A summer cottage can be decorated with a stone path, which is considered an excellent solution that fits beautifully into landscape design, is convenient for moving and emphasizes the uniqueness of the garden. In order to lay it out, a special, universal form is necessary – a formwork for garden paths, with which you can independently carry out all the necessary installation work and prepare everything to fill the concrete solution, and if necessary is strengthened with reinforcement.
Plastic formwork for garden paths
Since cracks should not appear on the path, you need:
The solution was kept at least 24 hours;
Moisten concrete for several days or protect it with a film from overdrying;
The flooding of the solution is aligned with a special rail (water should appear on the surface);
The entire area on which the path is laid must be moistened;
If the area is large, then the temperature seams are equipped (with a step of 2 – 3 m2).
This is important! Applying a universal shape, near the house or in the courtyard, you can independently create beautiful and reliable paths, for this you need a solution and formwork. After the concrete grabs, gaps are formed between the individual details that fill with sand or soil with seeds of special grass.
It will take several days to change landscape design. If the path is made in the summer, then you can walk along it after 5-6 days, and if it is equipped in the winter, then at least 10 – 15 days should pass.
We fill out the shape and prepare for the filling
Dimensions and advantages
Consider which “advantages” have a plastic formwork for garden paths, which is designed for reusable filling:
Simplicity of use;
Low cost;
Made from high -quality anti -suggestion;
Can be cooked from any side;
Applied one or several times (at the discretion);
Most often the form “stones” has a size of 80×60.
Statement technology
Experts advise adhere to the following instructions:
In order to bring the track to the “nature”, a rope, pegs and roulette are needed;
If you are going to apply not plastic, but a wooden shape, then they use strong wood with even edges. In the event that the path should have bends, then use plastic or plywood. Pegs drive into the soil and fixed the formwork. Get a form for pouring concrete solution;
To prepare the base, 15 cm of soil is removed and the bottom is rammed. Fold 5 cm drainage layer (gravel, gravel). Layers compact;
Pour 5 – 10 cm with a layer of concrete;
Since the concrete compresses or expands under the influence of temperature, the path in places of the largest load may crack. In order to prevent this from happening, the entire path is divided into 2 m areas and the transverse 12 mm rails are inserted, which are treated with a special protective solution;
The strips should be located at right angles, they are fixed with concrete so that they are flush of formwork;
The solution is poured gradually and its tamping is carried out;
In order for the path to withstand the load, or with soft soil, lay out a dense pillow. To do this, 7.5 cm layer of dense material is laid out at the bottom of the trench, compact it with a sledgehammer or garden roller. Then they pour 2.5 – 5 cm layer of sand and level everything with rakes, after which they begin to design the garden path;
To give decorativeness, they are waiting for the solution to grab and with the help of a stick draw lines on it, imitating masonry;
For a rough and structured type, pebbles are pressed into the coating or a rough iron brush is used;
In order to simulate antiquity, that is, as if the path is overgrown with moss, a small amount of kefir or milk is added to the solution;
For staining concrete into the desired color, dye is introduced into the mixture (a proportion per 1 m3 of solution is from 5 to 15 kg) or a special colored cement;
If the purchase form of formwork for the garden path is used, then the path is continuous with a certain number of pebbles that can have a different configuration;
Such a mold is laid on a prepared surface, filled with a mixture and aligned, applying the trowel;
After 15 – 20 minutes, it remove it, it is designed to fill 1000 plates. With its help, you can “pave it up” and sites.
Homemade forms for filling
How to make a garden track correctly
Connect wooden bars so that the frame forms, and nullify the plywood sheet to it. A solution is poured into the resulting form, but first, crushed stone, pebbles, pieces of ceramic or bat tiles are laid on the bottom. If the formwork is large, then reinforcing rods are laid between the layers of the mixture. After the concrete hardens, the shape is removed and the resulting tile is laid on a pre -prepared base.
In order to simulate a natural stone, iron hoops are used, removed from wooden barrels. If you get them at different angles, then the frozen tiles will have the right look. The resulting shape is placed on the base and, tapping with a hammer, deepened, removed the soil from the hoop. Outside, the tile is sprinkled with earth, and the solution is poured inside.
Conclusion
To give grace and beauty to the court in the summer cottage, it is necessary to equip the paths, and for this you will need a garden formwork, which can be made independently (wood, iron) or purchase a ready -made version (plastic), which makes it possible to make a large number of tiles.