Products from water pipes: we find a new use for popular

Recently, the ideas of secondary use of building materials are increasingly being implemented in practice. That is why furniture, decorative accessories, lamps from water pipes are so popular.

Below we describe what can be done from these structures, and also give recommendations on the design and installation.

Application in construction

Greenhouses and greenhouses

One of the most popular constructions for which such raw materials can be used is a greenhouse: practically everyone who has at least the minimum skill in handling tools can assemble a framework with his own hands from water pipes.

For work it is possible to use both metal, and plastic products.

• The framework from a steel pipe is usually built for capital constructions. From the long segments, the lower frame is first assembled, to which the vertical posts are then welded.
• In the next stage of the rack we connect the top strapping.
• To fasten fasten rafters. For their manufacture, you can use either a steel angle or thinner pipes.
• The roof can be made both gable and semicircular. In the second case, we will not have to weld the ridge part, but we need to get a pipe bender, since it is almost impossible to make an arc of the correct radius manually.

Polymer pipes (both new and used) can also be put on the production of the frame. Of course, the ideal option in terms of strength and convenience of work are metal-plastic products, but their price is quite high.

So usually all the work is done with the use of plastic or polyvinyl chloride parts.

• The lower frame is most often made of fairly strong products, connected by fittings - tees or crosses. It can also be beaten from four bars.
• We attach arcs to the frame, which are then complemented with longitudinal inserts.

Note! Since we do not need to connect the parts tightly, you can use any fittings that are suitable for the diameter. In this case, an additional advantage will be the ability to disassemble the structure.

• After the frame is manufactured, the filling is either fixed from plastic film or polycarbonate to the plastic base.

Pergolas and awnings

Arbor from water pipes with their own hands is also done quite easily.

Of course, its design is different from that of a greenhouse, but for a beginner there will not be much difference in complexity.

• First we need to prepare the supports. For this purpose it is best to use stainless steel pipe with a diameter of 2 inches.

Tip! You can take and ordinary steel, but in this case, the instruction strongly recommends that all surfaces are treated with an anti-corrosive compound. Particular attention is paid here to underground parts, since the metal comes into contact with the soil solution, corrosion is extremely active.

• Further in the soil we drill holes for the installation of a tube frame. The diameter of the hole, it is desirable to make 70-100 mm large diameter support.
• Install vertical racks in prepared nests, carefully align and concrete.

After the concrete hardens (that is, after about a week and a half or two weeks), you can begin to form the skeleton:

• From above we make a strapping of thinner pipes, on which we install rafters (monopitch, gable or arc).

• Along the perimeter we fix the railing, to which we can weld balusters from short lengths of pipe.
• After the installation is completed, we carefully grind all the metal elements and treat them with a composition that protects against corrosion.

Making decorative items

In addition to small architectural forms, other structures can be made from parts of the old water supply system.

Since metal parts can be connected in a variety of configurations, the appearance of such products is limited only by your imagination.

• Garden furniture from water pipes is pretty easy to assemble.. First, a small frame is welded or assembled on fittings with a frame, which is then equipped with wooden seats and backs.
• Do not all-metal benches and stools: in the summer they heat up very quickly, and in the fall and spring to sit on cold metal is not only unpleasant, but also unhealthy.

Note! When assembling the frame in a welded way, you should pay attention to the thickness of the seams: the smaller it is, the more attractive the product will look.

• Thin nipples are quite possible to put on the manufacture of hangers, shelves, racks for shoes etc. If you do not know how to handle a welding machine, it does not matter - it is quite possible to use sanitary fittings of suitable diameter to connect the parts.
• Finally, a water pipe lamp will be a good decoration for your interior.. Using steel, copper or plastic parts, you can make a body for it of any shape and size (from a wall horn to a floor lamp), and the switch is best styled with a tap of a handwheel or a mixer lever. With minimal skills, all work will take no more than a few hours.

• But the shotgun from water pipes, perhaps, should not be done. First, it is illegal, and secondly, even when using a thick-walled part, the product will behave unpredictably. So when you try to shoot from your hand, and not from a hard bed, you can be left without fingers. Or without eyes.

Conclusion

By following the above recommendations, anyone can make a bench, shed or hotbed from water pipes with their own hands. Of course, the final result depends on the skill, but it comes only with experience. So carefully study the tips and videos in this article, and then take up the tool!