Making the zone of relaxation: beautiful patio with their own hands

What is the patio, examples of the construction and operation

For outdoor recreation areas on erecting various designs as adjacent to the house, and located at a distance. This gazebo and various complexes including summer kitchen and outdoor oven, and a variety of hanging swings. In addition, in recent years it has become fashionable to equip local area patio. Once they were courtyards, hidden from prying eyes, but now this term can mean almost any recreational area, both open and canopy. Our forum users satisfy the craving for beauty in different ways.

Content:

• What is the patio and how it differs from the terrace
• Patio in the pine forest
• Feuerplatz, or a campfire pit with benches
• Patio with homemade concrete tiles

What is the patio and why it is not a terrace

Patio were popular in ancient Rome - courtyards built in the houses of the aristocracy and wealthy citizens, so that they indulged in the pleasures in the open air, surrounded by greenery and flowers. Empire disintegrated, and the tradition has remained to build a patio, and gradually these recreation areas have taken root in other countries, however, changing.

Patio now - it is a platform next to the house or at a distance; at least in our country is not accepted in the middle of the house to arrange "paddock", the climate is not the same. As for the form, it is free, most often it is a circle, oval or rectangle, but there are other options. If classical patio was always open at the top and fenced around the perimeter, modern variations on the theme can be and with awnings and open or zoned nominally high curb. One of the attributes - ornamental plants, is now also a personal choice. Perhaps only paving areas remained unchanged or stone or tile, as an option - printed concrete.

Confused patio with another small shape, also popular among suburban residents, simply because as a terrace may be either open or partially fenced as Attached to the home, and autonomous. But one fundamental difference between the two designs is - a terrace is always elevated above the ground level, and the patio can be flush with the ground. Yes, and build terraces have been taken in the yard, they are almost always open on the perimeter of the extension to the house, with a common roof and a floor.

In view of the above, modern patio - an open, paved area on the distance from the house, visually separated from the common area spaces or a border. On the platform may be arranged as a conventional dining group and bonfire with stationary or portable seats / benches or complete furnace (BBQ, pompeyka, tandyr). Our craftsmen like to relax by the fire.

Patio in the pine forest

Domladya

Participant FORUMHOUSE

House in the near future were not planning to build, and would like to rest with comfort - have decided to refine the site where always sit with barbecue. Just loafing son, it was he who started to prepare a site for the patio. The right idea found on the internet - it is quite popular with patio lovers.

Prior to transformation it was a small "Piglet" between the trees. In the first season to prepare cold had only a circular area with a diameter of 4 meters and place the first row of blocks LECA dimensions 40h20h20 mm.

Building a patio continued in May - have put a wall / seat, in the middle filled countertop / drovnitsu, concreted area.

Then stuffed into blocks galvanized plaster mesh and stoned with natural stone - plastushkoy.

Fireplace arranged from concrete ring, diameter 0.7 m, placing on the fireclay brick, it is imposed from inside and outside and stoned stone, but cobblestones.

Since the stone seats are cold, they are placed Seats / cushions and skins.

Patio three years, "the flight is normal," everyone is happy with a seating area, the only advice from Domladya those who decide to repeat - to make air holes at the bottom of the ring for blowing to the ignition did not have to run the fan.

Feuerplatz, or a campfire pit with benches

A bit simplified, but also an interesting option from the Sensorin. In addition, the speed of execution in one hand is much higher - a few steps and you're done.

Mark out the area around the campfire.

He withdrew topsoil.

He covers the geotextile, covered with sand, rammed, did layout work benches frame.

Pillar shaped tube 20 × 40 mm, about 1 meter long, the ground scored approximately 55 cm above the ground left 45 cm. On the rack welded cross members and supports for the backrest.

Sleep surface peskotsementnoy mixture and put the tiles in the gaps too Unmodified. Brick hearth neck concreted.

Boards for benches painted, drilled holes and fixed to the frame with thick lining screws.

For night gatherings made under the seats of the backlight.

Patio with homemade concrete tiles

On your site prockon folded BBQ, poured curbs around flowerbeds, that flower "livestock" not decreased from mowing to mowing, made a canopy with polycarbonate, as well as a small patio in front of the house.

The idea I found on the patio of our forum - pouring massive concrete tiles curved directly into the ground.

Area under the first portion spaced patio chose 20 cm of soil, and to lay the geotextile sleep gravel, a layer of 10 cm of gravel over another 10 cm of sand. He rammed abundantly shed area with water and mark the outlines of the sand tiles and border furrows. Under a bed made formwork.

The grooves cut into strips inserted pieces of foamed polyethylene (roll insulation thickness of 10 mm). The resulting form-poured cement sand mortar. A day later, when the cement hardens, povytaskivali limiters. Tiles gray "I not impressed" to increase the decorative, painted with special dyes for concrete three shades.

The next part of the patio prepared under fill is similar, but not to mess around with a finishing stain, pour the tiles in the two approaches. First, about 5 cm simple solution on top of it approximately 2 cm color.

A couple couple seasons burst tiles - one was an excessive amount of the pigment, and the second was too thin as 5 cm. The conclusion deposit strength and durability - strict adherence proportions and tile thickness is not less than 7 cm. But since the same is not approached as a side molding, paint the first part gradually descended and climbed into the seams grass that generally gave patio view unpresentable, prockon it remade.

However, the method has a right to exist, if you modify the recipe and painted concrete in mass.

You can put a swing or hammock on a lawn, and a fire pit in the plant, and it is possible, as our craftsmen to make a patio - someone like that anymore.

For relax lovers - garden swing for all tastes, And the hammock can be hung anywhere, when there is a support. In the video - a house with a conservatory and patio.

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