A decorative well made from tires is a garden decoration that is quite easy to make with your own hands. However, it can be more than just a decorative element. How to make such a well from tires and how can it be used?
Why do you need a tire well?
A well made from car tires can cleanly decorative function. It can serve as a flowerbed or disguise a septic tank or drainage hole. In the latter case, the structure must have a lid.
Where can I get tires? If you haven't saved up in the garage yourself required amount tires that are no longer suitable for use for their intended purpose, you can always ask relatives or neighboring motorists for them. You can also go to a tire shop - they will give you old tires, perhaps of different diameters, for a nominal fee, and if you're lucky, for free.
Well with flowerbed
To build such a well with your own hands to decorate the site, you will need:
- 3 old car tires,
- 2 identical pieces of timber or logs as a support for the roof,
- roofing material (wood, corrugated sheet, plywood, etc.),
- 4 pieces of thin timber for the roof frame,
- fasteners (nails, screws),
- dye,
- container in which you will plant flowers.
Building such a flower bed takes a few hours.
- It is necessary to make slots in the tires into which pieces of timber will be inserted. They will support the roof. The slits can be made using a knife or saw. You can also install supports on the outside of the tires.
- The tires are placed on top of each other so that the cutouts match.
- The beams are inserted into the cutouts and driven into the ground.
- After this, the structure needs to be painted.
Attention! There may be residual machine oil on the tires, so they need to be prepared: rinse with detergent, dry, wipe with a degreaser (gasoline, alcohol, acetone).
The paint that is suitable for painting such a well is
- oil (sticks well, but lasts no more than a few seasons, then it will need to be renewed),
- enamel,
- bitumen,
- rubber (there is no rubber in the composition, but this paint is flexible and will not crack when the tires expand or contract with temperature changes).
The most convenient way to paint a tire well is with a spray gun or a spray can. After the paint has dried, you can apply the design with a brush.
The roof can be made gable or single-pitch. It will look good if it is covered with real roofing material, for example, slate, corrugated sheets, boards. The roof frame is made in the form of a lattice made of thin bars.
When the well is ready, a container for flowers is placed inside. It doesn't have to reach the bottom. If it is shallower, then you can put a stand in the well, and a container on it.
What else can you use decorative tire wells for?
- Decorative well around trees. To do this, take 2-3 tires. Such a well is made only around young trees.
- Flashlight. You can place a lantern under the roof of the well, and it is not necessary to conduct electricity for this. You can use flashlights with photocells, which are charged by the sun during the day and begin to glow after dark. If you want to use an electric torch, you need to lay power cable in compliance with all safety regulations.
- Children's playground element. A decorative well may well become a place for children's games. Tires can be used to make other structures for the playground.
The well can also be designed in a more interesting way. To do this, it is coated with plaster or cement and stones or tiles are glued. From plastic bottle or a piece of log you can make an imitation of a well gate. You can hang a bucket on the gate in which to plant flowers.
A well over a drainage pit or septic tank
This is no longer entirely a decorative option. A septic tank is a sewage system that consists of two pits. Sewage directly enters the first, where it is processed by bacteria, and the liquid partially neutralized in this way enters the second pit, where the waste is also processed by bacteria. After that almost pure water absorbed into the soil.
Important! You can install a septic tank where groundwater lies at a depth of at least 5 m.
Used car tires have proven themselves well as rings for such septic tanks. To make a septic tank with your own hands, you need to dig a hole and place tires in it according to the diagram. The figure shows the construction of a septic tank with or without a drainage pipe.
The volume of the septic tank must be such that it can accommodate three average daily volumes Wastewater. Based on this, you need to calculate the depth and width of the well and, accordingly, the number of tires. One must also assume that the water level should never be higher than the ground level. One tire is placed on the ground and the boundaries of the hole are marked. You can dig a hole a little wider to make it more convenient to lay tires and to be able to insulate the well. You need two such wells; they are placed as shown in the figure.
- A layer of crushed stone about 30 cm thick is poured onto the bottom of the first well; it is best to pour it on top concrete screed. A more budget-friendly, but less reliable option is to put roofing felt or other water-resistant material.
- In the second well, a well is drilled about 5 m deep, into which a plastic pipe is lowered. Through it, water will be absorbed into the soil. A layer of crushed stone is also poured on top.
- After this, the tires are laid. They are tied together with wire, and the cracks are filled with waterproof sealant.
- Next, a pipe is laid from one hole to another, for this purpose holes are made in the tires. Also, a pipe is laid from the house to the first well through which water will be discharged. It should be located slightly higher than the pipe through which the pipe goes into the second well.
Important! The main advantage of such a septic tank made from tires is its low cost, but it does not last very long, about 15 years. Major renovation it is impossible, so in case of serious damage you will have to arrange a new one. The condition of the septic tank must be checked every year.
It is necessary to locate a septic tank
- at least 5-10 m from the house,
- from the well with drinking water- at least 30 m on sandy soil and at least 25 m on clayey soil,
- at least 2 m from trees,
- from the neighboring plot - also at least 2 m.
A septic tank works best on sandy soil. It is advisable to do it where the soil does not freeze to a great depth.
What else can be made from tires
Old car tires are a material that can be used to make many different things, as shown in the photo below. In the garden, in addition to the well, you can make a variety of flower beds, garbage containers, a small pond or fountain, as well as a fully functional staircase if there is a slide on the site.
Children will be happy playground built from tires - you can make swings, slides, obstacle courses, figures of fairy-tale characters, and from tires large diameter- sandbox.
In addition, from tires you can make garden (and other) furniture with your own hands: tables, ottomans, armchairs, as well as furniture for pets.
A well for garden decoration is only one option decorative design from tires. In addition, such a well can also perform a practical function, for example, serve as a septic tank.
Do beds flooded with water after every rain turn into a swamp? It will not be possible to reap a decent harvest from a garden where the soil is oversaturated with water. The solution to the problem is drainage. If it is planned to build a house on the site permanent residence, it is better to design the drainage network before construction begins. But in a dacha, which is used only as a place for picnics and seasonal growing of vegetables, it is expensive and irrational to equip full-fledged systems. Let's try to figure out how to make budget drainage from tires with your own hands so as to save on pipes and wells, and turn a dull wetland into a healthy green garden.
Drainage is needed: instead of beds - a lake
The easiest way to remove excess moisture is to make several drainage branches from scrap materials with output to a receiver. For work, it is better to choose a period when the amount of precipitation and level groundwater– at a minimum: in summer or early autumn. And it is necessary to plan the drainage layout during the season of heavy rains or melting snow - in the spring.
Bad timing: work stopped due to rain
Functions of drainage networks: why drainage is needed
In addition to draining the soil, properly laid drainage from old tires can solve several problems:
- Stop the process of erosion of the top fertile soil layer.
- Reduce the moisture level in the deep layers of the soil.
- Drain streams of rainwater from the beds.
- Prevent diseases of trees and ornamental plants.
Planning the layout of canals and water collection points
In order for the system to work properly, it is necessary to correctly select the trajectories of the drainage lines, determine the depth and location of the drain. The simplest method is observation. During a rainstorm, pay attention to the direction of the flow - the natural flow lines of the water will help determine correct lines for drainage channels.
Simple scheme wiring country drainage
When planning the system, the topography of the site is taken into account: the branches are positioned so that the beginning of the trench is at the highest point, and the drainage is at the lowest point. In addition to linear outlets, it makes sense to install point water intakes. It makes sense to install collection points in small natural depressions where water stagnates - setting up point drainage from tires will take less time.
To correctly determine the depth, you need a simple analysis of the soil condition. If the groundwater level is constantly high and the rock is heavy and has low permeability, you will have to dig deep trenches:
- Up to 1 meter deep in the area where fruit trees are planted.
- Up to 70 cm - in places where beds are arranged.
- Up to 50 cm - along the perimeter of the site, along the paths.
Trenches and open lines
Channels dug to a depth of more than half a meter are considered deep. Trenches for adjusting the groundwater level are equipped with a drainage casing: a perforated pipe covered with crushed stone and a geotextile wrap. Replace purchased materials you can use improvised means:
Instead of ready-made pipes - tires
- Old tires of different diameters will serve as a drainage pipe.
- Instead of crushed stone they use broken old brick, pebbles, expanded clay, pieces of foam sheets.
It is advisable not to skimp on geotextiles: the fabric will protect drainage from silting and destruction by dense clay.
Surface channels up to 50 cm deep are left open or equipped with a cage in the same way as deep trenches. Instead of solid wheels, pieces (segments) of tires are installed as a pipe. Backfill materials needed for drainage are sand and crushed stone.
Receiving drainage wells
The moisture flowing down the drainage channels must be removed from the area to be drained and a drainage point must be organized. If there is a pond or roadside ditch nearby, then water can be discharged without constructing a drainage well. On the site itself, drainage receivers are installed - containers without a bottom, installed on a gravel or crushed stone bed. After draining into the well, water from the canals is additionally purified by a backfill filter and discharged into the ground.
There are several options for arranging the walls of a drainage well:
- Ready-made plastic or concrete products.
Factory plastic tank
- Homemade drainage wells. Materials for assembly – tires or old ones plastic barrels, brick.
Homemade drainage receiver
On rocks oversaturated with moisture, installing a single drainage tank may not be enough. To discharge large volumes of water, especially if there is a septic tank on the site, a drainage field is equipped: an area with a drainage tunnel for drainage. The tunnels are made of plastic in the form of hemispherical channels, reminiscent of a pipe cut lengthwise. You can also make your own channel from large diameter tires.
Making a network of channels for draining an area of tires: instructions
How to make drainage trenches from tires? Prepare tires: you will need old wheels of different diameters from 13 inches. In addition to tires, you will have to buy sand for backfilling and geotextiles. For a surface ditch, crushed stone is additionally needed. The fraction of filling materials is large or medium. Fine sand and crushed stone chips are not suitable for drainage: small particles clog the holes in the canvas.
Tires: suitable for any diameter
Auxiliary Tools and materials:
- Connecting elements: plastic clamps, self-tapping screws.
- Pieces of thick rubber to seal joints.
- Drill – for quickly punching holes in rubber.
- Shovels, pickaxe, wheelbarrow, level, film, pegs and construction tape (fishing line) - for excavation work.
Preparation: earthworks
To make drainage from tires with your own hands, you first need to mark the trajectory, length, plan the depth and width of the branches. Select a line for arranging the central channel. Branches are marked to the sides of the main line: side branches at an angle to the central one.
At the upper points of the outlets, the width of the ditches should correspond to the tire diameter with a margin of up to 20 cm. Depth – tire diameter plus up to 30 cm for bedding.
Line dug along the marking
Taking into account the fact that larger diameter tires will be used as you approach the connection point with the center line, the depth and width of the trench are gradually increased towards the main line. In order for the water to drain quickly, a slope is formed: for the side branches, a difference of 1 - 2 cm per meter is sufficient.
The central trench is dug in the same order. The height difference in the main line should be greater than in the side branches. Optimal inclination bottom - up to 3 cm per meter.
Slope along the natural slope of the site
The bottom of the dug channels is leveled and the slope is checked. Sand is used to make a sand cushion up to 15 cm thick.
Tire drainage installation
Geotextiles are laid on the sand bed. Leave free edges taking into account the height of the tires in the drainage. For additional filtration, you can pour a layer of crushed stone up to 15 cm high onto the canvas.
Finished drainage clip
Assembling a pipe from tires:
- The tires are stacked on top of each other. The connection begins with wheels of small diameter.
Connection with bolts and nuts
- The side walls of two tires are connected with clamps through previously drilled holes. Self-tapping screws or nuts and bolts are used as fasteners. With this connection method, gaskets made of thick film or rubber are placed under the holes: old tires crumbles, the thread breaks.
- The pipe is assembled vertically; after installing the last tire, the finished drainage pipe is laid in a trench. Due to the large weight, several segments are formed, which are then connected directly in the channel.
To strengthen the structure at the top and firmly connect the segments, metal strips with drilled holes are used. Self-tapping screws secure the strip to adjacent tires.
Connecting segments in a channel
The finished pipe is wrapped in geotextile. The edges of the canvas are connected in several places with electrical tape and staples.
Laying pipe in a ditch
A layer of sand is poured on top of the finished clip. From above - backfill with soil. It is advisable to make a protrusion above the finished channel from sand and soil to a height of up to 10 cm: over time, the sand will subside and the protrusion will be level with the soil surface.
Surface line with tire outlet
Surface drainage outlets are also made from tires. To improve outflow, tires cut into segments are used.
Installation diagram surface drainage
Construction of the surface line begins with laying geotextiles and backfilling with crushed stone. The height of the crushed stone cushion is up to 25 cm. Parts of the tire are placed on the bedding with the inner cavity towards the bottom of the trench. The holes, expanding downward, will perform the function of perforation in the factory pipe: through the cracks, water freely seeps into the crushed stone.
Another layer of crushed stone is poured on top. Wrap and fix the edges of the fabric with an overlap. The finished clip is filled in.
Drainage well: homemade tire receiver
To assemble a drainage well with your own hands, you will need old large-diameter tires. The best option– durable tractor or truck tires. The number of products is calculated according to the height of the planned tank, taking into account the height of the drainage pad. Wells equipped with a cast iron lid are installed as point drainage systems in places where water constantly accumulates.
Tires: sealed material for well walls
Choosing an installation location and digging a pit
The recess should be in a natural depression or at the lowest point at the edge of the site.
Digging a pit for the receiver
Pit dimensions:
- The depth is determined based on the characteristics of the soil and the water level in it. It is desirable that the discharge occurs to a depth of 1.5 - 2 m. With such a deepening, there is no risk of liquid freezing.
- The diameter of the pit is equal to the diameter of the tire with the addition of up to 30 cm around the circumference for insulation and bedding.
- The center line input should be in the upper third of the receiver.
The excavated recess must be checked to ensure that the walls are vertical: the tires must be installed strictly vertically on top of each other. The bottom must be level.
Sand cushion at the bottom
Sand is poured onto the compacted soil and compacted. The thickness of the sand layer is 15–20 cm. On top is a layer of coarse crushed stone. To prevent the bedding from eroding, it is advisable to install several large stones and crushed stone on top. Instead of crushed stone, laying river pebbles or stones is allowed.
Assembling a well from old wheels
The first tire is laid on the prepared base. Choose a connection method. For hermetic fixation use cement mortar.
Connecting busbars with plastic clamps
By installing the tires one by one, the height is brought to the planned level. In the lower part, on the first tire, you can make narrow rectangular slots in advance to drain water to the bedding.
Inset at the top of the well
A hole is made in the upper ring for a pipe from the center line. Around the walls they make a coating of crushed stone and pieces of foam plastic. Clay is compacted along the outer diameter or a solution is poured.
Receiver for surface drainage
This is how not only receiving drainage tanks are installed, but also point receivers in places where there is no natural outflow of water and the drainage line is not planned. When installing a point drainage drain on the top tire, you need to install a protective grill: buy ready-made or weld it from metal rods or fittings.
Point receiver with cover
Tunnel instead of filtration field
From tires you can make not only a linear drainage or receiver, but also equip a full-fledged filtration field. This method of drainage is used in areas where the elevated groundwater level and the complex composition of the rock make it impossible to organize discharge into a well.
Tunnel diagram: ready-made plastic structures can be replaced with cut tires
The field is a platform, deepened by half a meter, with crushed stone backfill. Instead of wells there is a pipe made of halves of tires stacked close to each other in the shape of a tunnel. The water coming from the line seeps through the crushed stone bedding into the ground.
Video: drainage from old tires in difficult peat soil
Visual instructions, how to drain a difficult area using simple tire drainage.
Organizing homemade drainage cages and wells is a temporary solution to the problem. In this way you can remove moisture from the garden or summer cottage. If construction is planned, and the soil is oversaturated with moisture, the site has complex terrain, the design of a serious drainage system will be required. Comprehensive protection consists of several separate networks: wall, deep, reservoir drainage, and, naturally, surface drying systems. Drainage construction is planned before work begins and installation is carried out during construction.
Everyone dreams of going to their well for water, unless, of course, the source of this life-giving moisture is nearby. In order to go for water without wasting extra time, you need to create a well on your own property with your own hands. This is not a very labor-intensive or time-consuming task, but you will have to make an effort.
Finding a place for a well
To begin building a well, you first need to find out exactly where the groundwater is located, as well as at what level it flows. Traditionally, sand and clay play the role of water carriers, and under these layers there is rock that does not allow water to flow through.
How and where to dig a hole for country well? This is a reasonable question to ask your neighbors. When groundwater is located at the same depth, then the conclusion is much easier to draw: the location of water is the same on several square meters. If there are no similar structures near the site owned by the initiator of the construction of the well, then it will be difficult to immediately determine in what place the well needs to be dug.
When everything is clear about the location, you need to choose a type of well. There are pipe, shaft, and drilling structures, but it is easier and more economical to make it from tires.
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There are tires - you can build
Materials:
- bitumen varnish;
- tires;
- crushed stone;
- bars;
- boards;
- nails;
- antiseptic glue.
Tools:
- shovel;
- brush;
- hammer.
Having calculated the depth of water flowing underground and choosing a place for the future well, you need to prepare pre-assembled tires and calculate how many they will be needed. Usually four or five car tires are used.
Next, you need to increase the tire diameter: a ring should be cut at a distance of 5 cm from the tread. For these purposes, the knife used in the work should be moistened in a soap solution. Then the tire must be treated with bitumen varnish. This should be done so that the tire well will serve the summer resident much longer. Thanks to this measure, substances harmful to humans after contact rubber tire and water will not appear in the liquid intended for drinking.
Tires of any diameter can be used for the well.
After this, you need to prepare a hole, which in diameter will be 20 cm wider than the tires. Then the bottom is covered with a layer of crushed stone (width - 40 cm). Now you can place car tires. To prevent one or another tire from moving, you need to install the first car tire, drive four bars along its sides. The tire is stacked against the tire, among them are rubber scraps. The gaps formed between the soil and the tires must be filled with crushed stone. Tires that will be placed already above earthen soil, do not require additional rubber layers.
Some people recommend attaching tires with glue designed for rubber and is resistant to water. This recommendation will give the resulting tire structure some strength.
Above the earthen surface, the well, where the base is a tire, rises approximately 70 cm. Next, a lid is made from wooden planks or a canopy. Afterwards, depending on the owner’s preferences, they make a device to lift a bucket of water, or install an automatic pumping system. The preferred option is to use pumps that are protected against overheating.
Around a well created from car tires, perform a waterproof coating. The simplest option is to compact it and then water the crushed stone. It will be a little more difficult to make a blind area from compacted clay or cement.
Crafts made from tires for the garden - birds made from tires
At our dachas we often use recyclable materials, and today I made interesting selection on crafts for the garden from old tires. It turned out that used tires are quite a multifunctional material; many different beautiful and useful things can be made from them. Pictured above are stunning flower pots in the shape of tropical birds.
Crafts made from tires for the garden - a flower bed made from tires
Tire flowerbeds
This is the first thing that came to my mind. Yes, I think you too. The classic solution is to paint old tire, fill it with soil and plant some annuals there.
At my dacha myself I have such a flowerbed with pansies. You can decorate a tire by pasting it over. More difficult decision flowerbeds are a flowerpot when the tire is cut figuratively on one side and turned inside out.
Crafts made from tires for the garden - flower bed with cart
There are also flowerbeds-swans, and more design ideas, like this horse and cart. There’s only so much you can do with your imagination, and the author of this work clearly had no problems with it.
Crafts made from tires for the garden on the wall of a house or fence
There can be hanging flower beds - it couldn’t be simpler, and the effect is interesting. This way you can decorate a fence or a blank wall of a house. Just don’t forget to make holes in the “bottom” of such a flower bed and put drainage (expanded clay, broken brick) on the bottom.
Crafts made from tires for the garden - ladybug flowerbed
Here's another idea, a ladybug made from two tires different sizes. The head is also made from a tire scrap. You can glue parts of such composite figures with ordinary rubber glue.
Crafts made from tires for the garden - children's playground
Children's playground at the dacha
Old tires can also become the main material for a playground. Dug in, hung on trees, painted in different colors, they will become an attractive object for children's games.
Crafts made from tires for the garden - swings
A very simple swing for a summer house can be made from a tire in just one hour. To do this, you need to cut the tire lengthwise, but not completely, but leaving about 50 cm uncut (for the seat). We turn it inside out, make holes for the rope, and hang it on a tree or support.
Crafts made from tires for the garden - swing horse
A more complex option is a horse swing for kids. Here you need to use ingenuity, make more patterns of rubber parts. The parts are connected using screws and bolts.
Crafts made from tires for the garden - a chair made from tires
Garden furniture made from old tires is not the most standard move
But spectacular! And, by the way, the furniture is quite comfortable - I used it myself from friends. Tires can be stacked on top of each other, and backrests and armrests can be made from cut pieces.
Crafts made from tires for the garden - an ottoman seat made from a tire
The seat works best if you cut a circle out of plywood and cover it soft material, lined with padding polyester or batting. You can use a furniture stapler to upholster a plywood circle.
Country house chair made from car tires
“Spare parts” for such a chair can be fastened together with bolts and nuts.
Tire seats
These chairs have seats and backs woven from twine using the macrame principle.
Tire chair with wooden back
Can be combined different materials- rubber and wood.
Pictures of crafts made from tires
Many crafts for the garden can be made by showing ingenuity and ingenuity. For example - different cute animals. Some owners end up with a whole toy zoo in their garden!
Craft from old tires - DIY palm tree
And someone’s palm tree grew behind their yard and began to sprout. The time to harvest is about to come!
Crafts from tires - a pool made from a tractor tire
And finally, an idea that, in my opinion, outshines all the previous ones - a pool made from a tractor tire. Even an adult man can swim in this!
Decorative well made of tires
Crafts for the garden from tires - well
But very nice idea of three tires - decorative well for decorating a flower bed. The tires are painted to resemble bricks, and a roof is mounted on top. wooden racks, flower pots are placed inside the tires.
Decorative well made of tires
As a rule, three tires are required to create a decorative well. Then they need to be painted and labeled brickwork.
DIY tire well
Of course, it is better to paint the well the color of red brick, maybe even to match the walls of your building or fence.
How to make a well from tires
Even three tires, painted and stacked one on top, without a roof, will look like a decorative well. Well, if you also make a visor, then your craft will be simply amazing.
Smeshariki made from tires
Passionate parents made cute characters from the cartoon Smeshariki for their children on the playground.
Pay attention to how the toys are designed. Some parts are intact, while others are cut out and fastened together.
All tires must be painted oil paint to prevent the evaporation of toxic substances from tires.
A hare made from tires will certainly be in demand among children, as it is convenient to carry it by the ears. Therefore, it is advisable to secure the ears more securely.
Creative parents made for their children beautiful playground. Children love cartoon characters, so they will be happy to play in such a bright arena.
A cute elephant made from tires can decorate your front garden.
Another character is a dog made from tires.
Video bonus for fans landscape design— sculptures and garden decor, shot by me in an interesting shop in Chiang Mai (Thailand).