logs, it is also better to cover it with a tarpaulin or film.
In winter, after large snowfalls, it is necessary to remove snowdrifts from the roof of the gazebo. The roof of the summer building is not designed for heavy loads and can sink under the weight of snow. As soon as the spring is firmly established warm weather, you can remove the protective film. With minimal, but timely care, your gazebo will last a long time.
