Decorate garden: decorative bridges with their own hands

Bridges in the country often have not only a practical significance - they are part of the landscape, the expression of taste and character of the owners. How to make them and where to place – FORUMHOUSE on experience

Sometimes in the garden there are small streams or other bodies of water, but most owners create artificial ponds independently. Ennobled, blend into the landscape, they are equipped with bridges of varying degrees of decoration. Romantic configured build their nature and on the flat surface portion, over small grooves, flower gardens and "dry streams", because they decorate portion, making it interesting and grooming.

Members of our portal offers a lot of options decorative bridges embodied on their sites. We use their experience.

Content

• Decorative bridges participants portal
• How to build a decorative bridge with his hands
• structural safety
• Budget
• Practicality

Decorative bridges participants portal

Style decorative bridges depends on the size and composition of the territory. Small areas better to decorate small bridges, in a larger area fit well and larger objects.

If your home is built in a modern style, and garden has a clear layout strict, then the appearance of the bridge is better to choose simple forms.
Omi4 a bridge made of decorative stone and metal

Savelij used wood and stone

Wooden bridges participants FORUMHOUSE Or and Novikova suitable for any site, even if there is no reservoir.

On the home country style, or chalet, where a lot of pieces of wood, bridges blend well in a rustic style. Decor is welcome at the bridge of any style, even the most severe forms of the bridge will blend in well with openwork casting or forging.

Universal User wooden bridge Grem suitable for most styles of architectural landscape

Chinese motifs wooden decorated decor, bridge Prosperitas sustained and gazebos.

openwork bridge AdvacedLTD adds tenderness and makes the landscape is almost fabulous.

Decorative bridge member portal Agathius brick, curved bars and planks drew attention to the flower garden.

Wooden bridge brutal santolia add individuality completely flat plot.

The minimalist style of the bridge of the painted boards participant portal Spring 888, Thanks to the strict form, suitable for any terrain.

How to build a decorative bridge

If the bridge, in addition to purely decorative functions, has serious practical meaning, there must be a medium and dimensions. And in this case it is better to consult a experienced craftsmen or to entrust them to the work. A small bridge over a shallow ditch or bridge, whose sole function - decoration area, fully able to do it myself, following his own flight of fancy and the advice of "experienced" participants portal.

And you can combine both options by ordering some of the details, but most of the work is done on their own. So did his humpbacked bridge user FORUMHOUSE IlyaOgnev - Curved workpiece he ordered in a workshop, most of the rest he bought. Welding parts, wood processing and installation of the bridge has made its own. For mounting it handy welding machine, laser level, broken bricks, cement, and the usual tools.

Ready Bridge:

CorsaC939 completely independently and quickly built a few simple, but nice bridge for your site - from pine boards, lumber, flooring came from the remains of the bed for a handrail. For mounting components used hardware, nuts and bolts. Tools - screwdriver, jigsaw, drill - the most common tools for working with wood. The cost of all purchased materials amounted to only 1 000 rubles for one bridge!

User Gexx about his experiences simple bridge construction on the timber portion of the bent pipe with welded polutoradyuymovyh webs, of the guide boards. Handrails were not provided because of the nearest prospects transportation of building materials.

Wooden bridge FORUMHOUSE Member djotr can serve its intended purpose, is located above the body of water, or just become an ornament to the site - including a flower garden or on the "dry creek".

And for "recipe" djotr uchastitsa portal Yulyunchik33 I have already made a similar bridge for themselves.

T-80 made a bridge that combines simplicity, practicality and romance.

Original "Birch" from the bridge Babochka29.

Log bridge on Stevedore country-style - a reliable and emphasizing the common "rustic" style of composition.

Bridge-terrace Sergmishel sustain and solid weight.

Sergmishel

user FORUMHOUSE

Bridge on a double corner, inside the first two parts of the flooded plate, and the top two corners between the second laid flagstone.

Security

It is important not only to the reliability of your installations. Anyone, even the most "toy" bridge must be safe, as is bound to be used in children's games, he will experience the strength and jumping run.

Given that all bridges cottages have a small width, note the rail - it is better to avoid open edges or protruding parts on the child's head level. Also, iron is heated by the summer sun, which can cause burns of hands. These handrails are unlikely to be pleasant and in the winter, so it is better to close the tree or make entirely of this material.

It is important to think about how to protect yourself and households in the case of falling on the bridge - the gap between the sides and the bottom should not be too large. Slipping on a wet surface, the foot can easily slip into this space, and then the injury can not be avoided.

The surface of the boards must be perfectly flat when it comes to the humpbacked bridge. Entry and exit is important to make a comfortable level with the bridge. And, of course, it must be stable, so you need to consider in advance the shrinkage of support, the impact of rainfall and reservoir in the soil under the bridge.

Budget

The most expensive bridges - metal and specially prepared boards. Wooden bridges from scrap materials will cost several orders of magnitude cheaper. Build they can and most, involvement of experts will add costs.

Bridge made a professional company specializing in products and buildings of specially prepared boards.

Practicality

To make sure your bridge served as long as possible, all the parts must be treated with special impregnation - antiseptic, fungicidal, water-repellent and other protective properties. This also applies to wood and metal structures, regardless of the activity they are used.

Grem He cited the example of a bridge of their own making, which already stands unchanged for several years, thanks to the correct execution of processing wood.

Grem

user FORUMHOUSE

It is worth it without a touch-up of 6 years. Nothing special in the coating and no mount designs. Most importantly - the material for the manufacture of the bridge should be dry, stainless steel mounting. Varnish just can not. Even on a dry tree, he is likely to begin to crack and flake off. It would be the best oil. Although I have covered with impregnation colors «nut».

Gexx also handled its structure protective structure, those can be spent process oil, and special factory compounds.

Kupych after the primer coating on metal coated sidewalls and rails with two layers of black paint, decorate the "gold" spray, covered bridges resistant yacht varnish.

Choices of materials from which to build a decorative bridge in the garden of a few, most importantly - quality processing and assembly of parts, and assembly facilities.

Output

Style you can choose any, but to really become your bridge site decoration, imagine how it will be look from different points of the site and try to make it the best hand of the most visible passable corners. And do not forget discuss their ideas and creativity on our website!

You can also learn from us, how to build a functional bridges to the reservoir. AND how to decorate the pool. In the video - a gazebo, rotunda and bridge of architectural concrete.

Subscribe to the channel! Share on social networks! Join FORUMHOUSE!