The arbor in the country house is not a luxury, but basic amenities. Spending most of the time in stuffy apartments and offices, a person has an acute need for fresh air and unity with nature. Even for a short snack to climb into the four walls of the cottage no one wants, but it is much nicer to sit in an open arbor, in a comfortable rattan chair and enjoy the taste of soft drinks. About these arbors and I would like to talk in this article together with the site "House of Dreams" and reflect on the question of how to make summerhouses by own hands.
Types and forms of summer cottages Photo
Design of a summerhouse and the necessary material
Since the childhood of many people, buildings from natural stone were admired - ancient castles, fortresses, and now modern arbors made of this material look majestic and soundly. They feel the power of nature, its power and power - it is this building material that brings man closer to the nature and origins of the Stone Age, besides, it is most suitable for the construction of a summerhouse.
All the charm of natural stone lies in the fact that, depending on its variety and the size of fragments used, it is possible to create a structure of various stylistic directions. With its help you can satisfy any, even the most refined taste of a person.
Do you want to build an elegant arbor that is suitable for almost any exteriors? Then nothing is better than a flagstone or sandstone you can not find. Variants of summer cottages, their shapes and configurations can be different - here it is only in your preferences. For example, consider a standard design that assumes a rectangular arbor shape.
Rectangular gazebo made of stone by your own hands.
. Summer gazebo made of stone by your own hands - stages of erection of
. Construction of summer cottages begins with the preparation of the foundation - it is necessary to perform a thorough marking on the terrain, dig a small foundation pit no more than 200mm deep, lay reinforcement and pour concrete cushion. In the process of creating the foundation, it is necessary to provide for something like a small foundation - in places where the roof structure supports will be installed, the foundation pit should be deepened to half a meter and provide grooves with a three-dimensional frame from the reinforcement. In the process of these works, attention should be paid to the dimensions of the building - the dimensions of the summerhouse can be any, most importantly, that it has enough space for the pastime of your company.
When the concrete cushion is dry, you can move on and build support posts and small parapets separating the interior space. Rectangular construction of summer cottages involves the construction of at least four pillars - with them, and you need to begin installing the fence.
The sandstone is laid flat, and if you look at such a fence from the butt, it will look like a column recruited from the thin strips of this stone. For bonding individual slabs, an ordinary cement-sand mortar is used. The flagstone fits exactly according to the same principle as the brick( in the chessboard order) - no one has changed the dressing of individual stones and under no circumstances has it been canceled. This work is not very difficult, but requires endurance and patience - almost every stone will have to be cut from several sides. Such diligence and diligence will be rewarded with an excellent end result.
Having dealt with the "walls", you can start roofing works. It is also necessary to thoroughly think over the entire roof construction from the beginning to the end. Asking the question, how to build a summer cottage, you should understand the importance of not only the structural features of the roof, but also its design. In combination with natural stone, an excellent option is to use the so-called shingles, better known as "flexible tile", to create a roof. The shape of the roof can be given any, but the optimal for rectangular arbors will be a roof in the form of a truncated pyramid with a hole for the chimney from the barbecue in the middle. In principle, this hole can be made anywhere, and the roof is arranged in the form of a full pyramid with slopes of a small slope. A large slope of skates on such low structures will not look very good.
This roof is installed from a profile pipe or corner. At the uppermost point of the connection of the roof planes, a supporting structure is installed, thanks to which the roofing frame is assembled. After welding, this pole is cut out and you get the interior space of the arbor without any obstacles.
The steel roof frame is hammered by a rod, then it is lined with OSB sheets, on which flexible tiles are laid. This work is not difficult - more it can be called creative. Everything is extremely simple: cut out the required blanks with a jig saw and screw them with screws using a screwdriver.
Beautiful summer cottages made of stone photo
Together with the roof our construction is coming to an end. Although not, it can only look like simple summer cottages that can be operated in the summer. If you are building an all-season construction in which it is possible to organize rest even in winter, then for this purpose all side spaces need to be glazed - it will not be difficult to select the frames of metal-plastic windows of the desired color. The main thing in all this is to ensure a good airing in the summer. The windows need large doors. If you look at the glazing on this side, beautiful summer cottages are not a sin to be equipped with a frameless window system - in this case, in the hot season, the glass can be folded in an accordion and moved aside, thus ensuring a full airing of the room.
Plastic windows for arbors Photo
Arrangement and decoration of a summerhouse
It is not necessary to talk much about the design of a summerhouse - it has three essential attributes. There must be a table that can accommodate 5-6 people or more, comfortable chairs or chairs( perhaps even a small sofa, sofa or other types of garden furniture) and, of course, a stationary BBQ.What can be a holiday without shish kebab with brandy? Everything else will be in excess in the summer-house.
Summer cottages made of stone with a brazier photo
Drawing a line under all the above, I want to note one advantage - these summerhouses do not require their own internal decorative decoration - the only thing that is needed is to polish the floor and sew the roof. Such a significant advantage reduces labor costs for manufacturing and makes its cost cheaper.
