Crafts from polypropylene pipes: what can be made from the

Do not be upset if you make a mistake in the calculations when planning the life support systems of your home, for example, when arranging water supply or heating. Remains of pipes (even the smallest trimming) and unsuitable fittings for piping can be the basis for any unusual item for the interior. In this article we will talk about some interesting solutions and share interesting ideas.

Homemade plastic pipe designs

Having a little bit of a living fantasy of these seemingly narrowly targeted materials, you can make a variety of products from polypropylene pipes with your own hands.

To do this, you need the following tools and available tools:

• Hacksaw.
• Stationery knife.
• Wire.
• Roulette.
• Marker for marking.
• Sandpaper.

In the event that if you fix something with fasteners such as screws, we advise you to prepare a screwdriver to facilitate the workflow.

Clothes hanger

The simplest and quickly executable can be a device for storing clothes in a suspended state - hangers.

For the manufacture of one product you will need:

• Three pipe trimming:

• Two of the same length.
• One is about 1/3 the length of the first two longer.

Follow-up instructions are simple:

• Stringing the tube on the string.
• Tie the ends of the rope.
• We attach a metal hook on the top of the triangle. If this is not at hand, it is enough to leave the end of the string of sufficient length.

Mobile dryer

The multi-storey dryer of polypropylene pipes is collected for an hour, and then it serves you an infinite amount of time.

The advantages of this design on the face:

• It can be used in the house in the cold season and on the street as soon as it gets warmer.
• The closed, stable contour of its supports keeps the dryer from tipping by the wind.
• Installed near the pool, it will provide you with constantly dry towels and accessories for swimming.
• It does not rust and does not rot.
• The design is light and easy to maintain.

Note! A set of tables and stools can be made and installed in the kit near the artificial pond, and on the playground for children to make a swing out of polypropylene pipes.

Organizers and furniture

People involved in any kind of needlework are well acquainted with the constant search for things that are needed at a given moment that are hidden somewhere. They will appreciate the organizer for tools and various small things from small pieces of polypropylene pipes of different diameters.

For convenience and freeing the working surface on the table, such an organizer can be mounted on a wall or shelf using self-tapping screws, screwed into the end of the pipe cut at an angle.

From products of large diameter, you can make an original galoshnitsa.

Such a shelf for storing shoes:

• It saves a lot of space (in depth it is selected for the length of the largest shoe size in the family).
• For height and shape, you can come up with any options for the exterior of plastic furniture, corresponding to the free space reserved for it.
• There will be no more confusion in the hallway, each couple will settle in their own cell.

Fans of urban minimalism, will appreciate the furnishings fully or partially made of pipes:

• Book shelves intricate shape.
• Floor lamps and other lighting devices.
• Tables, high chairs, etc.

Interesting! Homemade polypropylene pipes can be painted in different colors with acrylic paints, which will give them the opportunity to blend in the overall interior as organically as possible.

The price of such handicrafts, figuratively speaking, is a penny, and the benefits are quite tangible and, besides, a lot of pleasure at the stage of the birth of an idea and its subsequent incarnation.

You can get to the taste and specifically buy plastic pipes for creativity in your yard, and even with indisputable benefit.

Vegetable garden in the pipe

For example, if there is very little space on the site and it is difficult to isolate a piece of land for the beds, they can be made of polypropylene pipes.

The technology is as follows:

• First, we arrange the frame of the garden gallery of plastic pipes of medium or large diameter.
• Now we make beds. We take polypropylene pipes of large diameter and, having placed horizontally, we cut off the tip in width less than the radius of the pipe. At the bottom of the drill drainage holes.
• We mount our many-tier beds on a frame from pipes.
• At the bottom of the pipe-beds poured drainage layer, and above the ground.
• That's all, the garden is formed, you can start planting plants.

Tip! It is easy to arrange such a suspended garden on the balcony of a city apartment and enjoy, without leaving your home, greenery and fruits grown by yourself.

Multi-layer pipe-beds have several advantages:

• Significantly save space.
• Each plant gets its share of sunlight without shading the others.
• The soil always maintains optimum moisture, the roots of the plants do not rot and do not get sick.
• The design is light and mobile.
• Easy assembly and disassembly if necessary.
• The service life is almost unlimited. (See also the article Greenhouse made of plastic pipes: features.)

Conclusion

As you can see, practically anything can be made from scrap materials, including a solar collector made from polypropylene pipes. However, this design will require a lot of space and access to water supply, although, of course, the construction is worth it - in summer you will always have warm water.

In the presented video in this article you will find additional information on this topic.