How to make fungus in sandbox

How to make fungus in sandbox

The fungus for sandbox represents decorative part which has also certain protective function. It protects both from the sun, and from rain, and to its basis it is possible to nail convenient table.

It is required to you

  • - log with diameter of 10 cm, length – 2.7 m
  • - boards for canopy
  • - fastening elements – nails
  • - brush and paint
  • - hacksaw
  • - hammer

Instruction

1. Dig out hole in which installation of leg of fungus will be made in the center of future sandbox. It is necessary to establish fungus still before in sandbox sand is filled up, and it is even better - right after performance of marking for future sandbox. It is especially convenient to do so if it is going to concrete fungus leg.

2. Make hat for fungus – it should be carried out from boards which are fixed in a special way. Hammer together four triangles, to leg beat them with an overlap. Outside of them sheathe thin plywood. Quite sufficient for hat will be width about 2.5 m.

3. Choose plywood or thin board "lining" to sew up canopy from above. Record boards by means of nails. Each following board has to be so located that the nail head on previous would be hidden from eyes.

4. When the hat of fungus is ready and it is fixed on leg properly, put it in the prepared hole. Level column in hole, record wedging of stones, fill up hole with loam.

5. In order that the fungus has been fixed in the earth as it is possible more reliably, it is better to fill in bottom of rack with concrete solution. Stack large crushed stone on bottom of hole, establish leg so that it has been dug on depth of 70 cm. After that fill in with solution of cement and leave to harden.

6. Make fungus brighter and interesting. After the leg is established and recorded on the place, the hat can be painted in any pleasant color. For example, to represent fly agaric – the hat, red in white peas, looks very elegantly and is noticeable from far away. It is possible to execute hat and in any other color – as the imagination will prompt.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team


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