A beautiful country house, a well-kept lawn, smooth garden paths, lush flower beds - a wonderful picture, but as if slightly unfinished. A lively, cozy addition to the summer cottage landscape is a gazebo - a small open building, which will save you from the heat, and will become a comfortable corner for relaxation or lunch. If the house is wooden, one of the gazebo options for a summer house from a log, which you can build yourself in a few days, will look good.
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The log, which has retained its natural form, is suitable for the erection of small building forms, such as arbors, terraces, verandas. Especially good buildings made of logs on a suburban area, which is designed in one of the "wooden" styles - rustic, country, Russian or deliberately rough, but appropriate at the cottage rustic.
The most common way of laying logs is “in the bowl”
The diameter of the logs does not change throughout the entire length of the product
Billets of the required length and shape can be ordered at the enterprise that is engaged in woodworking.
Not every tree species is suitable for cylindering, it is mainly coniferous species. The most popular, due to its availability, are pine and spruce. Larch logs are valued for their reliability and durability: they lend themselves little to decay, respectively, are more expensive.
During the production of logs, they are calibrated. It is standard and is determined by the diameter of the log: as a rule, from 180 mm to 320 mm. Workpieces of any size are suitable for summer houses, but more often they are combined: for example, load-bearing beams - 240 mm, walls - 200 mm.
The advantages of buildings made of cylindering
When choosing a material for the gazebo, questions arise, what is the better one or another option, since there is the opportunity to design a structure of timber, brick or polycarbonate. However, arbors from logs also have their advantages:
- Aesthetic appeal. The natural texture of the tree emphasizes the natural beauty of the material, creates harmony with the environment, which is important for buildings on a summer cottage.
- Slenderness of forms. Products made in the workshop have the same dimensions, unlike hand-crafted logs. The walls of the gazebo are flat due to the exact location of the same elements. The same can be said about joining logs in corners and crowns - tight fit guarantees high-quality thermal insulation.
- Relatively low cost. A rounded log is not the cheapest material, however, the construction of a small garden gazebo with its use is available to almost any summer resident.
- Speed and ease of installation. The main parts have already been prepared in production, which makes it possible to erect a gazebo in a few days.
- Lack of additional decoration. Ready-made arbors made of logs do not require insulation or decorative cladding, standard processing of wooden parts is enough - grinding and applying varnish.
- Healthy microclimatecreated by natural material - wood.
Project No. 1 - a gazebo with a figured roof
A small but cozy wooden arbor made of logs, designed for summer dinners, can be installed next to the house, summer kitchen (if it does not play the role of a kitchen) or, conversely, away from home - in the garden. Building area - 5 mx 5 m.
Each gazebo should have an original, unexpected element; in this case, it’s a double gable roof
The layout of the gazebo shows the location of the dining table and kitchenette
The material for the walls is a spruce or pine logs with a diameter of 220 mm to 280 mm. During construction, you should consider the presence of beams, battens, rafters, as well as the arrangement of the floor and roof using boards. To cover the roof, roofing material, euro slate or tile is chosen, and there can be several options for the tile: wooden, flexible, metal.
When choosing the color of the metal tile - the roofing - they are guided by the color of the roof of the house or other buildings surrounding the gazebo
The best option for the foundation is tape on piles of a monolithic type, having dimensions: width - 300 mm, height - 500 mm. You should choose one of the ways to arrange the floor - on the ground or logs. In any case, the finish will be boards that need to be treated against rot and mold.
Impregnation and antiseptics for outdoor use are suitable for processing arbor elements - they additionally protect wood from ultraviolet radiation
The most popular antiseptics for the processing of log cabins: Drevotex, Belinka, Aquatex, Teksturol, Neomid, Tikkurila. The tree easily ignites, therefore it is worth remembering about fire retardants: Senezh, Pirilaks, Phenilaks. The whitening compositions will help improve the shade: Nortex, Sagus, Senezh-neo, KSD impregnation.
Project No. 2 - a gazebo decorated with carvings
The second option is a simple arbor of a rectangular shape, which takes on a fabulous appearance due to openwork carving.
Carved elements are produced manually or industrially from moisture-proof plywood or wind panels.
When designing a project, you should take care of the wooden decorations that give the arbors from the log a complete look. It can be any decor associated with wood - carved elements, weaving from rods, carving on birch bark, curly wooden mosaic.
A simple gazebo layout is essential for foundation planning.
Parameters:
- Building area - 3.5 mx 7.0 m.
- Total height - 3.8 m.
- The main material is a round log with a diameter of 16 mm to 22 mm.
- Foundation - concrete tape or on cement blocks with a pillow of crushed stone and sand.
- Basement finish - stone or tile cladding.
- Roofing - wooden or metal tiles (other options are possible).
To begin, as always, follows from the foundation. Concrete (brick) blocks, installed not around the entire perimeter, but under the main spans and at the corners, give the building additional lightness and airiness. In addition, the elevation of the structure above the ground will help to preserve the wooden elements longer. If the choice fell on the tape version, it is necessary to ensure air circulation in it, making special holes.
Logs prepared for the construction of the log house are laid out around the arbor in a clear sequence so that the erection process takes place quickly and orderly
Next is the laying of the log house arbor from logs, starting from the first crown. One of the conditions is a clear alignment, in which each element is placed strictly horizontally, checking by level.
Sweep - a detailed diagram - allows you to accurately and consistently arrange the details of the log house
In order not to be mistaken in the choice of elements, use assembly schemes on which the sequence of laying and the dimensions of the logs are indicated. For vertical connection, pins are inserted inserted into the drilled holes.
Logs are laid around the entire perimeter of the log house so that the walls rise synchronously - it is easier to monitor the level of masonry
The assembly of the roof resembles the construction of the roof of the house: first, the rafters are fixed, then the crate is made and the roof covering is mounted. Metal tile or metal corrugated brick (red) color goes well with chopped arbors from logs.
After the erection of the walls and the arrangement of the roof, it remains to produce internal and external decoration of the structure. Preliminary priming with an antiseptic agent for protection against fungus and rot is required. Then the wooden parts are varnished, at least in 2 layers. Inside the building, a plank floor is gathered, and a primer and varnish are also applied to the boards. Lastly, they attach a porch with a railing - the arbor is ready.
First, they build a roof, and then they floor and decorate the building with carved elements.
Examples of other beautiful buildings + decor
Pergolas vary in form. Equally good round, square, oval and hexagonal options. Much depends on their purpose - they must be not only attractive, but also functional. Some buildings resemble small houses with windows and doors, others are fully open.
One of the options for an open gazebo for relaxation
Closed gazebos retain their lightness due to the transparency of windows and doors
Being inside the building, a person should not feel cramped or uncomfortable, so much depends on the size.
A gazebo with a grill is a good option for a country house, the owners of which love Sunday family dinners and friendly companies
For example, a small room is enough for relaxation, and for dinners you will need a spacious building, which can easily fit a table, chairs, additional furniture.
Small arbor looks original thanks to the contrasting design
A shady arbor twined with green plants is a real salvation in the summer heat
Self-built log arbors can be decorated with flowers, planting them in pots around the perimeter. No less successfully look walls, entwined with climbing flowering plants. The choice of decor, as well as the choice of building model, depends entirely on the taste of the owners of the suburban area.
