The pergola represents type-setting design which consists of the repeating elements. It can be arches, columns or columns for which connection cross bars are used. The classical pergola is densely twined branches of trees or lianas of climbers, such canopy will become decoration of any site. On giving pergola attach to the house or install separately, placing on small removal from the main construction.
Today almost each owner of the country site tries to pay special attention to landscaping. There are many options and the various ideas capable to change the territory around the house.
Assignment of design
One of the most widespread and graceful elements, the pergola is. It can have the most bizzare shapes. Climbers which cover all design are capable to turn pergola into the real art object. It can be used also in more practical purposes. For example, it is possible to create canopy over the parking lot of the car, to close recreation area from the scorching sunshine, to isolate lawn about bath from public eyes.
There are several types of canopies, but there are general principles which need to be considered at construction. They are the following:
- The shape of pergola can be as classical round, and to have various zaloma, forming fancy constructions.
- On sale there are ready metal and wooden pergolas. The most available and popular are pergolas from plastic, and here shod products and designs from stone are more expensive.
- The construction can be as independent construction, and to unite in itself several elements. The pergola with scene looks good, but it is established most often in parks. On the seasonal dacha it is possible to establish the construction complemented with bench.
The size of pergola is chosen on the discretion. That it was convenient to look after plants, it is worth giving preference not to really high designs.
Features of construction
The pergola will serve long if to establish it out of the blue. At first from construction site remove soil. The basis is strengthened surely, for this purpose use crushed stone. Shod arches submerge in the earth, columns concrete. Support can be built brick, after completion of construction they are trimmed with tile or other material. The space under pergola is filled up with elimination, trimmed with tile.
The hands it is easy to make tent. Such pergola can adjoin country house, it will replace gazebo or the summer kitchen. If it is necessary to execute zoning of the territory or to block part of the site, it is worth constructing screen. The design twined plants will separate the sports ground from beds and garden. Unusually the pergola tunnel looks. Most often it have over garden path, but it can perform decorative function.
In shops there are ready elements of the different sizes, producers do them of plastic and other materials. It is easy to bring together them by own efforts. Deciding on type of construction, it is necessary to consider architecture of the house, then the pergola will successfully fit into the site.