Many believe that it is simply necessary to have a lot of money to decorate the summer cottage. Indeed, modern building materials are very expensive, especially considering that today many residents encountered a crisis that makes it save every penny of income. Fortunately, almost from any situation there is an output, and this case is no exception. Increasingly, you can meet the country areas, which are decorated with the help of subwoofers. Many resources that are often used during decorating, people throw out, without even suspecting that these things are indispensable.
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Also, it is also often possible to encounter an opinion, the essence of which is the unacceptability of the use of "garbage" as elements of decor. In fact, it all depends on the result. If you can create a pleasant atmosphere with certain things, then nothing better is needed.
Features of using plugs from bottles
Plastic bottles, despite their simplicity, are not very often used for their intended purpose. From the bottle itself you can create various cans, baskets, vases and many other things. However, in this case, we will talk about the lids that are much less common when creating various crafts.
Considering that plastic tubes from bottles are characterized by high strength and resistance to deformations, they can be used even as coatings. Creating a traffic jams - a difficult process, however, it will significantly save money, since most often the path in the country area is faced with ceramic tiles or a parallery.
Before starting the process, it is worth noting that in this case a lot of traffic jams will be required. If the family regularly acquires carbonated water in plastic bottles, then in a few months you can easily collect the desired number of lids.
Also in the process it is desirable to use the plugs of different colors. This will allow creating original patterns or whole compositions. If all the plugs of the same color are not upset, as it will only simplify the process of creating tracks.
Building materials and tools
Many might think that our track will consist exclusively from traffic jams, but in the process we will need a lot of building materials and tools, including:
- sand;
- cement;
- glue for tile;
- boards;
- shovel;
- hammer;
- ruler;
- roulette.
Before starting the main process, it is necessary to thoroughly wash the plugs, as well as dry them.
The process of creating a track from traffic jams
To begin with, we will have to create the marking of the territory. This will fully appreciate the dimensions of the track, as well as find distressed places. As for the bad luck, which may arise in the process of creating a walkway, then it may be loose soil, or the presence of a path of heavy and massive stones on the perimeter, to move which one person will not succeed.
The road from the traffic jams should be quite narrow. The ideal option is around 70 cm. If the path will be used to move small loads (vegetables, building materials), the width of the road should be increased.
After that, you need to remove the layer of turf, and also get rid of all the stones and large plants capable of affecting the flight of the track. As already mentioned, it is especially serious to treat loose soil, which at the slightest loads may fail, and the track will be damaged.
With the help of shovels you need to break the trench. Its depth will be very small - up to 15 cm. After that, it is necessary as stronger to the ground as possible. If in some parts of the soil sends, it is necessary to arm a rubble and fill it all flaws.
The entire volume of the trench must be filled with rubbed shallow fraction. And here again will have to make the material and make it so that rubble is evenly distributed throughout the trench. If a large material was used at the very beginning, the spaces between the stones can be lost using a fine-flower crushed stone.
We fall asleep all the sand so that the rubble is not visible at all. Despite this, the sand layer must be minimal. After another murder, the sand is watering water.
Next comes the most responsible moment - the installation of traffic jams. The lids are pressed into the sand, and at such a depth, so that when walking along the track, they did not fall out. Corks must be pressed to each other. Ultimately, if everything is done correctly, we get a practically monolithic surface. When walking, traffic jams will be stronger.
On the sides of the tropics you can make a small decorative curb. Most often, it is made precisely from plastic bottles cut in half. In this case, the halves of bottles are simply pressed into the ground.
Concrete-based plugs
In some cases, a sand-based path for many may seem too unreliable. Indeed, after heavy rains, it may be a little damaged, especially if the soil had some problem areas.
In this case, it is recommended to use a concrete solution. By and large, the technology remains approximately the same as in the past case. We need to pull the trench, the ravarity of it, fill in rubbish. After that, a concrete layer is created, which includes cement, sand and fine-flower crushed stone. After the fill of the concrete, the plugs need to be pressed again, but this time into the solution. It should be done very quickly, since the concrete in the fresh air is very quickly gaining strength.
To date, this option is the most optimal also for the reason that various dyes and plasticizers can be added to the concrete. This will create a truly chic decorative composition. At the same time, do not forget that the track from traffic jams is a budget option for those who want to save on the purchase of expensive building materials. In most cases, traffic jams will not be able to replace a full-fledged coating of tiles.
