THE GAZEBO OF THE SLAB

In a quiet corner of the garden of his manor house planted Douglas fir. Three years have passed. The tree grew, grew. And then came the idea to build a small gazebo that over time, the fir in a hot summer day will cover the shadow of its branches. At leisure even made a sketch of the structure. But, as is often the case, the embodiment of the idea was hampered by lack of materials, but rather the allocation of the family budget for their purchase, as the case was not so urgent. But the idea to give is not wanted. Began to ponder how to carry out the construction, so it was not expensive, but beautiful: the house — building rather for the soul, and finding it should be fun.

 

Collected all suitable material available: a few pine logs, timber, boards, slate.

 

The first of the four thick logs (diameter approximately 300 mm) cut down the tying, but to seal its details has not yet become. Near the fir-tree, in the intended for the construction of arbor place, the corners of the strapping spaced and dug pits of size 300×300 mm and a depth of the dense clay (about 600 mm). The pit was filled with sand to the surface of the earth with layer-by-layer compaction with watering water by hand with a tamper. On the sand cushion is laid four brick columns (height in two rows), the top lined with mortar to the same level, covered with roofing material and backing boards, impregnated with an antiseptic solution.

 

After that gathered the straps on the posts, cementing its logs with staples, made of steel reinforcing bar thickness of 10 mm. Timber is also treated with an antiseptic.

Next on the corners of the strapping put vertically to plumb the four corner log rack, securing temporary braces and then put them together the upper ends of the beams, spaced X-shaped (diagonally). Of logs thinner built of rafters in the form of a pyramid hip roof, propped them short center stand, turn it on with the cross beams.

 

 

 

 

 

For a more tight and reliable connection of wooden elements in places of their joints do various small cutting.

 

The rafters put sparse crate of unedged boards. At the end of the construction phase of the gazebo sawed from a broken slate sheets suitable pieces and spread them on the roof.

 

After some time I bought “firewood” the machine drum and most of a flat Board. After debarking, the alignment of edges and finishing obstrugivaniya with the inner side turned out great and even stylish cladding material! But just to beat the already prepared the planks did not, and put in a pile to dry. In late autumn, in frost, my son “presumably” trim. Jigsaw sawed the arch over open gates that gave the gazebo right after some classicism. Only the railings and entrance jambs made of high-quality Board-fifties, sawn into lumber.

Since most of slabs destined for firewood, has been used for the cladding of the gazebo, then had to buy another. However, this time the slab was not “wooden”, but rather “Brusova” (more one-dimensional in cross-section). But then, scrolling in the head options, I decided that it would be possible to make a floor in the gazebo.

 

In the winter of newly acquired seatrout have chosen the most appropriate Board. Folded neatly in a pile, it was dry until mid-summer, and then started making him a sex. Same floor for convenience, and decided to do a composite of the three shields.

 

 

Structural elements of the tent roof of the gazebo (inside view)

 

 

Finish the frame of the gazebo slab

 

 

Manufacturer of shield “deck flooring” floor

 

 

The walls of the gazebo of the slab (inside view)

 

 

The ledge in the middle of the shield sex

 

For a set of floor boards from the “lumber” slabs on a level clearing near the house he built the easiest slipway: put parallel to one another a couple of boards. Them smooth (sawn) surface, laid the first two bars and made them into the ends of the nails. In the same way, nailed the third rail, fourth, fifth … by Typing the desired width, ax trimmed to the same level places will have to lie on the timber strapping and the average beam-lag of the gazebo to a thickness of 50 mm.

 

The shield turned “face to the sun” and astragali completely hand planer. After that first shield was taken on a cart to the gazebo and put him on the spot.

 

In the same way gathered and rallied two shields. The middle shield has the width of the access opening and is slightly longer side to the ledge size-threshold, but it does not go beyond the projection of the overhang of the front edge of the roof.

 

After proshivki boards in place with nails came the final step: impregnation toned wall painting and brown floor, stacked. It should be noted that although the floor was also made from waste, but it looks like the deck flooring.

 

 

 

As it turned out, the floor of the gazebo was quite high above the ground, so I had to build a simple porch-step.

 

When the floor has dried up, the gazebo was made previously stood on the street garden sofa (material about him was published in the “Modeller-designer” No. 2 in 2010) and a small old factory production table. And if the sofa quite fit into the bare interior of the gazebo, the table looked to her like a foreign body. Had to take the upgrade.

 

This table was originally more of the fifties of the last century: plywood sliding top, wooden frame with legs, covered with beech veneer…

 

In summer, the table is often carried to the garden and put beside the couch for a celebratory dinner or just a family dinner, leaving sometimes at night.

As a result of the sudden rains and morning mists and abundant ROS, the whole “beauty” of the old table swelled and peeled off!