CELLAR HEATED

The construction of the cellars starts with the Foundation. To do this, the perimeter of digging a trench with a depth of 30— 40 cm and a width of 70-80 cm On the outer side of the trenches set the plate of foam with a height of 30-40 cm If only packing foam, its pre-wrapped with roofing material. Installing such plates are pursuing two goals: prevent the freezing floor of the cellar in the winter and penetration of rodents. After the installation of the insulation trench is filled with sand to 10-15 cm above ground level. Then, on the surface, a few larger cellars, on the sand put a waterproofing from two or three layers of plastic film or roofing material. Top waterproofing is also filled with sand and a surface level.

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Flush storage shed

Flush storage shed

Aquifers we lie a meter or two from the soil surface. The construction of a magnificent cellar in such circumstances turns into an impossible task. Meanwhile, out of this situation is quite simple: it is necessary to acquire … storage shed. The design of this original store edible inventory, invented in ancient times gardeners “soaking wet” Petersburg, remained largely unchanged.
 

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THE EJECTOR CHIMNEY

EJECTOR IN THE CHIMNEY

What good is forge from the point of view of the Stoker? Of course, the “blower” to burn any fuel to the ground. But if someone dares to apply Gornova blast in his home oven, the smoke, who will climb from all cracks, quickly forced to abandon a quick decision. Not the best way to behave of an air injection system and the boiler. Especially where a low calorie fuel is used.

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SUN TERRACE

SUN TERRACE

The idea to build the terrace was inspired by the vacant greenhouse dimensions 3×4 m of the old wooden window frames, which stood idle for the second summer season. No need for her was no more, because needs of the family was missing one big greenhouse. The family Council decided to build in its place an open terrace with a transparent roof.

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THE DOM-MODULE

Amateur Builder V. N. Nazarov, who owns the project, is already familiar to our readers to interesting articles about the original room vegetable storage in the kitchen Cabinet, concrete mixer from the barrel, and country Desk-fireplace, was constructed on its site.A man of experience, V. N. Nazarov for several years has built 90 km from Moscow house in three levels, using only weekends and holidays. Realizing that it under force not to everyone, it offers the design of the house module, the main frame which was built with the help of construction companies, and wall and roof finishes would have to perform their own individual developer from available materials.

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A SIEVE WILL HELP

A SIEVE WILL HELP

From time immemorial came to us GRID (as defined by the famous Russian language dictionary by V. dal — “all non-continuous thing with skvoznoy, allowing spans”) and a SIEVE (“drum with mesh bottom for proshivki what the large sieve: a sort of box with a perforated bottom” — ibid.). Entering as an integral part of many machines and mechanisms, they do not seem to lose its relevance in its original form. Moreover, complement each other, gaining new qualities, as it is convincingly shown a thematic compilation of submissions received from Ukraine.

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COPTIS, FISH, SMALL AND BIG!

COPTIS, FISH, SMALL AND GREAT!

As you know, Smoking food in the smoke during the combustion of hardwood timber. Smoker is usually placed at some distance from the camera cold-smoked and connect their fireplace to the majority of the solid particles, tar and other substances produced in combustion and are considered carcinogenic, did not reach the future specialties, and settled on the walls of the chimney. If all this is done at home using improvised means, the smokehouse turns out bulky, and cooking of meats often goes with the violation of sanitary-hygienic norms.

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UNIVERSAL TRESTLES

UNIVERSAL WHEELS

Continue construction work in the country, whether harvested wood for heating furnace, or fireplace — here indispensable invariably acts as a traditional device, as is known to all goats. Typically, their construction is uncomplicated and they are made from scrap materials. This is usually not thick logs or timber, to which the cross nailed to four timber thinner so that they form an X-shaped supports, its upper portion at the same time serving as a kind of tool holders for sawn wood.

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RELIABLE “THE WAVE CHANNEL”

RELIABLE

The TV antenna type “wave channel” is popular even in remote rural areas. Easy to manufacture, it does not require complex tuning and matching with precisely proportional to the sizes of its elements — reflector, an active vibrator and Directors. The choice of the number of Directors of such antenna is possible within wide limits to vary the beamwidth and gain. In addition, the “wave channel” has a very small windage, which is important when installing a tall mast for DXing.

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SPINNING, SPINNING

SPINNING, SPINNINGWindmills vs birds and moles. We have cottages, and in villages was a big crop of cherries. But flocks of starlings raiding is not yet ripe fruit. People saved them as best they could: hung on the branches of the banks, clung to the bottle, strengthened mounts and strips of polyethylene. I decided to scare away the birds hoisted on a cherry tree big windmill.

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