If there is a trickle in the summer cottage or there are significant sizes of irrigation ditches, through which you have to constantly jump - a solution for convenience may be one - to build a self-made bridge to make it convenient to move around. Carrying a bag of potatoes, through the pit is not "prosyagachit."A small structure, which can be assembled in just two days, will allow for many years to move from shore to shore with maximum convenience.
A bridge in the country house with their own hands
A simple wooden bridge for giving yourself
What's useful:
- Hammer;
- Saw;
- Drill with drill bits;
- Wood;
- Painting brush;
- Varnish;
- Transporter, pencil and ruler;
- Nails or screws;
- Screwdriver;
- Building brush;
- Round or round file;
- Plane;
- Sandpaper.
Base
To build even the most basic bridge definitely needs a foundation. It can be made from two edging boards. The average size of the board should be 6x18x300 cm. Such boards are not available for every summer resident, so you can provide an option for layering the boards to get the same initial dimensions.
It is possible to make a bridge of such insignificant length three-level. To do this, you must cut out in a thick board uniform steps of the same height and length so that the top step is exactly in the center. In total, there are five steps. In the case of layered boards with steps, there will be less fuss, since you do not have to cut out the longitudinal lines. They will need to be arranged so that all five steps are equal to each other. Nails or screws for fastening perfectly suited.
bridge. The
laying boards. Then you need to prepare 25 boards for laying on the base. The length of one step is divided by five, and we get the required thickness for the overhead boards. The thickness of the boards is better to take more( 3.5 cm-minimum).The length of the board should be sawed exactly on the width of the bridge.
Adding the laying boards
We put the supports
We now need to think up the supports for the supports. They can also be made from wooden boards. They will be located from the lower edges of the support boards and fasten the opposite sides of the bridge. Already determined with the width of the bridge, and saw out the boards for the supports. They can be made multilayered to lift the bridge higher. The top layers should be made longer to the inside of the bridge. So they will allow to distribute the load evenly. Yes, and it looks beautiful.
We put props
Railings
Railings
Breads
To make rails for a makeshift bridge, you can buy belyasins in a construction shop or come up with a replacement, for example, wooden bars. In the case of using ordinary wooden bars as belyasin, their aesthetics can be guided with a round file. This can be done as follows:
Measure from the top of the boards equal distances( 20-30 cm), and then mark the pencil envelope lines that will go to the bottom of the boards. Then exactly along these lines you need to cut out shallow grooves with a semicircular or round file. Distances from line to line to take 1-2 cm of twenty lines will be enough to guide the marafet - it is a time-consuming and patience-demanding process. Sometimes you need to clean the file with a dry brush. After completion of cutting the grooves, this work will be completed.
After the belyasins are ready for installation, take the protractor and mark with a pencil on the bases of the place for their installation. Drill from below the holes for nails / screws and we drive / screw the belyasins into the base. I must say that previously unnecessary parts of the whitewash to be installed in the center of the bridge, you will need to first measure and cut off the "bottom" of the bridge.
Handrails
As a handrail, you can use long bars that need to be carefully checked for residual chamfers and, if necessary, removed by a plane. Then we measure the distances of the Belyasin from each other and find out the exact locations of their central parts. Mark these places on the bar and drill holes on the marks. Screws as fastening material here will be better than nails, because the handrails will constantly grasp and loosen them.
The bridge is already completely finished. It remains only to carry out paint and varnish work, after processing the entire part of the bridge with zero sandpaper.
Handrails for the
Bridge Do not install the structure on wet ground. To a wooden bridge served long and true, you need to put it on the waterproofing material. And even better on a concrete surface. To the bridge did not escape from its owner during his absence at the dacha, it is recommended to fix the structure with the help of rods, screws, dowels or counterweights - this depends on the availability of certain objects.
Video - bridge and pond in the garden at the dacha
