How to use the clay which has remained from digging of well

How to use the clay which has remained from digging of well

Water on the site is necessary. But after the well is dug, there is question where to put clay? It is not necessary to employ the machine, to pay workers for loading and export of clay. In skillful hands it will become amazing material for decoration of the seasonal dacha.

Preparatory work

It is not necessary to mourn when near brand new well you see the mountain of clay. Yes, at first sight it is dirt small group, but on the second – fine material for landscaping.

Before workers begin digging of well, tell that they have put the top fertile layer aside. Nizhny Novgorod let towers in the form of still unattractive mound of clay.

Put on rubber gloves, pour bucket water and put it nearby. If the clay which has remained from digging of well has lain down several days under the hot sun and from above has dried up, then moisten top layer with water. If you have got down to business, then clay soft at once and flexible as its top layer consists of the lower water layers which workers have got from well bottom.

Three-storied bed or Alpine hill

Now it is possible to begin to model. Take small shovel. By means of this tool it is simple to give to the clay mountain the necessary form. If you have decided to make of it three-storied bed, then give to material round shape. Mentally separate construction into 3 rings. Now make them unequal height. The external ring, and the highest – internal will be the lowest. Strengthen edges by means of shovel, having made sides 10-15 cm high. Fill prime quality land which remained after digging of well too on each tier. Sides will not allow it to get enough sleep outside. If there is a wish to make the Alpine hill, then do not give to clay small group the correct outlines. Let on the one hand it will be roundish, and with another – a little concave. The Alpine hill is lower than bed.

Decoration of man-made creations

Where to take stones for registration of the hill? They can be got from the same clay. Very often in this deep layer various rocks meet. Take out stones from clay, wash out in water and stack them almost chaotically on the Alpine hill. They will be useful for bed too. Make bordering of this free natural material. On the Alpine hill also to podsypta of the prime quality land which has remained from digging of well also decorate its low with flowers. That the bed and the Alpine hill were pleasing all summer to the eye, put on them pansies (viol), daisies. The last will breed self-sowing and will soon create motley carpet. In the middle the pochvopokrovny rose will beautifully look. Low lilac irises, tulips, narcissuses will paint man-made clay structure at the end of spring in bright, vital colors. It is possible to find also more prosy application for clay. Cover with this material external walls of houses from blocks, shell rock, brick, cover the surface of brick furnaces. Children can mold figures from this material, dry in the sun and paint at discretion. Really, clay – just unique material for construction, design, creativity.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team


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