Green hiding place for gray bins
They're not jewels. But garbage cans belong in the front garden. You can easily hide them in an arbor. And she looks beautiful.
A problem for many homeowners: the more or less unsightly garbage cans. Where to put it? to place them in a hidden place, always turns out to be a hindrance, when they have to be taken out for collection and wheeled to the curb. A completely closed container, with a large flap in front, is only of limited benefit, it restricts the accessibility of the rubbish bins.
Our suggestion: a small gazebo, flanked by plant troughs. Over time, climbing plants will sprout from them, which ensure transparency. Such an arbor transforms necessity into virtue.
Another benefit: The house offers enough space for several buckets, Bins and bags for differentiated sorting, with. B. in household waste, compostable, recyclables ("Green Dot"), glass and paper, or for a vessel and for bicycle or lawn mower, broom and snow shovel. The usable area is sufficient for this 100 x 150 cm from.
The impregnated construction timber and trellis- or. Vertical fence elements are available from specialist garden shops, Timber shop or hardware store. The material for our arbor costs about 250 to 300 Mark. And the structure does not make any special demands.
Firm stand all by itself
All construction timbers are cut to the required length. The easiest way to do this is with a cap- and miter saw.
Notching the corner posts for the roof rack: With the fox tail at a distance of 4 cut in cm, Take out the blocks with a chisel.
Serve as side trellis 100 cm wide elements. Place between the corner posts, three box boards at a distance of 1 unscrew cm.
As a counterpart, three boards are placed on the other long sides of the plant boxes 35 cm short post attached. 2 cm remain free.
The arbor is constructed in this way, that it is stable with the help of the two plant boxes: Once the boxes are filled with soil, their weight brings stability to the entire structure. So you don't need any posts and you can do without the sometimes tedious anchoring. you need: four posts 7 x 7 x 200 cm, four posts 7 x 7 x 35 cm, two roof racks 4 x 6 x 220 cm, six rafters 4 x 6 x 140 cm, twelve planter boards 2 x 10 x 110 cm, twelve planter boards 2 x 10 x 40 cm, a slat fence element 180 x 180 cm, two trellis elements 100 x 180 cm, a trellis element 50 x 180 cm. Then you can – with the simplest tool – build a hideout, that has it all. Almost too bad for rubbish.