Landscapes with a large height difference located on the slope, you can safely be called the perfect bridgehead for the fantasy of the garden architect. This is where you can apply a lot of ideas, sometimes the most unexpected.
It should be noted that the garden stairs have a lot of differences from the interior. Only cast marches from concrete repeat the technology of creating traditional structures.
Otherwise, the ladders for the garden are prefabricated block structures imposed on each other with a certain shift.
As a blocks for them, sawn stone, wooden bar, cast from concrete blanks, box made of concrete, metal or wood.
In order not to complicate the life of complex computing, for those who have decided to make garden stairs independently give several recommendations:
- the depth of sticking of the garden stage should be painted half the length of the standard step (it is about 30 cm),
- the height of the stage can vary within 8-17 cm (no more, otherwise the rise in such a staircase will be difficult, and the descent is dangerous),
- the lower step can be done just below the calculated one,
- when forming a seat under the step, the ground is cut off, and do not sleep so that the steps in the future do not seek.
Further actions are entirely dependent on the selected garden ladder design.
There may be a set of options, and the following are only a small part of an extensive landscape ideas bank.
The monolithic stages of white concrete are perfectly contrasted with the greenery. The solution for the landscape in the modern style (modern).
This garden ladder of the edges of the steps are laid out of large stone plates, the rest of the space is filled with smaller stone. The gaps are covered with a mixture of soil and crumbling dropout.
Simple and sophisticated: the angle between the retaining wall and the lawn was leveled by embankment, the descent on which is carried out along the stone steps.
Another non-trivial solution. If the round stairs do not surprise anyone, then the combination of steps in the form of a concave and arc arc simultaneously meet not often.
Wear a tree in landscape design, for sure, will like this solution. A large bar (presumably oak) with a cross section of 15x30 cm laid on each other horizontally and with a shift. It turned out these, ideally fit in the terrain, steps.
Fans of "eternal" solutions, for sure, will appreciate this technique: between the steps left earthen pockets (grooves filled with soil). They will rather comfortably feel succulents.
The approaches of this staircase are made of bricks bonded by cement mortar, and the steps themselves are lined with a stone slab. Laborious, but, as they say, for the rest of life :)
And this is a modern garden element: tracks and steps are made of wooden bars. Wood is treated with an immemorated antiseptic and toned under the color of Wenge.
As easy as pie? How to say, here try to put these stone plates on each other, yes so that on them without fears you can walk. Execution option exclusively for collective labor.
Another option of laying garden steps with a wooden bar. True, in such cases, crushed backfill is done in a level with a level level.
This stone staircase and retaining walls framing it look completely harmoniously with the landscape.
"Green" steps of this staircase are made in the form of retaining walls of ... iron (). But a similar option can be made of 4 cm fill with a fill thickness concrete and with a reinforcing grid.
What is there to say here? Expensive solution for elite sites :)
And this option is also from the chic area. But it is based on the rocky rock itself, and the bright lawn is already an artificial earthy embankment ... It looks very similar to the fact that the steps are cut down from a solid massif. In general, indecently expensive.
Neatly decorated gravel track. In order for the bulk stone on the slope not shrived, it was strengthened by a cross-labeled wooden bar.
It is very similar to the fact that these retaining walls are made of artificial stone. Well, quite a reasonable solution, useful for a wallet. By the way. Artificial material gives much more options for design and much easier both by weight and in work. Steps are made of sandstone slabs.
Beautiful garden ladder from limestone. Over time (under the influence of natural phenomena), this material becomes even more embossed and expressive.
Bright staircase in the spirit of the Japanese garden. But it's not entirely clear, it is a photoshop or indeed such an unusual color of the stone breed ... Or maybe it's a gabbro?
This is the easiest option of making a wooden ladder with two stairs. Such garden stairs on the second floor allow you to quickly climb, and at the same time very comfortable and easy. Dimensions can be determined at their discretion. The height is characterized by the length of the kosomrov, the width is the length of the crossbar. Optimally, the distance between the steps about 30 cm.
- At the first stage, the boosters are molded. For this, the timber is taken for the necessary value (preferably) pine and processed so that it becomes smooth, without any defects. The same processed crossbars.
- Next, you need to attach the crossbars to the Kosomers. You can do this in several ways. At the first method, it follows in the connection places to make holes and combine elements using self-samples. The second way implies "consumption" the steps in the Kosher and fixing with self-draws. The third option is the most reliable. In this case, a hole is made in the Kosher in which the crossbar is inserted. The bar is missed by glue and strengthened with self-draws.
- Then one end of the kosomov with screws are attached rubber legs.
- After, from two such stairs, a stepladder is going. The compound occurs with metal plates. This is the easiest way to create such an inventory.
The stairs are a very beautiful decorative element of the garden, which can decorate it even regardless of the relief of the site itself. They are absolutely necessary where there is at least a small landscape drop or there are retaining walls, in order to move from one horizontal plane to another tier.
At an absolutely level plot, you can also make several steps that will give the garden special, only to him inherent, charm and attractiveness. In any garden there is a place from which you need to go down and climb, for example, go from the track into the patio. In some areas with a bias, you can arrange a couple - the top of the steps or even the staircase.
If there are no height drops on your site, the stairs arranged in a special way help make a dynamics into a monotonous plain garden. Even one step is able to change the mood in the garden by issuing an interesting transition from the lawn to the flower bed. Steps can also lead to decorative elements of the garden - bench, a sunny hour, statue.
A cute ladder of gravel or tree will provide an opportunity to explore the whole territory of the garden plot - green lawn, sun lawns, a quiet armor, garden beds, a gazebo and flower beds.
Each staircase corresponds to a specific architectural style and a special structure. Attention can be attracted not only by marble stairs of the front entrances of mansions, but also touching wooden steps that will lead to a summer house.
Tracks, stairs and retaining walls are obliged to be a single composition in the garden, which should be practical and beautiful. For example, if there is a beautiful, but walking along the steep slope of the track from the house, but it will be not entirely convenient to go through it. But if a part of the track is replaced by a staircase from the same material as the track, then a comfortable duet for movement will be.
Stairs in the garden must match his stylistics. If you have a garden in regular or french style, then it is subordinate to strict symmetry. For such a garden, a little pronounced relief is characterized, the composition of the whole garden is located in the same plane.
The territory can be arranged with terraces with retaining walls connected to each other stairs. In the gardens of such a style stairs are a very strong decorative element, so their design and design should be thoroughly thought out.
One of the main decorative elements of the garden is an entrance terrace with a magnificent view of the house and the garden as a whole, and a wide front staircase is broadcast to the house.
English or landscape style is characterized by smooth lines that will mimic the natural landscape. Picturesque reservoirs and plants that are planted with tiers, winding tracks - all these distinctive signs of landscape style. Alternation of hills and flat sites is also a characteristic feature of the landscape garden.
Connecting elements can be stairs and tracks that naturally fit into the landscape. The stairs are better to perform from natural material: natural stone, wooden sleeves, you can combine pebbles and wood.
The staircase in the Japanese garden is more complicated: here each architectural element has its own symbolic meaning, and all buildings fit into a carefully processed natural landscape. Mandatory elements of the garden are hill and reservoirs. Therefore, without stairs and steps, do not do here.
The staircase must be harmonized with the surrounding buildings and with the style of the house. Building from wooden sleeps or logs, she perfectly fit into the rustic garden style.
In the Victorian style there must be a staircase made of concrete with tiles, which for harmonious completion is supplied with beautiful rings.
Dear visitors of the site "Visiting Samodelkina" from the presented material you will learn and learn how to build garden stairs in your summer cottage or the garden of the private house.
Before proceeding with the first work, the markup of the site should be marked on which the staircase will be located, it is possible to make it possible with conventional wooden pegs and twine.
After that, we safely take a shovel and start shooting a layer of turf.
In the course of earthworks form a step.
Periodically check the levels in the level so that they were even and without a slope in which or side.
The approach is filled with cement mortar and smoothed by a trowel, it turns out this kind of shallow foundation under the step.
Then it is necessary to give dry cement solution. We put waterproofing in the form of rubberoid and you can start the brickwork or blocks.
Gravel is laid with a small elevation over brick masonry, check the level.
The plates must have a small slope of about 8-10 mm - it is necessary for the outflow of water when atmospheric precipitation is dropped. Above it was agreed that the base of small gravel should be slightly higher than brickwork, it is for this reason that it is slightly higher.
When creating a second stage, we definitely measure the height with the help of the level and roulette.
The edges of all steps should be at the same level (see the main photo). It is also presented to your attention already completed and tested by the time for the strength of garden stairs.
Here are such wonderful steps in the garden and in the country area can be made with their own hands. The case is certainly not an easy and time-consuming, but it is worth it. Step-by-step instructions are represented, so we take and do. Dare friends!
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Often, the land plot located in the country or in close proximity to the residential house has a difficult relief. It is enough to make certain efforts at a minimum of the costs of the materials so that the result is a spectacular staircase in the garden - not only functional, but also able to decorate any incoming territory.
Step-by-step instructions for creating a ladder in the garden with their own hands
1. Initially, it should be placed on the site a place under the future garden staircase, for which you can apply wooden peasants up to 0.5 m and twine. By breaking the stain under the construction of the stairs, you need to use a roulette and a square to comply with the correctness of the sizes.
2. Carsing the ladder in the garden on the slope, using the level and roulette, it is necessary to determine the height of the upper point of the stairs above the bottom. This is required for the correct calculation of the height and the length of future steps.
3. With the help of a shovel, it should be carefully removed the top layer of the soil, cleaning it from herbal carpet.
4. Stairs in the garden do it yourself simply. In the soil you need to dig up the root of the steps, for which it will be necessary to calculate the width and height of the steps. To this end, you can use the ratio table between the height of the stage and the width of the sticky. On average, the height of the stage should be 15-17 cm, and the width is 30-35 cm.
5. Making the steps in the garden, must check the horizontal of dug in trenches using a level.
6. From rubble, sand and cement you need to prepare a concrete mix for styling the base under the step, then you should put it with a trimmer with a surface alignment and leave for 24 hours for pouring.
7. It is necessary to lay out the steps of the brick or concrete blocks, pouring the seams and checking the level of vertical, as well as the horizontal of masonry. For laying, it is necessary to use cement mortar or ready-made construction masonry mixtures based on cement.
8. The rest of the trenches to the level with masonry should be filled with small rubble with a layer-by-layer traam of manual traam.
9. Crushed stone must be laid with a small lifting from the surface of the brickwork. It is advisable to control the level.
10. Since the plates for arrangement come are quite large weight, alone their laying is difficult. This stage must be performed together. Together with the assistant, laying the plates on the bed of the solution.
11. The edges of each plate must be relatively bricks for 40 mm. The stove itself should have a slope into the lower side of about 10 mm, for water drain.
12. Putting the next row of coming, it is required to control the accepted height of the steps with the help of roulette and level. All seams must be thoroughly filling with the solution.
13. Using the level, you need to make sure that the edges of all coming are on one straight line.
Taking the above recommendations on how to make steps in the garden, as well as read the photos of the relevant stages of the work presented on our website, you can equip the beautiful and functional staircase at the railway site. Such a staircase will not only provide a comfortable movement along the slope of the site, but also will delight with its reliability and durability. Well, the neighbors will surely want to build something like this on the site, so there will always be the opportunity to give them the explanatory advice.