For rest and tools – small garden buildings

The basis of beautiful and friendly gardens are trees, shrubs and flowers. However, pergolas, gazebos and other buildings are also desirable, where you can dine, relax, create or receive visits in the summer. The roofed buildings will allow staying outdoors and in the rain, and if you protect you from the wind, it will extend the time for which it is nice to stay outside. The garden can also give a distinctive style. And besides buildings that will help the garden to transform into a green living room, there is another very useful species. If the gardener does not have a spacious “garage” for indispensable equipment of the gardening tool, the garden house is a useful helper. And besides holding everything from mowers to motye, it can also be a stylish part of the garden.

How to find the right place?

From the buildings serving you should have the most beautiful view of the garden, or the house and the surrounding landscape. Furthermore, the site should be protected from the wind, especially if the building is rather open. The eye should also look at the building from other parts of the garden and the house.

If you find more suitable places, it pays to place portable furniture or just chairs and try sitting in the morning Ik in the evening, taste views and experience which place will enjoy you the most. If you use the gazebo or pergola the most in the morning, or, on the contrary, I need to look for a place where the sun’s rays will turn out at that time. Despite the hot summer noon, on the other hand, a shadow – whether mature trees or roof structures covered with climbing plants is ideal. The ideal place will allow you to use the morning and evening sun, which is below the horizon and penetrates under the crowns and roofs, and at the same time cool noon shadow.

In close proximity to pergolas and gazebos, you can plant perennials and shrubs, which not only bloom beautifully and make up charming groups, but also pleasantly smell (shrubs will also serve as a windbreak). If you are soothed by the sound of running water, add the place with a fountain. And if you have a bathing or ornamental pond in the garden, the most grateful places for rest buildings are located in their vicinity.

Commercial buildings – houses and sheds for tools – should be placed where they will not be optically disturbed. You can almost hide them with paint, shrubs and climbing plants, or highlight the colored coat – even the shed can be handsome and in the beautification of imagination there are no limits.

Wood, stone, brick and metal

The wood never disappoints, it looks friendly and cozy. It is suitable for every garden and work with it is fast and easy – compared to stone building. However, it also has its distinctive charm (like bricks) and you can combine it with wood. The stone or brick wall is also impressive with wood roof structures, which you can safely place the grill or install it directly. You will also use willow and hazel rods for string parts that you want to protect from the sun or wind. Metal structures are also offered, especially popular for gazebos, and even plastic construction.

For roofing of buildings that have a solid roof, burnt or concrete bags can be used, but the load -bearing capacity of the structure and the roof must correspond to their weight. Lighter is the cardboard, the so -called Canadian shingle. A stylish delicacy is a true wooden shingle. Straw has a unique look – even these are used again for outdoor buildings. For pergolas you can also choose transparent roofing, usually from polycarbonate, or shading using sliding blinds and curtains.

If the wooden building is to last a few decades, it is necessary to build from dry and well treated wood. You can choose from a varied palette of varnishes and glazes for outdoor use to protect the wood. After a few years, the paint should be restored, especially for cheaper, soft wood. The alternative is the heat treated wood, which becomes indigestible to mushrooms and is therefore very durable.

Pergola

The classic pergola consists of vertical load -bearing columns anchored by metal feet in a concrete base and horizontal beams – trusses that form the roof – but it can remain without covering, as permeable as the walls. It is growing climbing plants and providing a beneficial shadow. The pergola should be two meters high and more so that you can comfortably stand under it. Can stand in space or adjacent to the wall of the house.

Gazebo

Compared to the pergola, the building is called the ground plan, which has a round plan and whose roof, more often covered with covering, is a pyramid or cone. If they have a classic form, they will give the gazebos a romantic touch, but the portrayal is offered much more. The wooden structure can be moderate or decorative, or it can be formed by non -working trunks and branches – but such an original gazebo is more demanding to build if it is to be stable and safe. The metal construction can also be purchased or have it made.

Party

The pergola or gazebo, which is not only covered, but also largely protected by solid walls with glazed areas, is called a party or a pavilion. For glasses, do not forget the stickers protecting birds from impact – the appearance does not disturb UV stickers, almost invisible to us, for birds warning.

Tips

• A solid roof protecting the structure from rain should always have at least a slight slope and eaves, or a sufficient overlap.
• The building floor should be insulated from the ground and moisture.
• While the gazebo is evidenced by a slim shape, the pergolas acts harmonious if their length exceeds the height. Indeed, sufficient space is essential for comfortable use.

Shed and garden house

In order for the tool to keep the tools as best as possible, it is necessary to think about it during construction. There should be no barrier -free entrance for a wheel and a sufficiently large or double doors. The inner space should be arranged so that you do not have to look for nothing, but everything is in sight. The storage and shelves on the walls are the most transparent storage for tools and growing containers.

A more spacious garden house will serve not only as a warehouse of tools and garden equipment, but also as a gardener’s study, where it can mix substrates, transplant and multiply plants even in rain. The supply of daylight from the large window is in this case very desirable, or artificial lighting will help.

Where to get them?

You can buy the finished construction as a kit that just assemble and possibly paint. However, the assembly also requires appropriate tools and diligence, and you have to prepare a straight place as a substrate. A more expensive option is to entrust the construction of a specialized company, but you get the construction according to your wishes. You can also design it yourself and if you are not a skillful handyman, the work to entrust the skilful carpenters.

Source: Recipe magazine