Garden arbor with their own hands

Today it is becoming increasingly popular to buy holiday plots, but even more fashionable - to equip them independently. For example, a gazebo with your own hands is not just cozy and beautiful, but also a proof to yourself that you can do everything if you just want to. So, where to start?

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Construction of a garden pergola
Drawings of a garden pergola
Photo of a garden gazebo with your own hands
Construction of a gazebo with your own hands

Stages of building a garden gazebo

First of all, carefully cleanse the selected area where we plan to build a gazebo with our own hands, from various garbage,unnecessary building materials and all rubbish.

If there are any hemp or driftwood, it is better to get rid of them at once, as later it will be much more difficult to do this.

Then we determine what size we want to build our summerhouse. Let's say that the total number of people that can accommodate a building is 15-16 people. We make our own drawings or we take the finished ones. Below in the article you will find drawings of a garden gazebo, but they are suitable for another type of arbor, not the same as in the photos in the article. We plan the places where our foundation will be poured, then we need to dig a pit of the appropriate size and equip the formwork.

Summerhouses for self-catering do not require as much work as, for example, the construction of a cottage or another room, but some procedures in all construction processes are still similar.

In spite of the fact that the gazebo is a room that is as open as possible, the structure should be strong enough to protect those in it from the rain and wind.

Next stage - installation of bearing vertical structures, then beams overlap. Vertical structures are connected by special lags and all this is covered with ordinary floorboards.

Wooden structures are covered with a primer of deep penetration and finally painted in any color you like. As a rule, most people who make summer gazebos with their own hands prefer pleasant unobtrusive shades of pastel tones, close to beige-brown.

In combination with green foliage it looks very harmonious. It is worth remembering and taking into account the fact that, whatever the weather conditions, every year the arbor should be re-painted in order to minimize it.

The gazebo roof with your own hands, as shown in the photo, is best done flat and slightly recessed into the structure. To ensure that rainwater falling on the roof, did not accumulate there, but could drain, a self-made drainpipe is installed.

Near the main pavilion, you can dig a small pit, if you can call it that can go below ground level to 70 centimeters. In the sandy soil, a small amount of crushed stone is added to form a natural drainage for sufficient drainage. Here you can equip a small special area for cooking barbecue( the only thing you need to make sure that there are no branches on top).

If you decide to build an arbor from a tree by yourself, do not forget about the territory for children - another small area on which you can install a swing.

The final stage is the upgrading of our arbor: installation of barbecues, tables and other necessary accessories. On the benches, you can put soft bright pillows on the tables to put massive candles in elegant candlesticks. Since the gazebo is a predominantly open structure, its virtual walls should be protected from extraneous views and create coziness. This can be done with light light tulles or special awnings.

It is noteworthy that modern wooden pavilions with their own hands is not just a dull little "hut" with cracked green paint, as we remember from childhood, but whole entertaining mini-centers in which there is a place for cooking shish kebab, and for quiet secluded conversations, and for the entertainment of children.