A gazebo is a necessary building in a summer cottage. Here you can get together with loved ones and spend your time pleasantly. Of course, every owner wants his building to be different from the others and attract attention with its unusualness. To do this, you need to create a gazebo with your own hands and use non-standard materials.

What improvised materials can you make a summerhouse

Owners of private houses always have at hand many different things that seem to be unnecessary, but it is a pity to throw them away.

Important! It is impossible to make a strongly enclosed arbor from plastic, since in the summer this material creates the effect of a greenhouse.

All this trash can serve as an excellent material for the construction of unusual arbors:

1. Glass bottles - strong and at the same time relatively lightweight material with good thermal insulation properties. With its help, at the stage of wall construction, you can create various patterns. But because of its shape, such a material is difficult to fix. A mistake in creating a concrete mixture (liquid or viscous) entails a defect in the masonry. The resulting wall in its characteristics is close to a brick one, so under the construction of bottles it is necessary to fill in the strip foundation.
2. Plastic bottles - lighter, but with the same thermal insulation characteristics as the previous material. For the construction of simple budget buildings, it is enough to have wooden boards, kapron thread, fasteners and plastic bottles from it. Given that plastic has decomposed for more than a hundred years, you will get a durable gazebo. In addition, such a design is almost weightless, but at the same time strong and stable. The foundation for it needs the simplest. The only drawback is that the roof needs to be created from weightless material (film, polycarbonate).
3. Videotapes - unusual improvised material for creating a gazebo. Such cassettes were made of plastic, so the structure will be strong and reliable. The main thing is to choose the right connecting material. If you have enough cassettes at your disposal, then the design will cost you a penny. The costs will be only for roofing and glue.
4. Beer cans - material that is almost always at hand in sufficient quantities. Having shown your imagination, you can create quite unusual structures from it. They will turn out light and durable, but unfortunately short-lived, as metal tends to corrode.
5. Wooden pallets - convenient and easy to use material. In addition, this is a tree, which means the design will be environmentally friendly. To build it quickly, easy to decorate.
6. Sawn tree trunks - after thinning the garden there is always a lot of unnecessary wood. Do not rush to throw it away, but turn on your imagination and build an unusual arbor. Take as a basis a tree, concrete or tile, four, six or nine trunks, the remaining branches and connect everything with screws or nails. This will result in a simple, reliable design that will last for many years.
7. Stone and reeds - this option is advantageous to choose in those regions where these materials are easy to find freely available in large quantities (coast of the seas, rivers). Using concrete mix, erect graceful walls, and collect the roof from reeds. Get a wonderful summer gazebo.

Create a drawing with dimensions

Before you start creating your own gazebo with your own hands, you need to think about in what form it will be executed (open or closed), what style it will have in order to harmonize with other buildings on the site. The material used in the work will depend on this. Then the location is selected. It is advisable that she be near the house and all the tracks lead to her.

When drawing blueprints for a future building, write down all sizes in detail so that everything on paper matches the terrain. Be sure to indicate where there will be windows, doors, stairs. For them, also indicate the dimensions. Draw the roof separately. Think over the foundation. Finally, draw the wiring and plumbing, if any. You can also display the locations of furniture, fixtures and other interior elements.

Round arbor option:

Hexagon Arbor Option:

Square arbor option:

Step-by-step construction process

It is not difficult to build a gazebo from improvised means. The main thing is to stock up with the necessary material, tools, fasteners and follow the step-by-step described process.

Did you know? In 1473, the German painter Martin Schongauer painted «Madonna in the arbor of roses» specifically for the church of St. Martin in the French city of Colmar. This is the only work of the creator, preserved to this day.

Preparation and marking of the territory

Choose the most profitable and comfortable place on your summer cottage. Free him from unnecessary objects, litter. If a tree stump remains on this territory, it must be uprooted so that a young root shoot that can destroy the foundation does not appear.

It should not be on a built-up piece of land and grass. The usual digging is not enough, since in many plants the root system can go far into the ground and it is difficult to dig it out completely. To destroy grass, you need to use herbicides.

Foundation laying

At the prepared site, dig a hole for the foundation. When planning strip foundation, only the perimeter is concreted (a trench of a depth of about 50 cm is dug, a formwork is being erected, reinforcement is performed and the concrete mixture is poured). Creating monolithic foundation, dig a hole the size of the base of the building, erect the formwork around the perimeter. Weld a reinforcing base from the rods. Fill everything with concrete.

If you plan to install a brazier or fireplace in the gazebo, then when laying a monolithic foundation in this place, reinforced reinforcement is necessary.

Installation of the frame, roof and floor

When the foundation hardens, you can erect a frame. For it logs, bars or pipes are used. The number corresponds to the number of angles of construction. In diameter, the elements used should be 14 cm, and if it is a quadrangle in a section, then 10 × 10 cm. Install a metal or wooden base on the foundation. You will attach the frame to it. Having installed the main bars, connect them and attach the rafters. Connect them together.

1 - lower harness, beam 100x50; 2 - vertical support, beam 80x80; 3 - entry racks 80x50; 4 - upper harness; 5 - rafters.

Create a base for the roof. It can be lined with any material that will not allow water to pass through. Depending on what the roofing material will be, choose fasteners: for corrugated board - special self-tapping screws, for slate - large nails.

Did you know? In 1970, an American, John Milkovich, decided to revet all buildings on the site with empty beer bottles. After the departure to another world, the owner's children maintained everything in good condition, timely replacing rusty cans with new ones. Now this house is the property of one charitable organization and is available for public viewing.

Decorating and decorating the gazebo from improvised materials

At the end of the frame, sheathe the structure. Any suitable materials may be used. Fasteners must be appropriate. At the end, cover the makeshift gazebo with paint suitable for the material of the building. So the decoration will be made and the design will take on a more aesthetic appearance. You can decorate with flowers, herbs, conifers.

To create a reliable and beautiful arbor it is not necessary to use a tree or brick for its construction. You can make a simple design from improvised materials.