At all times, people sought to cultivate and ennoble land, and this led to the emergence of terracing. If you are a happy owner of a country house or have a private house where you live, and you have your own piece of land, then most likely you want to ennoble it. Terracing a site with your own hands is a rather laborious task. In addition to a great desire, you must have skillful hands, a tool, a lot of patience. Our article is aimed at ensuring that you can get acquainted with the principles of terracing, its basics. You will also receive proper recommendations and interesting ideas.
Terrace a site with a slope
Any owner of a house with a plot in the private sector dreams of a flat terrain, but in most cases we are faced with natural natural bumps and slopes. To make such a relief your advantage, you can terracing the site, which consists in creating wide covered areas where it will be convenient for the whole family or friends to spend time on a hill. Artificially created steps and squareslook perfect, they can be located simply on the slopes or decorate the approaches to reservoirs, areas with vineyards. Properly made terraces will become a feature, not a disadvantage of your site. Along the edges of the platforms and steps, you can plant fruit trees or just ornamental plants. If the slope is large, the ideal solution would be to create several squares. If it is not so steep and high, then it is quite possible to create one terrace. In any case, you will only benefit by ennobling your territory.
Principles for creating terraces
Terracising a site is the creation of a land mass, which consists of their canvas, bulk and excavation slopes (vertical or inclined), berms - untouched parts of the slope located between the terraces.
Many people create terraces with steps, where the excavated lower slope becomes bulk for the upper one. Terrace areas must be protected with rollers, which will protect against soil erosion. Terracing the site allows you to increase the usable space, increase the functionality of the soil.
To create an expressive design, you need to use a variety of props and ladders, so first assess the condition of the ground and the type of terrain.
Analysis of the surface and quality of the soil is carried out using visual survey, while it is necessary to visualize the terracing. Once you have an idea of what your site will look like, take measurements to determine how many terraces you can create. Consider every little thing, includingincluding the dimensions of the supports.
Why do we need terrain state analysis?
Terraces are up to six meters wide and up to eighty centimeters high. After analyzing the terrain and ground, you will be able to:
- Assess the functionality of the territory.
- Create a vertical layout according to all the rules.
- Create the perfect composition of platforms and stairs.
- Choose suitable plants to decorate your terraces.
Once you have evaluated all the parameters, come up with a design, it will be easier to create a work plan.
Layout plan, vertical layout and sizing
Vertical planning is an artificial change in terrain to create terraces. These activities include adding soil or cutting it. Terracing a suburban area in this way means that the area must be divided into individual fragments that will comply with the rules for marking.
If you plan to create such complex objects as a pond, rockeries, alpine slides, flower beds and mixborders, you will need to create a layout plan that needs to be drawn on an approximate scale.
Steps
"How to make a terracing site on your own?" - many owners of land allotments are interested. In order to independently create a magical country on your territory, you should adhere to the main plan. So what are the steps to follow?the emergence of terraces in your garden?
- Creation of marking of the processed area. It must be protected by pulling the threads on the driven pegs.
- You need to add soil at the bottom and cut off at the top. This will reduce the angle of the platform.
- Creation of drainage systems and, if necessary, laying pipes for water supply.
- Concrete preparation of steps and retaining wall.
- The device of waterfalls, slides and mixborders.
- Decoration with facing of steps and retaining walls.
- Paving paths and paths with tiles or stones.
- Preparation of sites for planting plants.
- Installation and placement of architectural elements.
- Planting plants, filling reservoirs.
First peg
For the terraces to have a clear horizontal, it is necessary to create conditional horizontal lines, which are cultivated with the help of pegs and ropes. First, the peg is driven in on the slope, then the site is divided into segments equal to one and a half width of the created terrace. Subsequent points for driving in pegs are found using a level. This will form the first horizontal, followed by the rest. After that, you can start backfilling to create flat areas. It is recommended to create them not strictly horizontal, but with a slight slope so that rainwater can drain from them without forming puddles. It is necessary to strengthen the backfill with retaining walls.
Retaining walls
It is necessary to prepare a woodencontainer, lay the turf in it, strengthen it with pegs from above. After that, large stones are laid out, after them - smaller ones. Next, you need to attach a fine, strong mesh. After that, apply mortar and decorate the wall with bricks, stones or tiles.
If the slope is too steep and high, expert calculations and concreting are required. The same walls must be created as a foundation.
Strengthening walls
To reinforce straight walls, buttresses or pilasters are used, which can also serve as steps or ramps.
The construction of supporting walls is possible using concrete, stone, brick, wood or gabion with different fillers.
Conclusion
In such a simple way, you can create beautiful decorations on your site that will decorate and give comfort. In fact, everything can be more difficult than it seems after reading the article, but it's definitely worth it!
