No country tracks it is impossible to imagine a country station: they not only connect the building with the other facilities, but also perform an important decorative function. Choosing the right material, you can create a harmonious picture in the same style, and building track in the country with their hands to turn a few acres in a unique and comfortable territory.
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What are the General paths can be done?
The main reason for dividing the country paths and tracks on the types is the material from which they are built. Its diversity allows you to select the best option for the improvement of the area.
The natural beauty and nobility of natural stone is different, but the price is quite high.
Natural stone is ideal for building tracks curved stone elements are arranged in a chaotic manner, so it’s easy to make smooth bends
For land in a rustic style great tree.
Natural textured pattern on wood cut depends on tree species, but interesting effects can be achieved by using special impregnations and varnish
Brick is a fantastic material, especially if the house is also built from it.
For device Sadovaya tracks of conventional solid brick construction is not suitable, it is better to use special paving types that are not afraid of water and frost
Long and right will serve as paving slabs or paving stones.
Using pavers of different colors and a certain pattern of styling, you can create amazing original drawing, suitable for your garden
The garden also appropriate simple and inexpensive trail gravel.
Gravel is not good near the landscaped area around the house and in the garden or near a stream — it is better matched with the wildlife
To create a unique road tiles can be made of concrete.
In DIY stores you can buy special plastic molds, which are used for production of road concrete elements with their hands
Combining materials, easy to achieve style matching of paths surrounding natural and artificial objects.
You can combine completely different materials: natural stone and coloured gravel, wood planks and river pebbles, brick and concrete
The location of the tracks to suit the landscape and climate
The track is an essential strategic part of the suburban area, like a home, garage or bath, therefore on their device, you need to think about before the construction of buildings and ancillary facilities. For convenience, it is better to make a diagram, drawing it by hand or using a computer program designer. Identifying important points must be connected by paths – straight or curved, depending on the terrain.
Better if the diagram will contain all objects including garden, vegetable garden, greenhouse, bathhouse, gazebo — paths are the connecting element between them. Material for the construction of Railways should be combined with the buildings and surrounding elements.
The tracks on the dacha does not have to be the same type: is a beautiful combination of continuous and step-by-step, straight and curved options
Composing the diagram or site plan, you can designate what plants and shrubs will be planted — this will help when choosing the material for building tracks
If your area rains falls often, be sure to consider the drainage system and on edges of roads to dig up a plum to avoid water stagnation. Carrying out construction of country lanes with their hands, remember that freezing water will ruin the material – wood, brick, concrete. Near coatings should not grow strong trees as their root system can easily violate the integrity of the roads.
The more pre-planning, the brighter is indicated by a picture of the future of the countryside landscape and the easier it is to come to the choice of design elements
Analysis of 3 best budget options
The owners of the villas and luxurious cottages, most likely, won’t mess around with sand and stones, and will invite well-known landscape designer and team of specialists. The one who is responsible for remediation of the garden, knows that for the construction of useful and original tracks do not have to use expensive natural stone or paving stones collectible. Therefore, we consider three options for creating tracks available and inexpensive materials: cement, brick and wood. Be sure the result will surprise you!
Option #1 — trail of the cement leaves
Fans of the short cropped lawn will never trade the silky green grass to dense thickets of shrubs or flower garden, and even more refuse from the path that crosses the luxurious carpet in front of the house. But there is a clever option where you can preserve the integrity of the lawn and at the same time to make a path to cross the grass directly.
Decorative concrete leaves is the only option, which can be replaced by other elements: traces of geometric shapes, silhouettes of animals
For the construction of the miracle path would be the normal cement slurry and a plant that can be found somewhere nearby, burdock, or rather, its large leaves.
The leaves of burdock can be replaced by any other, as long as they were big. As an option — the use of multiple diversified one leaves
In a small container knead the solution according to the instructions and spread a thick mass on the big burdock leaf. What is not a form to fill?
Ensure that the cement solution had the consistency: too thick, uneven lies, and the liquid will not retain their shape
After the sand-cement mixture has completely hardened, the sheet is removed. Get original decorative tiles – main element of the track.
As you can see, the best scene-painter was the nature of decorative paper with a natural pattern will not break the harmony of the lawn or garden
Left to prepare a place for laying. Using a scoop or a small blade carefully remove the piece of turf so as to form a shallow hole.
The advantage of the device step-by-step track for a lawn is the lack of special tools: for example, for the device of holes enough children scoops
Puts a tile into the prepared slot, then we proceed similarly with the other elements. The track is a light, airy, perfectly complementing the lawn. Beautiful decorative leaves to walk nicely and safely even in rainy weather.
Option #2 — solid brick lane
Brick – the material is universal. You can not think how to make a track in the country, if you have the required amount of this durable material, as if specially created for the construction of reliable coatings. The advantage of it is that it is perfect for almost any summer style. Red bricks and grey look amazing on the background of the building of similar material, perfectly combined with wood, fit harmoniously into the natural environment. One piece of advice – use only need special paving material.
The advantages of brick are obvious: it is durable, serves for decades, easy fit, does not slip even in the rain, has aesthetic value
The main stages of construction:
- Edge detection and extraction of soil.
- Preparation of sand-and-gravel base.
- Laying bricks.
- Filling voids with sand.
The width of the trench depends on the size of bricks and drawing to be lined with them. Minimum track width – 0.9 m. Determined by the boundary and label them with pegs with strained construction cord. Take out the turf and tearing a shallow trench. It is necessary to strengthen boards – they are in the next two years will provide additional emphasis to the curb. Then they can get it, and the grooves to fill the gravel chips or pebbles.
The brick consists of two layers. Bottom – gravel and sand coarse fraction. After filling with the gravel mix should be evenly distributed throughout the length of the path and tamp it down.
To determine the depth of the trench for laying a brick walkway just necessary to add the thickness of both layers of the base and the dimensions of the brick
Compaction of the gravel layer required: loose material will provoke the movement of other layers and the result will destroy the brick surface
The top layer consists of one sand. Leveling it along the track, simultaneously press the layer was dense enough. Better to stamp segments 20-30 cm, so the base will be of higher quality.
Making sand filling, it is necessary to level the surface: to pull a special fixture, while pushing him to the sand formed a dense layer
The next step is laying bricks along the boards. Before laying each item dig a small hole, then put it in a brick and adjust its position using wooden hammer. Products put on the end, will play the role of a border.
For «clogging» bricks in the sand is better to use the special rubber hammer: a metal or even wood can damage the structure of the material
Given the pattern of laying, fill in the distance between the curbs, bricks, easy Kalacheva them in the sand and regularly checking the level.
Focusing on a specific item, don’t forget about the integrity of the track: regularly check the horizontal position of the bricks using a level
The last step – filling in the gaps of sand between the bricks. Gently sprinkle the sand until it is even with the level of bricks. Pour track and repeat the last operation. In the next few days, you can adjust the position of the bricks.
Distribute the sand will help ordinary brush for cleaning: it is easy to move sand over the surface and push it between the bricks
Option #3 — use a wooden saw cut
If you compare a tree with a rock, it will surely lose: the wood is not durable and strong granite or marble. However, when the device of the garden paths in the country use elements from this seemingly unsuitable material. Wood saw cut in the technology of stacking are excellent «bricks» to create decorative paths in a rustic style.
Choosing a wood saw cut, you kill two birds with one stone: «attach» unnecessary felled trees and decorrelate the grounds are beautiful and practical carpet
An old tree can be found directly at the cottage or in the nearby woods. The trunk is sawn into small segments of 10 to 20 cm thick. Useful and thick branches, a small kruglyashi suitable for decorating the Playground or the edges of the track.
There are several variants of the device of the garden path of a drunk: one using flat parts in the other — in the form of stumps
At the planned site remove the layer of sod and tearing a shallow trench.
Extracting soil when digging trenches, don’t take him outside the garden: it will be useful to fill voids paths, and the remnants can be used for a vegetable garden or flower garden
The bottom of the trench covered with sand, enough layer 5, see Stamps and align.
Cut hemp spread out along the track: it is easier to imagine how much they’ll need, and in the future it is easier to use when laying
On prepared surface, spread the saw cut. Using a level, give them a horizontal position, for this perfect wooden sledgehammer or a big hammer. In some places voids – you can fill them with small saw cut.
Stacking large items, don’t worry about a large number of voids that remain between them: they are easy to fill out small stumps, gravel or pebbles
The gaps between the wooden elements, covered with sand or earth. In the spring they can be planted with lawn grass or small flowers – so the path will look more artistic.
To determine what to put beautiful decorative tracks in the country, just look around. Don’t be afraid of the use in the construction of their own technological secrets and design solutions – then a country site will be truly unique.
