This element of decor as a bridge can often be found on sites whose owners want to add their territory for a more refined and original holiday. A successful solution to the paving design and the correct location of the bridge can more deeply reveal the landscape composition of the garden plantations. This detail in the overall decoration successfully completes or completes the already begun decoration in a certain style.
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Where is it better to arrange a bridge
If necessary or desired, the paved bridge can be arranged so that it will connect different zones of the garden relief. Sometimes, even with an absolutely flat surface of the land, do so-called "obstacles", over which they erect a bridge.
Garden bridges located above ravines, ponds or streams will serve and ferry through the "obstacle" and will become one of the most striking fragments of the garden garden decor.
This detail of the decor can either be ordered in a company specializing in manufacturing, or can be built by hand. Dimensions will depend only on individual needs, ideas and so on.
There are many kinds of garden bridges. The main criterion for their division can be considered their functional loading. In other words, some of them are designed to perform only decorative functions, and others to move on them.
Bridges, which are moving, are most often bridged where there is a need for a real overcoming of obstacles. For example, to go over the stream. The design of the bridge looks quite advantageous against the background of the watery surface and benches, while successfully completing the overall composition. For a long time writers and artists have been paying special attention to their work on describing nature and bridges. Quite often there are descriptions of the state of a person who is on a bridge, at rest and shadow from the trees surrounding the pool, admiring the water surface, looking at the inhabitants of the river or lake.
Metal bridges
Metal bridges can be made in different shapes and decorate them differently. For example, a modest, monosyllabic bridge will perfectly suit the modern design of the infield. Although metal - the material is cold, not all of the designs from it look "cold." Products when creating which is used forging and intricate or ornate ornament, look rather graceful and refined.
They will give the spring, blossoming garden of special beauty and elegance, emphasize the sophistication of the English style of lawns or become an interesting piece of design for a romantic garden. In addition, a variety of patterns and the original shape of the railings will give the metal bridge the opportunity to be unique. It is often enough to place metal figures of various animals near the forged bridges.
The influence of the environment on the metal creates patina patina, which will add the design of a certain charm. If desired, the design can be made from patinated metal. As a decoration of the handrail, you can use a vineyard made of metal or interwoven stems with blossoming flowers. That's how it will turn out an interesting, unique and original composition that fits perfectly into the overall decor of the homestead territory.
Is it possible to create a metal bridge with your own hands?
Immediately, it should be stipulated that the complete design of the metal bridge with one's own hand is impossible. In any case, the purchase of fragments from which the base of the bridge consists is required. Their manufacture by improvised means is unreal. These fragments have the appearance of curved beams on which metal or wood is laid and a bridge path is obtained. All other details are quite feasible to issue independently. Then practically all actions depend only on desires and possibilities.
In principle, there is an option to purchase a bridge assembly and spend only a few hours to mount it. But you can do it differently, while spending less money, but much more time. Spent a couple of days will go to:
- independent digestion,
- mounting mount,
- laying of floors and the like.
The final decor of the bridge will of course be completely dependent on the wishes of the owners. Fragments of design can be completely diverse: lanterns, living plants, pots, curved rails and the like.
Garden bridge forged
If you have enough money and want to have a forged bridge on your site, the best way to realize your dream will be to provide it to specialists.
Bridges for a garden with elements of forging are considered in landscape design - classical. In modern fashion it is quite popular and in great demand designs. Forged products, in addition to possessing a certain aesthetic charm, perfectly fit into all kinds of exteriors.
Metal bridge at the cottage advantages and disadvantages
First of all, any construction made of metal has the following positive characteristics:
- long term without problem operation
- in contrast to wooden products, does not need special care
- stability and reliability of the whole structure
- gracefulness and elegance of forged products, including garden bridges
- the possibility of creating from the source material an unusual and extravagant design that fits perfectly into any style.
But unfortunately there is a downside to the coin:
- the lack of the ability to create a similar product yourself (in any case, to create a forged product you need certain skills and experience, the availability of the necessary source material, equipment, etc.)
- high enough cost of the finished product
- a large weight of the structure, which requires a certain skill and technique.
Metal bridge - installation
Here we will talk about the case when the product is ordered, made and delivered. After that, it will have to be mounted by oneself.
If the bridge is made in such a way that does not imply a solid anchorage (the bridge to be moved), then the actions for erecting the garden bridge with their own hands will be reduced to ramming, leveling or strengthening the territory where it is planned to be installed.
If the bridge is made of metal, a thorough installation will be required. In this case, the self-action will be reduced to:
- alignment,
- ramming,
- the organization of the foundation-support of concrete and the analogy of the foundation, in which certain parts of the beams will be located or pillars-pillars of the bridge will be placed.
After a qualitative and correct installation of a metal frame with handrails, you can safely proceed with the laying of the flooring. When the planking is planned wooden - fastening of wooden steps takes place by means of drilled holes. The boards of a certain length and width must be prepared in advance.
When stone flooring is planned - in addition, formwork is made, concrete is poured, a layer of a certain thickness, taking the strength of the carcass into alignment and adhering to the original version of the idea. With high strength and correct manufacturing of the frame base, the flooring can be made paving tiles.
Some useful recommendations
- To prevent corrosion of the material, the metal parts of the bridge should be covered twice with a primer, then with a paint and varnish coating.
- Forged fragments of black metal are covered with a special protective varnish.
- Parts that will have direct contact with the ground are treated with bitumen waterproofing.
- To avoid noise when moving on the bridge, it is best to do the flooring on it from wood. Laying boards should leave spaces between them, allowing rain water to drain.
- For the reinforced concrete monolithic bridge additional protection measures will not be required. The foundation for such a construction will be needed more powerful, the bridge itself is recommended to be molded in the formwork at a pre-prepared location - otherwise it may be necessary to use special lifting equipment.
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