Garden arch with own hands

The wooden garden arch is collected quite easily and does not require a lot of money. It can be installed at the entrance to the garden or the cottage area, curled in various colors, such as a rose, or a vine or ivy. The product will not only give the territory an attractive appearance, but will also serve as a kind of zoning element.

Drawing

Materials and tools

To get a really beautiful arch, you need to use a bar and boards pre-treated with an antiseptic andcovered with varnish or stain. For the manufacture of a small architectural form will need:

• 4 bars length 2.5 m;
• 2 boards with a length of 1.9 m;
• 4 boards with a length of 1 m;
• 8 racks with a cross section of 2X2 cm and a length of 1.5 m and 16 cm;
• 10 racks with a cross section of 2X2 cm and a length of 0.55 m;
• 7 racks with a cross section of 3X3 cm and a length of 1 m.

The recommended thickness of the boards is not less than 2 cm. You will also need wood screws, a screwdriver, a saw, a tape measure and a pencil for marking. Before starting the work, you need to make a scheme, and also prepare the boards, so that the construction of the garden arch with your own hands does not require extra effort to design after complete assembly.

Beginning of work

It is necessary to make cuts on all boards to give the arch an eastern view. It is necessary to step back from each edge of a separate board 5 cm and make a mark. Then, from the top, retreat approximately 1/4 of the height of the material, make a mark and then connect the two points obtained. On the line to conduct sawing.

Next, you need to dig all 4 bars to a depth of about 0.5 m. The distance from the extreme points( it is assumed with a width of 2 supports) between the left and right posts is 1.5 m, and between the front and rear is 55 cm.make sure of the same height of supports.

Assembling the garden arch

After the pillars are dug, you can proceed to attach the front and back boards( 1.9 m).From each edge of two boards, navigating along the upper uncircumcised part, it is necessary to retreat along 20 cm and put marks. Then attach these elements on the marks to the upper parts of the pair of front and pairs of rear supports. It is necessary to work carefully, so that the upper edges of the boards and beams of the garden arch for the flowers ideally match the level.

Then the side boards are attached. The attached photos of the garden arch allow to see that the lower boards are located directly under the previously attached ones. There is no need to make any indentations between the parts. Preliminary from the edges of the boards, orienting on the top, measure 25 cm. According to these points, screw to the posts.

To perform the side skirts, just look at the pictures. On one side, longitudinally fasten the rails of 1.5 m. Two to the posts, and two to the bottom board from the inside. The approximate distance between the slats is 15 cm. Then the cross rails are fastened: at the bottom 4 pcs.at 0.55 m and 1 same at the top. Between them are 4 small slats of 16 cm, as shown in the photos. This procedure is repeated for the other side.

Top crate

To make the arch for the dacha, made with your own hands, looked attractive and could give a small shadow you need to make an upper crate for climbing plants. It is necessary to measure from one edge of the upper boards 11 cm. On 6 racks, 1 m long, measure from the edges of 25 cm. Next, along the fas- tened points, attach the first crossbeam, measure to the next 30 cm, and fasten it to the boards. Repeat for the remaining 4 slats. Over the formed "ladder" in the middle to attach the rail, 1 m long, nailing it to 2-5 racks.

To the garden arch had a really oriental look, you can study the video by its design. But it is also possible to limit oneself to pendant flashlights, which give it greater elegance. With the correct pretreatment the product will last for many years, but in conditions of heavy rainfall it is possible to cover it with a film.

Garden arch making video with your own hands

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