One of the advantages of a private house, especially if you have children is the presence of a courtyard. Its owners do not need to wander the streets in search of a decent playground. An excellent place for walking kids and adults can be arranged just under the windows. If the garden swing to do their own, they will decorate the site and put the beginning of a comfortable recreation area.
How to make a swing to give your own hands
Advertising is full of images of garden swings. From children's, bright and colorful, to forged or wooden, original, almost fabulous, design. They would look great on the site. With all the richness of offers it is difficult to find ready-made swings for dachas. You may not like the device of the seat or seem to be an unreliable system of supports and fasteners. A model that would fit perfectly in the store is slightly cheaper than the wing of the Boeing.
Can not decide the choice? Do not despair! Beautiful and safe garden swing to make their own hands is not difficult. Yes, it will take time, material, some tools and the ability to use them. But the swings made specifically for your garden will please loved ones every day. The constructions will be reliable and checked by you. Such a swing will no longer be anyone! Perhaps, you will like the work on the site, and want to do something else: a hill, a sandbox, a swing-balancer.
Where to start? In order to imagine in detail the swings of your dreams, draw them. If you saw a model from a neighbor, in a park or on sale, which you liked, take a photo from different angles, let it become the prototype of your product. Draw a drawing indicating the length of the parts and the size of the connection angles. To make a garden swing with your own hands, decide on the material. The basis of the design can be:
- steel pipe round or profile;
- wooden beams and board.
From metal
To make a metal hanging swing for a dacha, you need to have the skills to work with welding. From a steel round or profile pipe you get a reliable frame - two side supports in the form of the letter "A".The seat is suspended on it. For the installation of a secure base, a profile pipe with a cross-section of 50 to 50 mm or a round pipe of 1.5 inches is required. You will need four workpieces for supports, one cross member and two short pieces that will give the rigidity of the structure.
The first step is to sand all the metal parts in order to get rid of the burrs, cut the pieces of pipe of the desired length with a bulgarian and weld them according to the scheme. First, the two lateral pillars are fastened to the L-shaped structure, a transverse piece is welded to them, so that the workpiece is in the form of the letter "A".For reliability in the upper corner of the pipe weld not only to each other, but also weld a piece of metal plate to them. After that, the crossbar is attached to the supports, to which the fasteners for suspending the seat are pre-welded.
How to install a homemade swing on the site? A reliable foundation is needed for them. The depth of the pits under the foundation should not be less than 80 cm. The swings are installed in pits, leveled off with a level and concreted with a mixture of cement, sand, gravel in the proportions of 1: 3: 2.In the warm season, concrete will solidify within a week. You can do otherwise. In the pits for the foundation, steel pipe segments protruding above the ground level are strengthened. After the concrete has gathered the fortresses, the main structure is welded to them.
Made of wood
For the production of wooden supports, a beam of at least 80 to 80 mm cross section is required. Draw a drawing. If you use the ready, adjust the size of the product according to your needs. Wooden supports also make A-shaped. The joints of the parts are first drawn, then they make a cut in half the thickness of the bar, join and firmly fasten with bolts. As a transverse crossbar it is better to use a powerful board with a thickness of at least 5 cm and a width of 10-15 cm. The moving part of the swing on chains, rope or rigid supports is fixed to the crossbar on bolts with rings.
Special charm is inherent in the designs, the support of which is made of logs. Such a garden swing with your own hands is more difficult, but if you have special skills, the result will be excellent. After assembly, the swing from the beam or logs is installed on a concrete site or a special foundation. If in concrete reinforce a solid iron plate projecting above the surface of the site, you can securely fasten the legs of a wooden swing to it.
After installing the self-constructed structure, a movable part is attached to the crossbeam. Such A-shaped wooden and metal supports are universal, they can serve as the basis for different types of swings, in which as a seat are used:
- bench;
- car tire;
- hammock;
- chair-nest;
- sofa.
Swing-nest with your own hands
Some seats for swings are traditionally used in our area, others are becoming popular only now. A swing-nest is a new idea that conquers hearts with its simplicity, grace and convenience. Equip the country swings with a cozy nest, and they will become a favorite place for fun not only for your child, but also for all the neighboring children.
How to make a swing with your own hands? It's very simple if it's a nest-swing. For work you will need:
- metal hoop with a diameter of 80 cm and more;
- is another hoop if the seat is in the form of an armchair;
- a lot of kapron cord, 5 mm thick or more.
The idea of the idea is to braid the inner space of the hoop so that a web of rope is formed. For this, the macrame technique is very suitable. If one smaller hoop is placed horizontally and the other one is larger, at an angle of 45 to it, then the lower plane will be the seat, and the distance between the hoops forms the back of the hanging chair. What if you do not know the technique of macrame? The hoop can be sewn with a cloth or use a small homemade or a purchased hammock instead of a nest.
Bench-swing for dachas
In a recreation area designed not only for children, it is appropriate to build a swing on chains in the form of a bench. It looks like an ordinary garden bench without legs. If desired, you can equip it with a soft seat and a backrest. Such a bench is made two or three-seater, so it requires a qualitative support. This seat is completed with a garden swing from the bar, described above.
The simplest version of the suspended bench is a board suspended on chains. If you equip it with a backrest, then it will be much more comfortable to rest. You can build a bench from a bar. The soft part is made of foam rubber, which is lined with a dense fabric or imitation leather. For a comfortable rest, the bench-swing is placed in a gazebo, on a veranda or equipped with a canopy from the sun and rain.
Supports for swing
The support for a garden swing can be not only a design built of metal, logs or beams. To strengthen the swing of tires, tarpaulins, planks, hoops can be on a sturdy tree branch. However, such fasteners do not guarantee the safety of children. Hand-made swings are reliable, beautiful, comfortable. You can diversify children's leisure by strengthening the seat on the carbines. Then it will be possible to change the look. Today on the supports there is a rocking hammock, tomorrow - a bench, the day after tomorrow - a nest.
How to fix the movable part of the swing on the supports? It is most convenient to use chains or a metal cable hidden in a plastic tube. The car cable for towing is excellent, it is reliable and durable, it is designed for heavy loads. For a swing designed only for the child, a strong synthetic cord with a thickness of 8 mm is suitable.