Types and advantages of houses, arbors

An elegant, cozy house, gazebo - a place of rest for the whole family at any time of the year. A wide variety of models, forms, stylistic directions of these structures allows you to choose the best option for every taste.

Arbor houses perform several functions.

• This is a place of rest, solitude, or vice versa, cheerful gatherings with family and friends.
• This is a decorative element of the garden, able to decorate it and emphasize the unique design of the site.

• This gazebo can play the role of a guest house (of course, with the appropriate equipment of the room).
• If you equip the house with an open terrace on the second floor, you get a wonderful observation deck from which you can explore the surroundings.

They carry out such constructions from a variety of materials - bricks, mini-timber, glass, polycarbonate, and so on. Depending on the material, plan to fill the foundation of one type or another.

In addition to the choice of building materials, you need to consider the following points:

1. what form will the gazebo;
2. where it will be located (best of all - on a hill);
3. what sizes will be;
4. what type and shape of the roof it will have;
5. what type of foundation will be used;
6. how the furniture and equipment will be placed (barbecue, grill, stove, gas or electric stove);
7. how many materials for all this will be needed.

The foundation device for such a seemingly light construction as a gazebo is the exception rather than the rule. It is necessary only if the area is close to the groundwater or the soil is characterized by mobility, or for a monumental construction of brick.

Brick gazebos - not quite the usual sight, but they have their advantages. They are durable, durable, not afraid of temperature and environmental influences, and also quite decorative. If you perform a closed structure, you get a full-fledged country house, in which you can spend time comfortably in the winter season.

Garden arbors made of wood have become a kind of classic.They harmoniously fit into any style - from Old Russian to English. Simple chopped structures in the style of Finnish houses, barbecue or elegant belvedere, decorated with carvings and twined with greenery - the possibilities of wooden arbors are almost endless.

Modern materials also provide a wide scope for fantasy. For example, polycarbonate gazebos can be made of any shape - this material bends well. Spherical, semicircular, complex shapes - what's enough fantasy. A wide range of colors and a good ability to transmit light make this material a real find, and low cost adds another item to its list of merits.

As for the form, there are three most common types - rectangular, hexagonal, or octahedral. Recently, much more complex shapes can be seen, and round pavilions fixed on a special stand, but nevertheless the classic remains a classic, and fans of simple geometric shapes are not becoming smaller.

To determine which shape of the gazebo will best fit into the design of the site, you need to proceed from the size of both the building and the garden.For example, if you plan to build a multifaceted shape, you can calculate the optimal number of faces based on the following relationship. If at a height of 2.3 m, the radius of the building is more than 3 m, it is better to stay on the octahedron.

In addition to shapes, sizes and materials, arbors vary in type of design. The building may be movable (but not collapsible), collapsible or stationary. The last option is good for a house-gazebo, which is built, if not forever, then for a long time. Collapsible and movable structures can be cleaned into the house for the winter period - this will protect them from the effects of cold and snow pressure.

The style of arbors entirely depends on the imagination and taste of the owners. It can be Chinese style, classic, Russian, modern - any. The main criterion when choosing a gazebo style is the exterior of the villa and the landscape design of the site. The building must be in harmony with the first and second.

Light, elegant, air structures from a wooden lattice, twined with greenery, decorated with flowers, perfectly fit into the classic style. In general, such constructions are universal - they can take on any “appearance” and become an accessory of almost any style. Unless in modern style or in a garden of stones such arbors may not be entirely appropriate.

Constructions of logs - a typical Russian classics. You can build a full house with barbecue or barbecue, summer kitchen, terrace - and get a cozy and comfortable place to relax with the whole family or with a company at any time of the year. If you install a simpler design, you get a half-open gazebo with a clearly visible style, evoking thoughts about the Russian countryside. The interior design of such a building can be done in the same direction.

Brick gazebos are monumental, capital structures in which you can spend time in winter and summer. It is even difficult to call them gazebos in the full sense of the word - this is the same cottage, only in a reduced form and with a lightweight construction. Such structures, especially if the top is equipped with a viewing platform with a parapet, and the building itself is painted white and equipped with columns, will fit well into the plot in the colonial style.White color and columns - one of its characteristic will take.

Design gazebos are gaining popularity now. Buildings in the form of ships, towers, ancient Russian towers - all this can be seen in the suburban areas. Of course, this requires additional costs - both finance and time, but it's worth it.

If you do not want to spend money on an individual project, you can order a typical building. This will reduce the time costs, but such an arbor will not reflect the individual taste of the owner, the style of the site, its atmosphere. Yes, and in size typical projects are quite limited. Most often, there are three options to choose from: 3x3, 3x4 and 4x4 meters. However, for a small company and this will be enough.

A separate topic is white gazebos. The white color of any design gives lightness, airiness, elegance, finesse. A simple log building, painted white, will look completely new. If you install such a structure near the water, on an elevation, you will get the impression that it is floating above the surface.

You can install a simple metal or wooden canopy, and in place of the walls hang white light curtains, which you can either assemble - and open the inner space, or dissolve - and you will get a secluded spot.

Arbor is best placed on a hill, surrounded by deciduous or low coniferous plants. It is not entirely appropriate and harmonious to look at this building at the fence, on the border of the site. It is best to place it in the depths of the garden.

No wonder many people associate a gazebo with a quiet, relaxing holiday., with a favorite book and a cup of tea in his hands, with the smell of flowers and the singing of birds above his head. Initially it was a place of solitude, secret meetings, leisurely conversations. Only recently appeared houses, gazebos, barbecues, barbecues and other types of buildings intended for noisy gatherings by a large company. It is more reasonable to place such buildings near the house, in the open area.

If we are talking about monumental buildings - a barbecue house, a brick building - the choice of location should be approached responsibly, scrupulously inspect the site and choose the best option. After all, it will be problematic to correct the error - upon completion of the work it will not be possible to move the gazebo to another place, if this suddenly turns out to be inappropriate. With collapsible and portable designs everything is much easier. Their location can be changed if not every day, then every week for sure (if there is such a desire). Even more easy is the task that such structures, as a rule, do not differ in large size or complex shape.

A variety of awnings are also not too whimsical to their place of accommodation. This is the case when “our walls are giant pines”. That is, due to the fact that such a construction is devoid of walls as such, they are successfully replaced by the surrounding plants. Due to this, the canopy can harmoniously look almost anywhere in the area.

Two-story buildings with an open viewing platform above will also look better on an elevation. To the view does not close the house or tall trees, you need to choose a placewhere the review will be as free as possible. For this, not only the area of ​​the site is important, but also its location. If next to him are the rows of neighboring cottages (especially two-and three-storey) or multi-storey residential buildings (this is also possible), all the splendor will be closed by these buildings, and you will not be able to admire the surroundings.

It would seem that just a gazebo is a light construction, but how many nuances: location, size, materials, decoration, interior, equipment, furnishings. But it is worth to neglect at least one of these points - and you can waste not only money, but also time and energy. This is especially important in relation to stationary buildings. After all, they are on the street, under the influence of weather, climatic factors throughout the year. Rain, snow, cold, heat - they have to withstand it all.

To make the tree easier to tolerate temperature extremes, moisture, was resistant to pests, it should be regularly treated with special compounds (antiseptics, flame retardants).It is also impossible to allow direct contact of the tree with the ground. If you can not avoid this, you need to take care of waterproofing.

How to build a gazebo with your own hands, see the next video.