Arbor in the country: ideas for construction and design

Many seek to purchase a country plot. But after the realization of the conceived, many questions arise regarding the arrangement of this space. How, where and what to place is a personal matter. But almost everyone considers it necessary to have a gazebo on the territory of a country house or a country house. In the summer they spend a lot of time in it. The whole family is going to have breakfast, lunch and dinner in a cozy gazebo. Therefore, the construction of such an object should be taken seriously.

If there is a desire, then you can build an arbor with your own hands that will suit you and your family in all respects. Before starting work, create a draft of the building on paper; you will need it to calculate the consumption of materials and other important things. It is also important to take into account the features and price of building materials. A pergola is considered an economy class if the material for its production was used at a budget level. We will understand all these subtleties.

The location of the gazebo on the site depends on the goals pursued by the owners, setting it. Many refer to the gazebo as a place for feasts. Far from it, it is pleasant to read fascinating literature in the gazebo, women like to do handicraft in it.

If you want to spend in the gazebo family meals, feasts, or just have breakfast all together in the morning, it is better to choose a place near the house. The path between the house and the arbor should be smooth, without obstacles, so that it would be convenient to carry the dishes and dishes.

If, however, consider the gazebo as a place where you can relax, retire, get away from the hustle and bustle, then in this case it is better to arrange a homemade construction closer to the garden. Hanging branches of trees, cosily obscuring the space - what you need on a hot summer day.

If the family has small children, it will be better to combine a small playground on the site with a gazebo. It is much easier to follow the children, you can watch their game, while at the same time practicing your hobby in the gazebo.

In the case when the cottage has been acquired recently and the owners are only determined with a recreation area, it is important that the gazebo is located in the recreation area.

Often, preference in the construction of arbors give wood.After all, wood is an environmentally friendly material, it is easy to work with it. Externally, the design looks cozy and beautiful. But the material requires treatment from parasites and can deteriorate under the influence of moisture, precipitation.

At construction of a design only coniferous breeds of a tree are applied.

In Russia, log houses, bathhouses, and other structures have long been built. To this day, the log as a material does not lose its relevance. Technology continues to evolve, the material is produced in larger quantities, while maintaining quality. Log buildings are distinguished by durability, beauty and unusual. Rounded logs are actively used for the construction of closed and open arbors, there are no restrictions here. Accordingly, there are logs with different diameters for different buildings.

The bar is made from coniferous breeds of a tree. The cross section of the bar used for the arbor is usually 100 by 100 mm or 150 by 150 mm, the length of the bar is up to 7 meters.For building summer residents use a bar for the basis, vertical racks. The base of the roof is also formed by a wooden beam. For other parts of the gazebo edging board is better suited.

This material has its advantages:

• Weight. It is considered easy, which simplifies its transportation. Delivery will also be much cheaper.
• The design of the timber does not require a strong foundation.
• Strength. Despite the fact that the tree usually suffers and deteriorates from parasites, cant is already in production is treated with chemical agents that provide protection against various insects and other harmful organisms.
• External compatibility. Objects built of timber look good with objects made of other materials. So, the pavement gazebo is perfect for both brick and block houses.
• Price. Quite a simple process of production of timber makes its price acceptable for every customer.

Profiled timber is distinguished by its geometry and is connected to each other through spikes and grooves.

The advantages of this material:

• Simple assembly design. It is much easier to build a gazebo from a profile bar, the elements are assembled like a designer.
• Does not require grinding, the material is processed at the factory.

But he also has disadvantages:

• Over time, the tree dries out and cracks appear on it. This spoils the look of the arbor.
• Due to the cracks there are channels for insects or fungus, which is very difficult to bring.
• The price of profiled timber is much more than usual.

The carriage, or gable beam, has a special Norwegian connection, thanks to which the structure becomes very strong. He also has side sections that increase the space from the inside, unlike an ordinary bar.

The gable timber has its drawbacks:

• Assembly. The carriage is not going to be easy.
• Cracks. When a tree shrinks with time, it will darken and cracks will appear on it.

Metal gazebos like many gardeners, and this is not surprising. The material is considered inexpensive, given that the metal is durable. From it you can create an elegant decor, metal pavilions well complement the overall exterior of the house.

Visually, metal structures, despite their strength, look very fragile and light. Metal arbors can be built on any surface of the earth. These gazebos are often transferred from one place to another. The ability to transfer structures is a definite plus.

If, after all, the owners of the site are confused by the rude look of the metal, then in this case original ideas related to artistic forging come to the rescue. But forging various patterns and details is expensive, but such beauty will last a long time. Another plus of the metal is that it combines with other materials. As an example - arbor, which has a metal frame, and the roof is polycarbonate.

Arbors from a brick or a stone can be both opened, and closed. Often brick arbors are multifunctional and they usually have a brazier, smokehouse or fireplace installed in them. Arbors from natural breeds of stone look impressively, but the cost of this design is very high.It makes no sense to talk about the strength of stone and brick - everyone knows that these materials are very durable and last a very long time.

Polycarbonate gazebos are becoming increasingly popular; they compete with designs made from other materials. Such summer pavilions look very modern.

Consider its advantages:

• Strength. The material acquired such a desired characteristic due to its cellular structure.
• Light transmittance. Transparent polycarbonate misses about 90 percent of sunlight, but gardeners prefer color polycarbonate. So shade the inside of the gazebo, which is necessary on a hot sunny day.
• UV protection.
• The flexibility of polycarbonate sheets. This is what allows you to give any form to structures.

• Weight. Due to the ease of transportation is inexpensive. Also, light weight makes installation much easier.
• Wide selection of colors. In the color palette, you can easily find the color that interests you. It often happens that other gazebo materials do not fit the house because of its color characteristics, then you should pay attention to polycarbonate.
• No additional processing.

There are many designs of arbors. By the way, altankas differ from arbors in that they have a fairly high foundation, arbors are built almost on the ground.

Open gazebos are most popular in Russia. The classic view of the gazebo is the most common lean-to roof on support pillars. For the foundation is better to choose a stone, brick or massive logs, this applies to heavy structures. Usually deep enough to fix the pillars in the ground. The space between them can be decorated with beautiful bars, boards, depending on the general appearance of the site. As the roof can be used canopy.

Usually gardeners are confined to an arbor, in which three walls are fenced, and the fourth wall is the entrance. Inside there are benches, between them - the table. But there are more original ideas - you can install a fireplace, barbecue inside the gazebo.

Open gazebos may vary, be made of different materials, with different roofs, etc. However, they have the same advantages and disadvantages.

Benefits:

• Low cost. Open gazebos do not require glazing, most of them do not require a foundation, there will be no cost for this.
• Protection from sunlight and rain, while there is access to fresh air.
• Portable designs allow you to change the situation at the request of the owner.

Closed gazebo - in fact, a small house.

Pluses of such arbor:

• Weather protection. It can spend time on warm days and rainy.
• Options to equip the space much more. This is the same as equipping your own house, choosing furniture, decorating, etc.
• Year-round use. If you carry out heating, then in all weather conditions there is an opportunity to be there, even in the winter season.

Now consider the cons:

• Of considerable importance are finances, a closed gazebo performs almost the same functions as a house, and accordingly financial expenses for it are the same as for a small house.
• The laying of the foundation is required.
• The site should be rather big sizes. If the site is small in size, then a closed gazebo will look inappropriate on it. Hosts will be inconvenient to live on this site.

Glazed closed gazebos are considered the most beautiful. They are pleasant to be in the evenings, watching the sun go down. However, glass is a fragile and rather expensive material that can cause a lot of problems to the owners.

Open and closed gazebos are very different from each other, and set them for different purposes. Before you buy material, deal with drawings and calculations for the future structure, consider the type of gazebo. What is important in it - only dinners with the family outdoors in the summer or year-round use of the gazebo? Just decide on this, proceed to the rest of the work.

Identify any specific standards is difficult. Each owner independently chooses for himself the shape, size, decor of the arbor. But the basic forms still exist.

The construction of the six-sided arbor should be taken particularly responsibly. If there is a need to slightly increase the free space, the benches can be built into the design. So they will take up much less space.

The oval shape of the arbor is interesting, it is rarely used by summer residents.

There is much less difficulty with a rectangular figure; it can set absolutely any parameters of length and width. Essential plus of rectangular arbors, in contrast to the six-sided and oval, they are more spacious.

The work will need the most common building materials that any gardener or summer resident can find:

• sand;
• rubble;
• cement;
• impregnation, paint, protective coatings;
• roof covering material.

It is necessary to graphically present a future gazebo, without a drawing it will be impossible to build a gazebo. So the general picture will be visible, you will need what material and in what quantity. The image will also simplify the calculations, because visually easier to navigate in the design.

Draw a general plan of the site along with the house and other objects located on the territory. So you calculate the installation location of the structure.

Using the square, mark 4 right angles with the desired length and width of the structure.Check how the right angles were obtained by measuring the length of the diagonals. In the rectangle they are equal.

When building a six-sided arbor, the order of work will be somewhat different.

Place a peg in the ground, tie the end of the rope to it. Take the second peg and tie the second end, the stretched rope between the pegs and there is a radius. By changing the length of the rope, change the radius. Draw a circle with the second peg.

Now it is important to mark the vertex points of the hexagon. Draw a straight line through the center of the circle, at the intersection of which with the circle two points are formed, in the figure it is M and P. The line can be arranged as you wish, but be guided by your preferences. If the gazebo is located along the fence, this line should be parallel to the fence.

At one of the points we drive the same stake that was in the center. Do not remove the rope, otherwise you will change the radius, and no regular hexagon will come out.For example, put a stake at point P, then mark another point on the circle O and T with another stake. Similarly, we do it with point M.

When all six points are found, you need to drive a peg in place of each. So mark points will not be lost.

As mentioned earlier, the foundation for a lightweight arbor of wooden material is optional. In its role can be brick, stone or tile laying.

There is also a very unusual variant of the foundation of the wheels, more precisely, of tires. Tires are filled with cement, you can fix them with a large metal pin.

Wood hemp is also used as a foundation. But if the soil is clay, often wet, then this method will not work.

Important points when pouring the foundation:

• Mandatory sand and crushed cushion. This applies to all types of foundation, except the pile.
• To dry concrete should gradually, best in a wet environment. Moisten the cover periodically, otherwise only the upper part will dry out and then crack over the entire foundation.
• The finished foundation must be protected from external influences. Roofing material or other more expensive materials will cope well with this task.

If there is a desire to make a gazebo with barbecue, then the foundation of the structure must withstand the weight of the barbecue. Then it is better to use a tile foundation, which will be well tolerate such a weight and the corresponding load.

For strapping on the bottom of the uprights use a timber, which is attached to the logs. Next, mount the rack, which will hold the roof. Fastening to the logs is carried out with nails. Racks must be exclusively perpendicular to the ground.

After the device racks begin work on the flooring. To do this, use boards that are resistant to rotting and other external influences. For mounting boards need screws or nails. A pair of screws or a pair of nails is attached to each end of the board. If they are fastened with nails, then it is recommended to pre-make holes for them in the board. So the probability of occurrence of cracks on wood is less.

The roof should start with the frame. For square gazebos, four-slope roofs are best, but it is easiest to build a shed. Truss legs are cut out of the timber, they are fastened in pairs at an angle. Auxiliary struts symmetrically join each leg.

To cover the roof usually use a sheet of plywood. For the connection, self-tapping screws are used, after the plywood itself is covered for protection with roofing felt, then with bitumen tiles.

The tile is very easy, working with it is also quite simple. The covering is attached to the flooring with the help of large nails. For eaves tiles used construction dryer. After is the installation of an ordinary tile. Nails must be long in length to fix the plywood, eaves and ordinary tiles.

Before laying the tile, the film is removed from it, it is put overlapped, each time overlapping the seams. Nails must pass through all layers of tile, otherwise it will come off over time.

Along the edges of the roof tile is cut off, these places are coated with bituminous glue. A ridge tile is laid across the ridge across the ridge, fixing it with nails.

Pay attention to the ground, level and tamp it. Masters advise to make the surface of the paving slabs. Thus, the metal construction will be more resistant,there will be no skewing of the structure, and if you want to remove the arbor, then in its place there will be a flat platform of tiles (for a collapsible type).

Required tools and materials:

• metal pipes, in cross section of which is square and circle;
• welding machine;
• sand;
• rubble;
• cement;
• concrete mixer;
• Bulgarian.

Assembling the roof skeleton is carried out in stages:

• On a plot of land independently make the markup.
• In the corners where the pillars will be installed, recesses of about 50 cm are made.
• Metal parts, which are used as pillars, need to be treated with a waterproofing solution. Only areas buried in the ground are processed.
• The columns are driven to a depth of at least 80 cm. Pay attention to this, otherwise the arbor may turn out to be too low.
• With a sledgehammer we enter the pillars, periodically measuring the horizon with a building level.
• At the bottom of the deepening pour sand, pressed it.
• Following the sand pour gravel, also pressed.
• We install support poles in pits with concrete, it is better to fill above the soil level. So you will achieve a stronger fixation.

Ligation of support posts:

• The tops of the pillars are connected by horizontal arcs. Fastening is carried out by welding.
• Measure 1 m from the ground and horizontal arcs tie the posts on the bottom.
• If the arbor is large in dimensions, then the pillars should be not 4, but 6.

Roof frame:

• the bottom frame is constructed of round tubes;
• the pipes are connected in triangles, their number depends on the size of the arbor;
• the tops of the triangles are joined by a long circular tube;
• the resulting design at the points of contact is welded to the frame.

The seams formed during welding, it is necessary to clean the grinder. Work is carried out only in goggles and fireproof clothing. The metal is treated with an anti-corrosion solution, which dries out in about two hours. After that, you can proceed to painting the metal.

Metal roofing and polycarbonate sheets are considered to be good roofing materials.Holes are made in the metal and in the roofing material in advance, so that it is easier to connect the elements.

Arbors from the combined materials look unusual, here you can give free rein to your imagination. Using together brick, stone, wood, you can not only create something original, but also save on more expensive material.

For example, pillars of stone or brick will be successfully combined with forged decorative grilles. Sometimes very interesting portable arbors are made of wood and metal.

Even the most ordinary gazebo can be turned into a cozy beautiful house.

On the smooth surfaces of the walls you can draw interesting patterns, make a painting. You can lay out a mosaic of pieces of ceramic, glass or seashells.

You can decorate the arbor with a garland, on a summer evening it looks very beautiful.

The best decor for the summer gazebo - plants. Curly views make the building very elegant, and on a sunny day they give extra shade. Forged arbors should not be decorated with a large number of plants, otherwise the beauty of forged elements will be hidden in the green. But you can install small pots with flowers.

Inside the summer houses, it is better to equip with furniture that will easily transfer moisture, sun. Therefore, it is better to choose a plastic table and chairs, the tree should be varnished and a means against parasites. You can even make your own furniture. Blinds also create comfort inside the gazebo and protect it from the sun's rays.

To learn how to make a tree gazebo with your own hands, see the next video.