Beautiful well-groomed footpaths near the house - dream of each summer resident. Their production - quite expensive pleasure if for this purpose to involve experts. Actually to make them rather just without serious expenses. Many gardeners do not know how to make paths at the dacha with own hands it is correct. But if to arm with knowledge, then without special skills it is possible to cope with this work.
Instruction
1. The most optimal variant is to make garden paths at the dacha with own hands from concrete. They differ in durability, relative low cost, ample opportunities in their dressing, simplicity of production.
2. To make concrete paths at the dacha, first of all mark their location. Footpaths have to pass around the house, connecting all constructions on the site. For marking it is possible to use string and pegs. It is better if you establish sticks, pulling rope, at once using level.
3. Skim spade of the turf future paths from concrete, clean surface from roots of long-term herbs. If necessary use the special means destroying weeds of type of the Hurricane, Tornado, Raundap. If the turf is removed shovel with great difficulty because of density of vegetation cover and construction waste, apply pick.
4. Level the soil on the planned level by means of shovel and rake.
5. Make timbering of garden paths theof hands of long boards. It is for this purpose optional to use new materials, it is possible to take what was overlooked among residues of building materials.
6. Between boards lay roofing material layer. It will protect concrete paths at the dacha from washing out and germination of grass.
7. Lay the metal gauze on roofing material with width of cage no more than 12 cm. Thanks to armature the concrete tie of garden paths will be stronger.
8. To make garden paths at the dacha with own hands, large amount of concrete solution is required. For its production on one bucket of cement it is necessary to add two buckets of bank sand. The tie from concrete will be stronger if to add to it bucket of small crushed stone. Mix dry ingredients in big metal basin or unnecessary trough, gradually add water there, constantly stirring slowly, before obtaining the uniform consistence reminding dense sour cream. Leave the prepared solution for path for 10-15 minutes, and then, having mixed it once again, if necessary add water or cement.
9. You apply ready solution with trowel to the place of future concrete path at the dacha. Carefully level weight, being guided by the established levels. Consider that the turned-out layer and is your future garden path.
10. To make paths at the dacha with own hands from concrete original and beautiful, you can use special forms. They can be got in any hardware store. It is better to have several forms at once for concrete that work progressed rapidly.
11. When solution on paths has a little grabbed (usually two-three hours for this purpose are required), can start dressing of garden path stones, mosaic from tile or colored glass. To make garden paths at the dacha from concrete with own hands color, at stage of mixing of solution it is possible to add special color there.
12. That paths from concrete were stronger, it is desirable to choose cool weather for their laying. If in drying time on the street hot and chilly, then solution has to be moistened about three days after filling.
13. In three days it is possible to remove timbering from new footpaths. Here it is so simple to make paths at the dacha with own hands.