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Che Guevara December 10, 2016
You can line the well with wood yourself.
A beautiful well on the site is always pleasing to the eye. Today, it has become fashionable to decorate a well with wood, decorate it with stone, and also build heads in different styles. I will tell you about the simplest and most affordable ways to equip your own source of drinking water.
What is a decorative well?
You can build a well with your own hands, and it is advisable to use everything that is at hand: boards, slats, stones of any shape and size. You can choose any shape and material to build a well, and build any structure. The only limitation is the owner's imagination.
The most popular are the so-called Russian wells, consisting of a base and a drum above it. The drum is turned by hand to release a bucket of water. A gable roof is built on top.
Image of a well in the painting Source typical.if.ua
The well consists of:
- Lids. In addition to its decorative function, in summer it serves to prevent water overheating. Usually gable, covered with straw, tiles, wood or polycarbonate.
- Superstructures, which can be round, square or polygonal in shape. The walls of the well are lined and sheathed with wood, various types of stones or bricks.
- Rotary. This is the main moving part of the well; a chain and a bucket are attached to it.
To decorate a well, you can use almost any material, the main thing is that it is beautiful, moisture- and wear-resistant, and able to protect against the aggressive effects of weather.
When choosing materials, it is important to consider shape. Round wells are easier to build from brick, concrete, and stone. Wood is suitable for ordinary square structures: round logs for a log-frame well, planed boards for a classic box and complex polygonal structures, even inexpensive lining is suitable.
Gable roof Source karkasdrevoteh.ru
Arrangement of the well from the outside after digging
Based on your own financial capabilities and preferences, you can use various finishing methods. The beautiful structure will fit perfectly into the overall design of the area and help create a special, unique atmosphere of comfort on the site.
Brick
Most in demand when carrying out any construction work. It has a lot of excellent quality characteristics and an attractive appearance. The pronounced advantages of this material include:
- high strength and reliability;
- low susceptibility to mechanical stress;
- long service life;
- wide choice of color categories;
- practicality.
For the construction of a hydraulic structure, a solid structure of building material is more suitable. Requires plaster and ironing.
Tree
Traditional type of finishing. It guarantees ease of use and allows you to create objects of truly incredible beauty. Next to the country house they look simply amazing.
To improve a well source, you need to choose wood species such as larch and aspen. They are the ones that are least likely to be destroyed when in contact with moisture.
Stone
Another very attractive way to finish a structure. It harmonizes perfectly with almost any buildings located nearby. Among the advantages it is worth listing:
- unsurpassed strength;
- moisture resistance;
- immunity to changing weather conditions;
- durability;
- a wide range of.
Flowers
This method of improving the structure is good to combine with others. Flowering plants decorate the mine itself and the area adjacent to the source. They use a variety of shapes, pots, flowerpots and much more. The climbing types of vegetation that completely entwine the structure look especially impressive.
Plastering or painting
When figuring out how to improve a well with your own hands, you should not discount this method of “cultivation”.
Painting and plastering are usually carried out as the final stage when constructing a brick building. When deciding to resort to this finishing method, pay attention to the following recommendations:
- carry out construction work only in dry, sunny weather;
- thoroughly clean the surface you are going to work with;
- make cement mortar with glue in small portions, avoiding its thickening;
- Apply strictly from top to bottom.
Wooden structures are usually painted. Here everything depends on the imagination of the master. The well can be made monochromatic or patterns can be drawn on it. Either way, your backyard art will look amazing.
How to decorate a real well made of concrete rings
Wells for drinking or watering do not always look beautiful, although they exist in many areas. Most often they are built from concrete rings, so they need to be covered with beautiful materials and refined, taking into account the overall style of the garden.
Soft roof Source festima.ru
Modern owners of personal plots most often design wells in Russian, peasant or oriental style. Neutral designs are also common.
Designing a well built from concrete rings will not require large material costs. Any leftover materials from building a house, well, or shed will do. Concrete is compatible with any material and has good adhesion to cement mortar or any type of adhesive.
To build a roof, the remains of any roofing material are used: bitumen shingles, pieces of roofing iron, pieces of boards or lining. Natural moss, straw and artificial materials that imitate natural ones look very beautiful.
Beautiful house for a well with your own hands Source authgram.com
See also: Catalog of companies that specialize in landscaping work on sites.
Plaster
The most budget option is plaster: it covers the concrete walls of the well. Before drying, you can draw any patterns or designs on the surface, for example, imitating brickwork.
And after drying, you need to paint the surface with a sponge. You need to be careful when choosing paint, as bright shades will be out of place here. The lower part is decorated with pebbles; this is also recommended to be done before drying.
Beautiful painted well in Russian style Source www.dreamstime.com
Forged metal elements
If the house is covered with siding, then antiques or oriental style will not look nearby. It is best to finish the superstructure with tiles, sand-lime bricks, and make the roof from plastic. Metal elements, such as posts, will not interfere. To add additional beauty, it is recommended to use forged elements.
Forged frame for climbing plants Source tavr.pro
Wood finishing
This is a rustic style, it is ideal for a site with a log house. At the same time, the design of the yard and garden can be completely different. In this case, it is recommended to decorate the well in one of these styles, and not mix them. Stone or wood are suitable for the upper part; the canopy over it is also made of wood.
Additionally, motifs from folk tales are used, especially when the buildings in the yard resemble a tower or a peasant hut. Dried bark is used for decoration and a bench is placed nearby. Characters from Russian fairy tales made of wood will also look beautiful.
It is necessary to make a stone path and sow flowers around the perimeter, preferably marigolds and zinnias.
Stone finishing
Stones are a necessary element near any water source. Concrete rings and a path to the well are covered with stones. Cobblestones work best.
Stone laying Source novamett.ru
How can you improve a well?
Popular finishing materials:
- tree;
- a natural stone;
- brick;
- plastic;
- ceramic tile.
The choice of material is based on its properties. It must be resistant to wear, negative environmental influences, temperature changes and moisture.
Tree
Wood is a traditional finishing material. For decoration, logs or their transverse cuts, planed boards, lining, timber are used.
When using wooden lining, a frame is first made from timber or a metal profile. Then the elements are hemmed onto it, connecting them together according to the “groove and tenon” principle.
Material advantage:
- wooden decorations are easy to make with your own hands;
- wood does not tolerate moisture well, so you need to pre-treat the material with protective impregnations;
- To make the design look more interesting, it is decorated with carvings.
Stones
Decorating a well with stone.
Natural stone is an expensive material, but its finish will last a long time. Decorating with artificial stone can be a little cheaper.
For a beautiful design, large pebbles, rubble stone, and cobblestones of different sizes are used.
To make the finish look impressive, stones are selected according to color, size, and shape. They are attached using ceramic tile adhesive. If they are different shades, then you can lay out a simple pattern, for example in the form of rings of different widths.
The site looks finished when the path leading to the well is paved with stone. The canopy over the head, trimmed with stone, is made on supports made of wood or metal and covered with tiles.
Brick
Another material option for finishing a garden well is brick. This decoration is similar to stone, but it is easier to do, since the brick has an even shape.
To do this, use facing bricks - they are resistant to precipitation and temperature changes. Over time, the brickwork will become overgrown with moss and lichens, but this will make the design even more interesting.
Ceramic tile
A good solution could be finishing the head with ceramic tiles. First of all, it's practical. Secondly, many color options are available, which will allow you to complete the finishing in different styles.
This material is attached using special glue to previously prepared surfaces. But it should be taken into account that it is difficult to decorate round structures with tiles. It is better to first make a square or rectangular continuous sheathing, and then finish it.
Tires
The most budget-friendly way to finish a hydraulic structure made of concrete rings is to use used car tires.
Making a well from tires.
The main thing is to choose tires of the appropriate diameter. Before performing the work, the tires are thoroughly washed, dried and the side parts are cut off. Then the resulting rings are put on the tip. Adjacent tires are fastened together using wire. Racks and a roof are installed above the tire well.
To make the finish look more elegant, the tires are painted. Then you can draw lines on them to imitate brickwork, or paint them with some patterns.
Well in oriental style
The well design can be made in Japanese, Chinese or Korean styles, which suggests the presence of fountains, streams, and a small rock garden. For residents of the East, a source of water is a sacred concept, a kind of storage place for energy; it heals and replenishes a person’s spiritual strength. It is decorated with large stones, wood, metal, and on top it is always decorated with a canopy in the form of a pagoda, the edges of which are folded up. Figurines of heroes of Eastern mythology are suitable for decoration.
Japanese style design Source www.hdfondos.eu
Country style decoration
A rustic design involves placing a cart, cart wheels, a small mill, and a wicker fence in the garden. If you have something from such a set, it is recommended to choose a rustic style for decoration.
A wheel attached to the well will be a winning design element. The roof is covered with straw, the tub is hung on a chain instead of a bucket.
The lower part of the well in clay whitewash Source splash4ripples.com
Stages of finishing a well
A beautiful source is always nice.
To bring the above to a more harmonious system, let's consider the simplest way to arrange a water source. All stages have been tested in practice many times, so you will be satisfied with the result.
- We take measurements of the ring: outer diameter, wall thickness, height above ground level. Using the obtained dimensions, we assemble a frame of four boards, which we put on the ring. We drill holes in the boards, pass the ring itself through them and secure the frame to the ring with an anchor and nuts;
In this photo we are interested in the way the boards of the lower frame are arranged. The surface plane formed by the ends should rise slightly above the ring.
- The leveled frame is sewn up with a board. In the middle we leave a hole for the passage of the bucket, which is better equipped with a valve or doors;
We sew up the area with a board. Leave a hole for the bucket.
- According to the drawing, we assemble the frame for the house. It is better if it is steel or aluminum.
Frame for a well house.
- We attach the frame to the site and insert the gate.
Frame with a collar on a ring.
- We cover our frame with corrugated board, plastic or wood. Profiled sheet is the best solution.
We cover the house and hang the door.
- We plaster the ring. Apply the solution with a spatula. If the ring is old and battered, place it on a fiberglass mesh, which is pre-attached with dowels.
We do plastering. If the ring is new, apply a thin layer.
- When the plaster is completely dry, prime it. After the primer has dried, apply 2 layers of acrylic paint for exterior use.
We work with a roller, and in hard-to-reach places with a brush.
- At the end we make a blind area. To do this, we dig up soil within a radius of 120 cm around the ring to a depth of 10–15 cm, cover it with polyethylene, lay a metal mesh and concrete it.
The blind area should cover the clay castle.
Before starting work, it is advisable to pump out the water from the well and clean its bottom. To do this, a person is lowered on a climbing rope in a special rubber suit, the dirt is removed with buckets, and then the climber is raised.
Well-house
The base is made of stone or wood, and the lid is covered with bright tiles or wood.
Fully wood-lined well Source manintown.ru
Brick construction
Any type is suitable, but the most beautiful is ceramic or red silicate brick.
Brick construction Source www.botanichka.ru
Decorative wells for the garden
Sometimes a site does not require a real source of water, but the owners still want to build an artificial structure to further decorate the garden and give the design of the site completeness and integrity.
If a well is erected only for decoration, its size and shape are chosen to suit your taste, but without disturbing the overall style. Even a many times smaller copy of a real well looks very stylish and elegant.
Artificial decorative well for the garden Source cellcode.us
First you need to choose a place, determine the size and material. Then you can make a plan and drawing. There is no need to dig the underground part. Wood is the most affordable and easiest option to manufacture.
Do-it-yourself well made of logs with a brown roof Source seogood.spb.ru
You can build according to the following scheme:
- The box is constructed from planed boards, which are fastened with screws.
- Two boards are attached to the inside of the box using screws. They will serve as supports for the lid. Additionally, you can secure the fastening points with clamps.
- The roof frame is made from the bars, and the roof itself is sheathed with boards.
- Treat the surfaces with sandpaper.
- Sides are nailed around the box.
- At the end, a device is built that resembles a mechanism for lifting a bucket. It needs to be attached to the side supports.
Wood can immediately begin to rot, so it is treated with antifungal impregnation and covered with stain and varnish. A rope is wound around the drum and a bucket is attached to it.
The well is installed anywhere on the site; it is recommended to plant flowers around it, make a path, and put a wooden bench. You can first choose a place, drive in 4 posts and start building a frame around them.
You can place the finished log house on a small platform that is slightly elevated above the ground. It can be several layers of stone, brick or a wooden structure.
Design of a well at a summer cottage Source mapio.net
The log house filled with soil looks original. Flowers are planted in it. Several large flower pots with the same flowers are placed next to it.
A multi-tiered well looks interesting, with different varieties of flowers planted on each tier.
Flowerbed-well at the dacha Source pippos.ru
Use of concrete and stone
Another option is to buy a low and narrow concrete ring, place it in the right place and decorate it with a suitable material: decorative plaster or stones. Large and small stones will do. If the seams between them are painted in a contrasting color, the structure will look much more impressive.
To make a well entirely of stone, you must first build a low foundation. Logs, even untreated ones, are suitable for pillars.
Using stone in processing Source www.ogorod.ru
The area around is planted with grass or covered with tiles.
Decorative well on the site Source www.pinterest.ru
Methods for finishing wells
Well construction
Do-it-yourself finishing of a well ring with stone.
Almost any modern well consists of three main elements:
- Top ring. Here, as a rule, there is a reinforced concrete product with a diameter (D) of 1000 mm and a height (H) of 890 mm, the wall thickness (B) is 80 mm. Let's assume that we have just such a ring;
Typical well ring KS10-9.
- Header. These are two beams located opposite each other along the ring diameter line. They support the canopy and the mechanism for lifting buckets of water. Most often, the head refers to everything above the ring. And this can be not just a shed, but also a house;
The side beams support the canopy and the lifting drum.
- Lifting mechanism. To make it more convenient to extract water from the bottom of the well, the head is equipped with a mechanism for lifting buckets. In most cases, this is a regular winch, by rotating which you wind the chain and lift the bucket suspended on it.
Gate for lifting buckets of water.
A lid is installed on the top ring to close the shaft. Otherwise, garbage, small animals and even curious children will fall into the water.
The photo shows the cover for the top ring.
Modern wells are often equipped with pumps. This not only increases the comfort of use, but also allows you to open the lid much less often, increasing the hygiene of the structure.
Surface pump for a shallow well.
