And pond. Even a small reservoir as a magnet pulls others. Water fascinates even in small quantities ... and the pond can be built in several hours. But it is a small artificial reservoir. For the construction of great and money, and time.
Where to dig
On small artificial reservoirs, it is best to look from above. Because if there is an appropriate sweep on the site, it is best to do it here. There is, however, in this and the negative side: you have to raise the edges of the bowl higher to rainwater did not get inside. The second option is to come up with a water removal system (above the reservoir to make a drainage system).
If there is somewhere on the site the key, it is logical to make a natural pond, dig or deepening the existing bowl by posting by cobblestones or stones of his borders, plant plants. River, which is necessarily in this case, can also be created by posting it by the edge by a cobblestone, drowned them into the splashing ground, you will give great strength to the shore, can land between them moofable plants.
Even a small waterfall is a magical spectacle how to drive a pond, if there is a natural stream on your site - dig up the pit, sow it with a stone and direct the stream in it
Not everyone has such a luxury on the plot, as a stream or key. It is necessary to make artificial reservoirs. With proper registration they look no worse than natural.
How to make an artificial pond with a bowl (without a film)
The easiest I. fast way Make an artificial reservoir in the country - to bury the finished bowl into the ground, issued and reagreeing its edges. Bowls are plastic - ready-made different shapes, sizes and colors (mostly blue, green and black).
Device of plastic garden or dacha pond - The case is simple. Here is a step-by-step instruction:
- It is necessary to dig the pit in the form of a bowl. If the form is very non-standard, you can turn it out at the installation site upside down, outline by something contour (even throw a shovel). The bowl is aside, digging the pit. It should be slightly more - a little wider, but not deeper. The edges or must be on the same level with the soil, or slightly perform. If it turns out to lift a little edge will even better: during the rain, dirty water will not fall.
- After the desired depth is achieved, the bottom is aligned into the horizon: it is aligned at first the shovel, then the surplus is removed and the smooth bar. The surface must be smooth and rigid: plastic should have a good support. If the land is poorly leveling (clay), you can pour out 5-10 cm of sand, wet it and catch it.
- The next step is to install in the boilers. If the bottom was done smooth, the edges of the bowl will become exactly relative to the horizon. Now the space that remains between the wall of the bowl and the pit need to be filled with soil or sand and good to ravibly.
- Now it's about the design: the installation is finished, you can pour water.
As such technology, a pond in the courtyard with backlit was built, look at this photo report (you can flip by yourself by clicking on the thumbnails below).
Copy pitted. They decided that the board would be 1-2 cm above the level of the track - there will be less garbage inside, and the edges decorate the stones from this side just below the maximum level embedded into the bowl of the pipe - so that the water surplus the water. It was brought into the sewer
But not always and not everywhere there is an opportunity to constantly add and remove water into the pond. Then you have to or plant such plants that will clean it, or periodically change it.
Pond from the old bathroom
It is not necessary to buy a bowl. You can use any container. Even old bath. It turns out very well. All actions are the same, the first digging by the pit, the bath is placed in it, which goes on, look at the series of the following photos. They are transformed on them from the old bath in a truly adorable corner.
The platform was still embarrassed by the wire - so that the clay does not swim, and the playground did not seek it in a month this beauty - a garden Pru, built with my own hands I am glad
PRADIK MANUAL Tires (with film)
Miniber can be made from old automotive tireRather from the tire. What it is more, the more reservoir. The most difficult thing in this business is to cut off one side part. If the edge turned out sharp, they need to be processed emery paper. The second is the complexity of the task - to dig the pit of the appropriate size. At this difficulty ended. The rest is quite easy.
The cropped tire is installed in the pit, falling asleep on the sides of the earth, is well compacted. Also, the land or sand is poured inside, the bottom is leveling. Take a piece of dense polyethylene film, It is possible twice and drained the resulting reservoir. Do not try much: install water, it will send the film itself.
Instead of polyethylene, you can take a banner film (there is advertising firmswhich manufactures outdoor advertising) or a piece of special for pools and ponds. They are much stronger (but more expensive).
The protruding ends of the film are touched around the walls of your pond, decorated with stones. The pond device is completed, further - decoration and plant landing. See how to make a tire pond in the photo report.
The next stage of the production of a mini-pond for summer cottages - decoration of edges by stones
That's certainly nothing complicated in such a device. Such a reservoir in the country can build anyone, and the attachments are minimal.
In general, mini-ponds make from tanks, barrels, saucepan, even flower Gorshkov. The main thing is that there is a corps, and it is not very difficult to arrange it: gradually experiences experience. Put them in the garden, at the cottage, near the house. It is possible to bring water, to make a stream, it can be diluted under trees, such as shrubs. And beauty and benefit at the same time.
We make a pond with a film
Creating this artificial pond from the film, you almost exactly repeat the work described above, only without installing the bowl:
- mark the form of the future pond;
- digging the pit, forming, if necessary, ledges;
- clean the bottom from any acute items: roots, stones, etc.;
- align the shores of your pond;
- spread the waterproofing film;
- fill in water pond;
- fix the edges of the film;
- decorate.
The country pond, created by this technology can be more solid sizes. Important moment: On the bulk soil, make it easy to do and put the film will not work. You will have to invent some kind of activities to strengthen the shores. In this case, you will have to or put a bowl, or to make a more serious structure - from brick or concrete. Next, consider examples of how to make a pond from the film.
First project: Board Vrowning with a soil
Eight simple steps And your reservoir on the cottage is built. How to dig and equip the pond in the country, make it look like a natural look in the photo report.
Second project: Board raised
The second version of the homemade pond in the first stages is built almost as first. Only after the depth of the pit has reached the project, the side lifted, laying on the edge of the brick and slaining. It turned out with raised sides. Another water circulation system is still made. It is presented in the figure below.
As you can see, this pond is more multi-layered and litter it is more serious. If you want to have a reservoir at least medium sizes and do not build a serious bowl, you can act as shown in the figure: to squeeze the cut-made sand, cover, and only on top to put the film. Geotextile evenly distributes the load and does not allow to germinate by plants. This is especially true if you build a pond in the garden and have shrubs or trees nearby.
Serious projects: from brick and concrete
If you want to have a big pond in the country, and you wish to build it with your own hands, you will have to study the topic for the construction of the pools. First, the construction of cups - one to one repeats all the stages. Even the forms are sometimes done stepwise. True, the shores are not executed by plants, and they do not plant them in the pool itself ... But the process of construction, with reinforcement, plaster, waterproofing is the same. Moreover, the water supply and water purification system is also similar. Except that the ponds do not use chemical methods Cleaning, but filters, scremmers and ultraviolet can be used.
In general, the big pond is the cheapest pleasure. Moreover, expenses require only construction, but also maintaining a large reservoir in a normal state: the filters need to be cleaned regularly and change cartridges or backfill. But pleasure, of course a huge ...
Not the biggest pond, but 10 bags of cement went on it, 30 sand bags (20 large and 10 small), hydrophobic additive - 5 packets so that concrete is water-repellent. Mained on fixed grid
Plants for the pond
Forming or choosing a bowl, consider not only its shape and depth. If you want plants into the pond, a swampy coastal area is necessary. If we form with a film using a film, you can make approximately such a profile as in the picture.
It is more convenient to do this if you squeeze the sand layer at least 15 cm thick. With it, you can make relief as you like. To work was easier and the film was not broken, in the sand lay geotextiles. This thin membrane is very durable on the gap. You can do what you want, and do not break it. By molding with its help the desired bottom relief, you can put the film and lay stones on it, pour water and plant plants for a pond at different levels.
In order for the water to be enough oxygen, you can plant Canadian, rogolnik and the shroud. They are in the photo below. Sit down into the water are aquatic plants.
Such a luxurious garden decoration can be made with your own hands in various stylistic directions. Also, the pond can be decorated with decorative streams, paths, neat coastline, etc.
Place for water branch
For the pond to have natural lighting, it is better to post it close to the house, from the south or east side, away from the plots, tightly planted with shrubs and fruit trees.
It is advisable to place a reservoir near the water source so that it is easier to fill it after cleaning it.
How to make a fence from plastic bottles with your own hands, as well as how to choose, read.
Shrub to create a living hedge.
Form and size
When choosing the size of the reservoir, you need to focus on the garden area. For example, 6 acres is better to construct a 3x3 m structure with a depth of 80 cm or 2x2 m with a depth of 50 cm.
If the pond is planned to launch fish and other aquatic inhabitants, water spaces will have to expand, otherwise the inhabitants do not survive in close space.
Choosing a form, you need to be based on personal preferences and stylistic features Plot. It is naturally looking for the design of a drop-shaped or beseband form. For garden sites with elevation drops, designers advise to consider the options for small creeks with streams.
Choosing the Basics for Pond
When the place and sizes of the pond are selected, you need to decide on its basis. To build a pond at the cottage from:
Step-by-step instructions for creating
To create an artificial pond with your own hands, you need to qualitatively perform several stages of work. Before that, you need to prepare the necessary materials:
- pVC coating;
- small gravel;
- rope;
- stone slabs;
- round stones;
- sand;
- bricks.
To create an artificial reservoir, you need to adhere to step by step instructions:
You can also see how to make a film pond with your own hands on this video:
A small artificial pond can be made from an old bath. It is installed in the pit, pre-closing the drain hole. The inner boards are treated with glue for ceramic tiles with paint. On the perimeter of the container put the grid of the chain, the cement-sand mixture is applied to it, and from above - various decorative elements - Stones, tiles, gravel, etc.
Decoration
When the main part of the work is completed, you can move to the decorative stage.
Stones and water
If there are cobblestone stones, they can be postponed perimeter and bottom.
It is important to remember that only stones can be laid on the bottom. acute cornersEspecially if the base is made of film.
Water poured from the hose weak jet. Within 2-3 weeks, the liquid may be muddy - this is a biological process, then water will become transparent and clean.
To maintain these qualities, you can start tadpoles that feed on algae and filter water.
How to plant and care for the Dolphinium in the garden, find out. Additional decorations
The pond can be equipped with underwater illumination that will look spectacular in the dark.
You can also install mini-spotlights. For this use LED and halogen lamps. To make fountains, you will need special surface and underwater pumps.
Using the backlight in the pond - modern design solution
Living in the pond
If you want to settle the pond fish, create for them the necessary conditions habitat
The pond without vegetation and livelihood will soon lose its aesthetic appearance.
That is why landscape designers advise you to think in advance who will dwell in the reservoir. For example, at the bottom you can land high species of plants, lotuses, pita, rod.
Before buying fish, you need to clarify the conditions for their habitat. It is important to remember that some species will be entrited with each other and will not be able to survive on one territory.
Pond care in summer and winter time
Summer is a period of active vegetative growth, so you need to follow the plants planted in the pond and next.
It is necessary to remove the graced algae, they can be used in the country area as fertilizers and mulch. Blooming in the water branch of the plant in the summer months feather the means of prolonged action. Weeds growing on the shore regularly remove.
From June to August, you can plant exotic plants: whitefall, lotus, lazihiton, water salad, saber.
It is important not to forget about constant control of water quality.
The pond, in which amphibians and fish are not inhabited, in front of the winter you can dry and hide the garden film.
If there are inhabitants, it includes the anti-icer before the first frosts.
Preface
The variants of creating ponds in the country with their own hands a great set: someone uses sweater materials, and if desired and sufficient level, skills can be erected and solid, monolithic design.
Required tools and materials
Concrete mixerBituminous masticBulgarianA rockBrushShovelMaster OKA hammerknifeGlovesSandPolypropylene pipesPolyethylene filmAxCementCrusheden
Building
The variants of creating ponds in the country with their own hands a great set: someone uses sweater materials, and if desired and sufficient level, skills can be erected and a solid, monolithic design. Here you will learn how to make a reservoir from auto strokes, how to create a pond with an alpine mini-slide, as well as how to equip a landscape with waterfall in the garden.
How to make in the country the pond of the tire (tires) do it yourself
In order to make the pond from the tire in the country with their own hands, you will need the following materials and tools:
- old shell;
- old car tire;
- shovel;
- crushed stone;
- sand;
- polyethylene film;
- decorative rock;
- pump and hoses;
- water plants.
To create a two-level pond from the tire with your own hands, you can take an old tire from the rear wheel of the tractor (it can be searched onto the tire fitting) and the usual old shell.
Look at the photo - bunk ponds at the cottage, made with your own hands, look very impressive in the finished form, although it is somewhat more complicated than the usual reservoir:
In addition to these main parts of the design, the durable polyethylene film (preferably black), a special pump and a garden hose, as well as finishing material taste.
Before making a tire pond with your own hands, you need to prepare the bus: gently cut on one side lateral part so that it turns out a kind of pool with a hole in the middle. This hole must be embedded using cold welding For rubber and chopped slices of rubber (you can use that material that remained during the circumcision of one of the side parts of the tire).
Next, it is necessary to put a tire on the site and outline on the ground its contour. To dig by the contour of the pit, to form 10 cm to form a drainage layer, and in depth - by 20 cm. To make a tire pond, the bottom of the future reservoir should be covered with a layer of rubble (15 cm) and a layer of sand (5-7 cm ). Next, a tire is placed in the pit.
Then it follows a solid web plastic film to cover the entire bus, maximizing the film all the recesses and leaving along the edges of 60 cm for another 60 cm. Inside the tire, the film must be pressed by stones. The same needs to be done outside. After that, it is necessary to pour water so that the film is fully dealt.
Next, when creating a pond from a tire, you need to fix the ends of the film under the bus, pick up and fall asleep free space between the tire and the walls of the pit wet sand. It will be a kind of drainage layer and at the same time, the retainer for the film that guarantees the absence of leaks in the future.
How to make a pond with your own hands in several levels? For the formation of the second level, an old shell is used. On one side of the tires you need to form a slide of decorative stone So that the slope, directed towards the tire, was gentle, and at the very top there was a sink playground.
When laid out stones, it is necessary to place inside the design of the segment of the garden hose, through which the water will flow into the sink, and in the form of a waterfall to drain along the slope back to the lower pond. To do this, it is necessary to install the sink so that its edge, through which the water will flock on the slope slope, was a bit with a slope.
As can be seen in the photo, in the pond with their own hands you can set the pump at the top, reagreeing it with a bush or a large stone:
Stones that make up the hill can be fixed with help, while trying to make it so that the traces of the hitch are not visible outside.
Boots of the upper and lower pond on the cottage from the tires with their own hands should be decorated with the same stone from which a stone slide is made. The lower reservoir needs to be labeled larger stones, and the top is small. The inner surface of the sink is also necessary to decorate pebbles with sand, using special glue for attachment. When creating a pond on a plot at the bottom of a large reservoir, you should post a few large stones, then sprinkle river sand. Gorge with already planted aquatic plants It is very convenient to place among the stones, then they will not be noticeable.
Such a pond can even be decorate with aquarium fish, and the upper small reservoir to arrange with algae or hanging down plants.
Video "Pond do it yourself from tires" will help you better understand the technology of making a decorative reservoir:
Pond with alpine slide with their own hands and photo of the pond
To make an alpine slide with a pond with your own hands, it is better to use a natural gentle slope with a deepening under it.
For work it will take the following material:
- waterproof waterproofing material for a reservoir bottom device (butyl achephonic rubber or PVC film UV);
- geometro;
- large pebble;
- aquacles (for fixing stones);
- tiled plane with orange edges;
- sand and crushed stone;
- pumping installation and hoses.
For the Alpine slide and the pond, with their own hands, you first need to prepare a place for the device of a cascade pond, you need to dig a hole in the size of the pond, sprinkle with its sand, tamper. Then you should schedule the cascade.
Next, it is necessary to strip the box for a geometroome pond, then a waterproofing material. Decorating the bottom and detached shores of the pond with a large pebble. If the slope is gently (15-25 °), then the stones do not need to be fixed, and if the slope is larger, then the stones must be fixed with special glue (type Fix-all).
After that, you can fill the pond with water to check its level and the formation of the coastline.
Now it should be proceeded to build a cascade. First, it is necessary to level the slope by creating a sand pillow with a given slope. To create the appearance of natural water drain, you can make a slope of just a few degrees or give it a kind of sheer slope.
Then, when creating an alpine slide with a pond, you need to build a bed with your own hands, choosing sand to the desired depth. The choice will depend on the number of the stages of the cascade, as well as their length and the total length of the channel. For the device steps, it is recommended to use tangled plane with the edges so that it does not damage the waterproofing film. Under each step, you need to create a mini-foundation from rubble, extinguishing the horizontal level. Next of the sand you need to form sides.
After that, you need to remove the plane from the stage, cover the rush with waterproofing, then return the plate into place, consolidating it with aquacle so that the gaps remained under the stones.
Next, you need to install pumping equipment. Its parameters will depend on the size of the cascade and pond, stream power. The flow can be stormy, medium and weak. After installing the equipment you need to make a trial start. If the water flow envelopes the stones, it is necessary to trim the barrage ends these stones, then the water will break away from them without leaving the limits of the artificial channel.
In conclusion, you can decorate the bed of the stream with stones and plants, first of all, to cover the pump in the pond, cable and hoses.
When placing an alpine slide and a pond located on a dry area, water-marsh plants can be used, selecting the most relevant on each other. For landscaping around the pond and slides, it is better to use herbaceous plants, coniferous and deciduous shrubs. Speected here will look at the plants with an attractive form: Apple Tabs, Iva Goat, Karagan Tree, European larch. Thuja Danika will suit the conifer, the juniper horizontal, miniature species of firs and pines. On the edge of the reservoir, you can send azalia and rhododendron, low varieties of barbaris, laptic shrub, hydrangea hydrangea.
But you should not sit too much plants, otherwise they will distract attention from the main composition - a cascade with a reservoir.
Here you can see photos. alpine Gork With water bodies made with their own hands on the garden plot:
How to make a landscaped pond with a waterfall with your own hands (with a photo)
This variant of a small artificial pond is very simple in fulfillment and inexpensive, because, firstly, the water will take not so much space on the plot. Secondly, it will be used homemade filter Water purification. Thirdly, the bowl of this reservoir with a waterfall is made on the basis of the finished plastic container. With all this, the pond will be perfectly equipped with the habitat in it, and also decorated with backlight.
To create a pond with a waterfall in the country, the following materials will be required to be required:
- plastic capacity by 500 l;
- pump (with such power to raise a water column by 3 m, but can be less) and hoses;
- pelvis (for filter) at 20-30 l;
- building waste (broken brick, rubbank, boot and pieces of concrete);
- river sand;
- armature for the base of the slide (you can use old lattices);
- ceresit adhesive mixture CM 117;
- lighting (for example, street lamp in the form of a ball with an energy-saving pink or blue lamp);
- wires, street double switch and socket;
- lugansk stone;
- pebbles (for sucking);
- containers for underwater planting plants and plants themselves.
Tools for the manufacture of an artificial water branch with a waterfall with their own hands will require the following:
- pick;
- shovels;
- master OK;
- putty knife;
- boom levels;
- passatia;
- screwdriver;
- screwdriver;
- perforator.
Work on the creation of a dacha pond begins with plastic container installation. After choosing a place under the pond, you need to make marking and dig up the pit. At the bottom of the pit it is necessary to pour sand, to dissolve in terms of the level and set the container. The cavities between the walls of the pit and the container should be poured with wet sand, simultaneously filling with water pond.
Before making a pond with a waterfall with your own hands, you need to build a roller base. To do this, you need to catch the earth, to lay the reinforcement on top, and already lay out a broken brick, rubbank, boot and pieces of concrete, forming steps to the hill under the waterfall from the Lugansk stone.
With the device of such a pond in the country, you remember that the stages of the cascade should be horizontal, otherwise the water will flush one edge. From the top step to the bottom there is a slight bias of 3 °.
How to make a filter for a pond in the country with your own hands using a pelvis? To do this, at the bottom of the capacity (not touching the bottom itself) must be made. horizontal hole About 15-20 cm long and 12 cm width. In this opening you need to push the edge of the first cascade. The remaining place should then be filled with a solution and smooth up so that the stock turns out to the first step. Next, it is necessary to wash the surface with waterproofing solution, and when it dries, 3-4 stones are 5 cm high, cover top with a flat stone, piece of iron or plastic. On the low part The filter must be poured crushed stone, and put a synthetic hyprofhen from above. Then you can hold the hose from the pump. The apparent top one after that you need to decorate pebbles.
As a result, a small geyser should turn out: the water from the pump, located on the bottom of the pond, will swing on the hose, then go out and through drainage to filtered, and then focus on the cascades back into the pond.
With the device of such a pond with their own hands on the pump site it is better to put on the bottom on the brick. You can set a bowl with a stone with a solution. Next, you need to connect the pump through a double street switch, and next to the lighting. The base of the lantern can be installed on a flat stone, consolidating silicone and inserting an energy-saving lamp in it. Holes under the network wire and fastening is also better to "ask for".
It remains only to decorate a stone, marine pebbles, plant decorative vegetation and launch fish in the pond.
Decorative artificial reservoir with waterfall with their own hands
Here you can get acquainted with another one step by step instructions Create a pond with your own hands equipped with a waterfall.
For this solid design, it will be necessary to make a large bowl of cement (with an area of \u200b\u200bat least 10 m2), then chop it with a stone.
Decorative water with waterfall with their own hands is created on the basis of an artificially constructed wall height of 7 m. So in this case there will be a significant amount of material, and the costs of forces, but the result will be capital durable designwhich will serve not one generation.
Of course, it would be possible to make a cup of a pond with a waterfall with their own hands and significantly smaller sizes, but, given the size of the entire design and the height of the waterfall, this construction would be badly looked in general. And in the large water reservoir water will constantly hold on at the level. If the design of the pump with good filters is for the design, then the fish can be launched in the reservoir, which will feel even in winter here, because the deep pond will not freeze to the bottom.
To create such a pond with their own hands, the following material will be required:
- primer deep penetration Ceresit st 17;
- waterproofing mixture Ceresit CR 65;
- ceresit adhesive mixture CM 117;
- cement;
- sand;
- natural stone arbitrary shape (pebbles, torn stone);
- coarse ends (fingers) and quartzite;
- waterproof pump in 7 m;
- food hose.
With any capital construction, it is desirable to use the material of one brand, then there will be a complete guarantee that all elements of the design are securely fixed.
As can be seen in the photo, the pond with a waterfall with their own hands is performed in several stages. First you need to build an artificial wall under the waterfall. It is made from cement mortar. It requires formwork for it. The wall is constructed in several stages, starting with the lower wide platform, the stage is made higher, etc. One side of the slide will be flat, and the second with small protrusions, sophisticated to the top. To create this artificial roller, it is necessary to do a very thick solution. Then the slide must be left to complete drying so that the solution is fully hardened.
At the next stage of the creation of a landscaping pond with their own hands, a bowl of the reservoir is constructed. You need to dig up the pit on the specified size, make a bowl from the solution, which should be very thick, but the most elastic, because the bowl will be done manually. In order for the latter not cracked with time under the influence of moisture, it is recommended to add special hydrophobic tools into the solution.
After the whole design freezes (it will take 2 days), it should be applied to its surface 2-3 layers of the waterproofing mixture Ceresit CR 65. In the construction process, before pouring a bowl of concrete, you need to stretch the hose from the very deep place in the bowl, There will be a pump, to the most elevated point of the waterfall wall, where water will flow.
After that, you can proceed to the trim of the reservoir and the slide of the stone. First, it is necessary to thoroughly clean the entire design from dirt and dust, and then apply 1-2 layers of deep-rotating primer Ceresit Article 17. Only in this case the design will be ready for the design of the stone.
To glue the stone, the adhesive mixture of Ceresit cm 117 will be needed. Start this process follows from the side walls, moving towards the front part.
The side wall should be faced with "fingers" with elements of torn stone. It is very important to observe the approximate horizontal. It is also important to prevent sharp depressions and bulges. Present natural View It will only be possible if the effect of the smoothly wagging walls is reached, although you can add slightly to non-standard attacks, but in moderation.
The facial side of the waterfall with steps is made mainly of torn stone. On the sides, it must be tightly connected to the facesties. Stones need to glue one to another, bottom up.
You can add a little pebbles for a variety and large bright stones. Special attention It is necessary to give to the sides - they must be without cracks so that water does not flow outside the waterfall. This is a very thin and painstaking job.
The reservoir also needs to be chopped by a large pebbles. Start glue the stone follows from the bottom of the bowl in the direction upwards.
For a pump, it is recommended to make from pebbles "Fortress" from small stones, where it can then be hidden, and top to cover with sandstone with a cover. It should be remembered that the pump must be pulled out in the winter. Therefore, it should be done so that he freely stretched out of his house.
First, the water will be dirty, so it is necessary to pull the hose from the little mackerel on top of the hose and send to the side, turn on the pump to circulate water so that it is cleaned.
In the future, water can be decorated with water plants, launch fish and snails, arrange a backlight and enjoy the creation of your hands.
Water cascade with reservoir and stylized platform for recreation
This project is also more convenient to embody if there is a steep slope on the site. However, if there is no such, you will have to create it artificially. This structure differs from the previous one not so much by dimensions as the elements constituting the entire design. It is planned to perform a whole platform paved decorative tile from riping edges.
One side of the site should be framed by a high wall of stone in the form semi-hired with descending steps, located closer to the middle of the site, where it is finally equal to the level of land. In the central part of this wall, a cascade waterfall should be arranged: the water will fall into a small bowl below, and then flow to the reservoir. This is the central part of the ensemble. On both sides of the stream and the reservoir on the site, paved tiles, you can equip the recreation area with sun beds for adoption solar baths or table and benches for recreation, playground or garden with exotic plants in ads
Of course, it will take at least 20 m2 and a lot of money and forces to create such aquatorria. country plot It will turn into a real resort, and the trip to the cottage will acquire a new meaning.
For the construction of this design, several coilers of cement will be required, sets of natural stone different flowers and sizes, some red brick and sand, pumping installation, ready capacity For a water branch, a platform tile (combined with finishing stone Waterfall and walls), plants and other decor elements - to taste and depending on the purpose of this site.
Initially, you need to choose a place, make markup, clear the ground, then dig a hole under the pond and a shallow trench for the stream. You also need to dig a trench for the foundation of the vertical wall, from which the slope of the cascade will begin. After that, it is necessary to make a foundation, falling asleep with a trench by broken bricks, fragments of ceramic tiles, after which to pour all cement mortar. As soon as the foundation hardens, it will be possible to start the construction of the wall. In this case, it is performed from the brick, and the outside is laid out with a natural stone. The wall should be built in the form of a semicircle.
Then you need to lay out a niche for pumping equipment, Install it and disguise niche.
Next are performed water systems. You need to arrange a system of pipelines for the water cycle. A niche with a pump in the wall is ready, now you need to dig a trench for pipes and install artificial reservoirs. One reservoir should be located right at the foot of the slope, where the waterfall water will come, the other is a bit away. A small plastic barrel will be used as a first tank, for the second reservoir you need to use a shallow container, but wider, with a free line of the shore. Capacities should be installed in the pit prepared for them, building a drainage pillow and waterproofing. Next, you need to make a winding trench from the first small reservoir to the second. This duct also needs to be protected by waterproofing.
All water pipes at this stage need to be installed and hide under the ground. The pumping system will take water from the last reservoir and transmit to the upper part of the waterfall. On the way, the water will be cleaned by the filtration system, will fall into the slides in steps into a small reservoir, from there - to transfix the stream in a large, gathering into the plums to the pump and come to the waterfall.
When the basis of the structure is built, you can proceed to the construction site. It should be careed with flat stones with torn edges, laying the material on the sandy base - on the principle of laying a paving slaves.
It is possible to build several clubs during paving the site, in which the moisture-loving plants will then be planted, and you can face the entire platform without recesses, and the plants are then installed in the tubs along the coastline of the waterfall and stream.
In any place of the construction, if you wish, you can install lamps, then all settles in accordance with the appointment of this recreation area.
Watch the video "Pond in the country with your own hands" before starting to build a structure:
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How to make an artificial reservoir with your own hands?
Varieties of artificial reservoirs
Before starting large-scale work and equip the whole lake with your own hands, you need to think about which goal is the construction of a pond in the country area. In terms of functionality exists four types of reservoir:
Given your capabilities and goals, you can determine the geometry of the pond, its parameters and location.
Water-style style
Water can be made in two versions With many different modifications.
- Regular or formal reservoir. This is a design that has a rigidly specified form. Wherein right form more suitable for plots that are withstanding in high-tech styles, minimalism or modern or in classic style. Together with rectangular shapes, broken, square and round, also belong to the formal type of water.
- Landscape reservoir. The most popular option, as it has an irregular shape, its appearance has the effect of proximity to nature and the flight of fantasy creators is not limited.
An important point to which you want to pay attention to, picking up the style of the reservoir is relief area. A smooth surface allows you to make a pond of any configuration. The irregularities and differences will require much attention, but make it possible to create a pond cascade or a waterfall.
You can raise the pond in the ground above the ground and do it yourself. But honors in the technology of work is the construction of a foundation, which allows you to prevent the pond concrete bowl.
The high reservoir is simpler in care, minimizes earthworks and is suitable for families with children (the edge is equipped with railings and fence). This pond can be built near the covered terrace by making it a place of rest and part of the landscape design.
For this you need tax factors:
Pond sizes
It is impossible to argue that a large reservoir is a luxury, and little pondiK - This is the opportunity to save or a budget option. Everyone has it their advantages. Therefore, let's stop at the main points:
- Length and width. Determined by the physical possibilities of the person and the size of the site.
- Dimensions. Depend on the location of the reservoir. There are often advice on what area is obliged to occupy water - 4-15% of the entire area of \u200b\u200bthe plot.
- Depth. Depends on the purpose of the structure and dimensions of the reservoir.
Material for water branch
Today the market offers many building materials for the construction of a pond. And the craftsmen recommend to make a reservoir with their own hands from the girlfriend, it makes it possible to build a small pond in the country without a lot of material costs.
We describe the materials that are suitable for the construction of the reservoir with their own hands.
Concrete Bowl. Pretty expensive option, but allows to operate with a reservoir for quite a long time. The use of concrete is an option that is more suitable for the establishment of the pool.
Plastic Bowl. The most popular option. The form made from PVC makes it possible to quickly spend all the work on the device. Purchased bowl makes it possible to make a pond in three stages: dug the pit, put the bowl and fill the sand cavities.
Polymer film. Gives infinite features In terms of choosing a pond. The most accessible I. simple material In this category, the film from polyethylene is considered. It is cheap and affordable, but serves for a short time.
Equipment and tools
In order to build a simple pond in the country with your own hands, you need to prepare pegs, cord, level, truck for the export of land, shovel, watering hose.
For capital reservoir in the country will need special equipment:
- Pump. It makes it possible to equip water under pressure. It is used for watering the garden, injection / pumping of water, arrangement of waterfalls, fountains, filters;
- Filter for cleaning. Montage of the filter in the ponds where the fish lives.
- Compressor. Required for plants and fish. Aeration satures oxygen water;
- Sterilizer. Required to eliminate algae.
Construct a pond with your own hands
As clearly, the materials that allow you to make a very much pond. We will look at how to make a pond from PVC film. The choice is explained by the fact that the film is quite affordable, it is better to take shape, the work will not require special skills.
How to choose a water reservoir film?
Coloring films:
Selecting the film, you need to pay attention to:
- thickness. For the reservoir fits a film with a thickness of more than 0.5 mm;
- structure. PVC is stronger, polyethylene is more fragile;
- resistance to ultravioleti;
- resistance to damage.
Bonding film occurs with the help of special glue (For example, Tangit PVC-U).
Scheme and sketch
Before making your own hands in the country, you need to find schemes and photos of water bodies, make a sketch on paper, and transfer it to the soil. You should also specify the width and depth of the shelves under the steps or plants. This reception will give the opportunity to avoid problems during the reservoir arrangement. Make marking more comfortable sand or garden hose.
Digger Kotlovana.
The arrangement of the pit in itself includes:
- deleting turf;
- digging pit. Dig better from the edge to the middle, gradually deepening at the necessary sites;
- removal of soil, as well as stones, roots, construction garbage and what can break the film.
During earthworks, it is necessary to ensure that the shores are on the same line. If you decide to make a waterfall, you need to withstand the required height difference.
Failure of the substrate
Then, when the pit is made, its walls and bottom are tamped, go to waterproofing. It is necessary that the water does not succeed in the soil. There are several ways to create a substrate:
Flooring film
The right flooring of the film does not exclude the arrangement of the sandy layer. According to experts, this pillow makes it possible to avoid probability film damage to stones or roots.
Taking into account the relief of the shores and the bottom, any person will face the fact that the film will begin to fit the folds. Moreover, users recommend making one big fold than a lot of small. The fold can be glued to the main film or pushed by stones.
The main thing is that the film is on the surface of the pit without stretching. Otherwise, after filling the reservoir, it can stretch and break. To secure the film, it is enough to make auxiliary trench. Setting the film, you can fix it with rails and fall asleep with gravel. Then, when the film is on the floor, the stones are placed in the pita.
At the end of work, the boiler is filled with water. At the same time, it is necessary to submit it without pressure on the center of the pit. Only after the water in the pit is imagined for several days you can cut a film.
The reservoir will be a full part of the design only when it is finalized. In order to make a pond in the country, it is natural or decorative to arrange with water, you can:
Reservoir Care:
- mutted water that keeps over several weeks, with time it goes to the bottom. In addition, the biological activity of fish will quickly make it transparent;
- leaf protection can provide a construction from the mesh on the frame;
- to increase water levels, it is necessary to fill it from time to time (hose without a large water pressure or bucket);
- to clean the water from the leaves come in handy;
- lached plants to put into the house or stroke from the cold;
- it is necessary to monitor the growth rate of algae to limit them to limit, can be landed with nymph or rogo;
- algicides - emergency cleaning method. Due to high toxicity, it does not need to be treated without a big need;
- periodic cleaning will allow remove bottom garbage.
Preparation for winter
A reservoir where the plastic bowl is based on, as the bowl can withstand significant temperature differences. And so that the bowl cannot be deformed from the pressure, which is created by ice, it is enough to place a pair of empty plastic eggplants into the container. Bottles need to close tight. To avoid deformation of the bowl, grabs 1 eggplants per 1 square meter. Meter bowl.
And what to do, who has a film reservoir? If its depth exceeds the depth of the soil freezing, then you can not worry. To preserve small reservoirs, you can also use empty eggmarkets.
In this article, we looked at all the main points of the pond building with their own hands, ranging from the idea, an example photo and completing the departure. We hope that we gave you confidence in your power and dispel all doubts. Dare! And by the summer you will have a magnificent aqueous area in the country area.
The pond in the garden is a wonderful place to relax a sultry summer day. Those lucky, the villages of which are located on the banks of the river or the lake, is incredibly lucky. If there is no natural reservoir, you will have to build an artificial pond yourself.
We plan an action plan
To begin with, we will try to figure out where to position the man-made reservoir in the country. It is advisable to take place for it even at the stage of designing the country area.
Photo: Marking of the territory under the decorative pond on the site
Users are often looking for:
The pond must necessarily meet the following criteria:
- to be in an open place - foliage and bruises from the trees will clog water, and the roots will damage the artificial bottom of the pond;
- do not fall under prolonged exposure to direct sunlight - constantly heated water provokes the rapid development of microorganisms and algae. The pond quickly lies and starts to exhibit an unpleasant shaft.
Photo: a small reservoir on a plot with a wooden bridge
We will not be able to provide an extension option over time the surface of the man-made lake. Perhaps mini-pond will want to transform into a full-fledged water complex - with a bridge and a small fountain.
Experienced builders recommend making a shallow pond - because it is used mainly as beautiful detail surrounding landscape. In addition, we immediately think about how to care for the reservoir. Make a convenient approach to the pond - of course, not through the garden or alpine slides.
Water will have to be changed independently, because it is not purified by naturally, as in natural lakes and rivers. Therefore, take care that the crane in the dacha is in the immediate vicinity of the artificial reservoir.
We choose the basic material
Before grabbed behind the shovel, decide that it will serve as a basis for an artificial pond. Standard solutions are several. Consider the advantages and disadvantages of popular options.
Reinforced concrete design
With this material you can create a durable pond. Bottom and shores, filled with concrete and fortified by reinforcement, will withstand various additional loads - installation of the fountain, for example, or sculptural compositions on the shores.
The laboriousness of the process makes inappropriate using this technology to build small water bodies or decorative Prudikov in the country. TO negative parties Such a solution includes the high cost of construction of the man-made lakes from reinforced concrete. We will have to use a lot of building materials, rent a special equipment. The dismantling of the structure will also cause difficulties, so it is immediately necessary to carefully consider the location of the pond.
PVC film
This is a budget solution for creating a simple country reservoir. The shape and depth of such a structure is easy to change, you can also expand or cut the dimensions. The pond with the base of PVC is often made seasonal - for example, fall asleep for the winter and re-equipped the spring.
By cons of such a solution include the fragility and disadvantage of the film coating - this material can be easily damaged, and with a tightness impairment, water from the pond will quickly go to the ground. Therefore, it is not recommended to swim or indulge in such home lakes, they are designed to decorate the country area.
Photo: Decorative reservoir with a bridge in the landscape design of the country area
Artificial store reservoirs
This option is the Golden Middle for those who dream of their own ponds and does not want to bother with materials for its creation. Store forms for artificial reservoirs Produced from durable and durable materials - polyvinyl chloride or fiberglass.
The last option is much more expensive. But the cost of such a product is compensated by high operational characteristics material. This form is easy to install independently, not attracting friends or acquaintances to the process. The lack of an option is that the catful will have to dig under the shape, and not vice versa.
At the same time, it is possible to use irregular relief to create natural coastal outlines. In addition, the method will cost much more expensive than the use of film or girlfriend. The photo below shows the finished form for the arrangement of the pond in the country.
We make reservoirs from progress materials
Another interesting option - The use of various tanks that have come into disrepair. Old cast iron baths, trough, Vagani - all unnecessary packaging is useful for construction.
The advantages of this method are that the standard forms do not have to buy cumbersome reinforced concrete structures. The disadvantages include the low decorativeness of old tanks - you will have to show fantasy and skills to make from the old trough, for example, a small japanese-style reservoir.
Tire Mini Pond
For those who do not have enough space in the country, Master-craftsmen recommend using a simple and comfortable tire pond. The old car rubber is cheered, inside the film, and the banks of the mini-reservoir are drawn up at their own request.
The resulting result sometimes surprises even experienced landscape designers - the finished reservoir in the country becomes an exclusive detail pricework. For example, who will say that this reservoir in the photo is made of old automotive tire?
Boiler
After the material is selected, the time comes to start earthworks. Best do it in the summer when groundwater Maximum go away. The depth of the pit is calculated based on the material selected as the basis. If this is a ready-made form or an old bath, digging is 20-30 cm deeper than the container parameters.
If the construction of a PVC film pond is planned, the dig of about 80 cm will fall, since the fine reservoir will fully fill in the winter and will dry in the summer heat. For ponds from reinforced concrete digging a depth of over one and a half meters - here without special equipment can not do.
Film reservoir
When the pit is ready, it remains to clean the bottom and the sides of the future mini-lake make small terraces of a depth of about a third of meters and a width of up to 20 cm. The bottom of the reservoir is torn, the stones, crushed stone, pebbles, extraneous items. The purified surface of the pits sprinkle with washed sand and lined with geotextile web. Such training bottom will significantly increase the strength and service life of the coating.
The next step is to lay a film. The size of the canvase is calculated so: it is necessary to make the length of the coastline with a twin reservoir depth. The material is fixed on terraces with a margin of about 50 cm. The laid film is laid by bricks or stones - it is done to save the shape.
Then fill the pond with water, check the tightness of the film and begin work on the design of the coastline. Do not stand too quickly cutting the remaining film under bricks. It will serve as a hydrogermetics when building a scene.
We erese a pond from old capacity
For the arrangement of the village mini-lake from unnecessary bath Or another package will be needed:
- a piece of grid-riving;
- a little rubble;
- decorative stones;
- aluminum models or steel wire;
- cement, sand or finished concrete mix.
After the recovery is dug and the bath is installed in it (below the ground level of centimeters by 30), proceed to the arrangement of the coastline. To do this, all over the perimeter of the future pond remove the top layer of the soil with a width of at least 40 cm and dig a trench, the depth of which comes to the top edge of the installed capacity.
To give the naturalness of the man-made lake on the bottom and the walls of the baths are applied glue for tiles. After processing, Tara is allowed to dry well - usually it takes at least two days.
Then all over the perimeter, the bathtub is laid by a chain grid, which is necessary for the reinforcement of the sides and the bottom of the pond. A concrete solution is applied to it or sand-cement mixture And they give to dry. Next comes a turn decorative decoration Shores: Plant landing, stones decoration, paths of paths, installation of figures and other design techniques.
Themed Material:
Pond from finished shape
Prepared for a reservoir, beware cleaned from branches, lands and other garbage. The bottom and walls of the pit are tamped. If there is too bulk soil in the country, they are strengthened. For the finished form is important perfect smooth surface pitted The plane is aligned with the construction level.
The bottom of the future pond falls asleep with clean washed sand, which is also tumped. Such a layer ensures the integrity of the finished form.
After that, the container is placed in the pit and poured water. Empty spaces between the sides of the shape and the walls of the pit are filled with sand, and they make it gradually. First, pour a layer with a thickness of 25-30 cm and watered with water. After the uniform distribution of sand, the action is repeated until the space between the installed bowl and the walls of the pit is repeated.
Conducting this procedure must, since the form for an artificial reservoir is rather fragile and easily deformed. Uniform pressure from all sides will prevent curvature.
After 24 hours, they check the gap between the capacitance sides and the walls of the pit: if there are emptiness - sand in them. Then they pump out water from the pond, finally wash the shape and poured with clean water.
The final stage is to decorate the finished mini-lake at its discretion. There are no strict rules and trends here. Just do so that the country's dacha brings pleasure and joy. After all, it is for this that it is installed.