Do you want to make an original track in the country? It's a feasible dream. Both a man and a woman can cope with such an idea. Physical strength is not needed here, but fantasy is useful. The track can be laid out with different materials, but the laying algorithm will be the same. See below for ideas and tips for paving trails.
Slabs and gravel
This way of making a track in the country with your own hands is suitable for those who have just finished repairs. In such a situation, a person always has a lot of construction debris. In order not to throw it away, you can put it on something useful. For example, create a path in the country.
How to do it? You need to start by preparing the foundation. Just like in construction, it plays an important role. You have decided on the location of the path, now you need to dig a trench 10 cm deep.
First, we fall asleep coarse gravel by 3 cm, then sprinkle it with sand and spill it with water. We tamp the base well. Now you can start styling. We take the rest afterplate repair. We lay them out along the trench as you like. Ideally in this way to make a step track. That is, lay the plates at a distance of 7-10 cm from each other.
Be sure to pay attention to the height of your creation. The path should run flush with the main surface of the ground. It will be easy to measure this with a level.
You have laid out the path the way you like, now you need to fill the gaps between the plates with rubble. You can use any material. For example, broken tiles or small pebbles. If you want to create a more natural looking walkway, you can even fill the space between the slabs with grass seed soil.
Tamp the track well. The plates must be sealed with a sledgehammer. You can frame the path with rubber thin tubes, or use small stones for this purpose, or plantations of low ornamental shrubs or flowers.
Wooden cuts
Do you want to make economy tracks in the country? Then you need to pay attention to this option. The path can be made from wooden saw cuts. Making them will be pretty easy. You should choose any dry wood and cut it into circles 10-15 cm thick. In order for the tree not to start to rot, you must dry the blanks. After that, each cut should be treated with a solution for wood. It will protect future track elements from decay and various insects.
Material prepared, how to lay it? Paths in the country from saw cuts are made according to the standard algorithm. It is necessary to dig a trench, first lay a layer of largegravel, then sprinkle it with sand and tamp. Now you should fill the ditch with fine gravel, and then use the sand again. Sand should be poured with water, then the foundation of the path will settle well.
After the preparatory work is completed, you can lay out saw cuts. First, just arrange them the way you like. Alternate between large and small pieces. Now, using a rubberized mallet, tamp down the wooden elements.
You can fill the space between the cuts with sand or soil. In the future, you can plant lawn grass between the wooden elements.
Bricks
Paths in the country with your own hands can be created from materials left over from construction. For example, from bricks. But keep in mind that bricks deteriorate over time. To prevent this from happening, be sure to treat the material with a water-repellent impregnation.
How to make paths in the country? We start by digging a trench. According to the algorithm described above, we fill it with gravel and sand. Now we need to think about the design. You can lay out a path not only from bricks, but also add stones to it, such as pebbles. This will help you create a unique design.
If you don't have pebbles, you can replace them with pieces of broken tiles or glass. But if you use glass, then it must first be poured with concrete. What for? So that you can walk along the path barefoot and not be afraid that you will cut your legs.
Bricks shouldlay edge. Yes, this will increase the consumption of material, but it will also increase the life of the track. Be sure to pay attention to the soil of your cottage. If it is sandy-clay, then the shrinkage of the material will be small. But if you have good black soil, then the path needs to be made a little higher than the ground level.
Tile
If you are not very limited in finances, then you can make a beautiful and durable track. Of what? From tiles. For paths in the country - this is ideal.
Firstly, such a paved path will be durable. Secondly, it will be possible to move comfortably along the path and carry a rather weighty load. Thirdly, this option looks very aesthetically pleasing. Tiles for paths in the country are suitable for any type of soil. But again, an adjustment should be made for the composition of the earth and for the shrinkage of the material. To save a little, the tiles can be laid not tightly to each other, but to make a step track.
What will the step-by-step process look like? You need to lay out the tile the way it should look in the final step. To create a straight line, tie the two ends of a long rope to wooden wedges and drive them into the ground on either side of the path. If you want to create a winding path, stretch the irrigation hose as a guide.
The tile is laid out along the desired path. Now you need to arm yourself with a knife and a shovel. Cut holes in the ground to the size of the tile. Fill each hole with gravel and sand. Tiles should be laid on such a substrate and welltamp it down with a sledgehammer.
Boards for decorating the yard
If you recently built a barn on your summer cottage or covered the roof, then you probably still have extra building material, such as boards. Of these, you can make paths in the country. A photo of this option is shown below. If your summer cottage is decorated in eco-style, such wooden paths will fit perfectly into the exterior.
In order to bring such an idea to life, you will need to draw a plan. As you probably understand, the board path should be no narrower than half a meter. Why? Because otherwise it will be uncomfortable to walk on it.
And keep in mind, even if you treat the boards with a water-repellent agent, the life of your creation will be a maximum of 5 years. A tree immersed in the ground and constantly washed by rain and melting snow will quickly become worthless. But such a track looks stylish, and most importantly, it fits pretty quickly. Therefore, many summer residents agree to change it every five years.
How to lay the track? You should dig a track 10 cm deep. Then you need to make a substrate of sand and gravel. And now you can lay the boards on a soft base. Be sure to treat them with wood impregnation. And if you want your path to have a beautiful shade and glossy shine, you can use stain. After laying the boards, they should be well tamped with a rubberized hammer.
Lids
Don't know how to make paths in the country? Don't want to spend a lot on such a project? Thenas a material for the track, you can choose plastic covers. The difficulty here can only be the collection of the necessary material.
If you don't want to put this project on the back burner, you will need to notify all your friends to collect caps for you. But if the path to be paved is quite long, then even with the effort of all your friends, it will be problematic to get the right number of covers. In this case, you can go to the beach and help clean up the city from excess garbage. Many needed plastic caps can be found in the sand.
When the collection of material has come to an end, you will have to draw a picture. Moreover, the sketch should be done on paper in a cage. Covers randomly scattered along the path will look terrible. Therefore, draw some kind of ornament. The easiest way is to draw rectangles or circles.
When the sketch is ready, you can begin to implement the project. Prepare the trench and fill it with gravel and sand. Corks should be laid out on such soil in accordance with your drawing. Be sure to make a substrate under the track 3-4 cm above the main ground level, so that later the track can settle without loss in aesthetic terms.
Pebbles
One of the most reliable and beautiful options for a path in the country is paving with small round pebbles. Pebbles are best suited for this purpose. But only people who live by the sea will be able to successfully implement such a project. In the middle zone of our country it will be difficult to findsmooth stones of the same size.
Of course, if you really want something, then the obstacles in the form of transporting stones are unlikely to stop you. If you go to the Black Sea by car, you can collect two or three large boxes of large multi-colored pebbles. When you get home, you can sit down to create a sketch.
A project like this needs a beautiful drawing. You can come up with it yourself or use the options on the Internet. If your path is quite long, then you can fill up some lanes with gravel or pour concrete. This will allow you to significantly save on stones.
But how to lay the pebbles? You can use the standard option and tamp round stones into a sand-gravel substrate. And also you can create decorative layers of concrete. To do this, you will need to pour concrete into a square shape, and when the material begins to set, insert pebbles into it and strengthen it well. It will be quite easy to make a track out of such details.
Concrete castings
Do you have construction residues at your disposal, pebbles are not available to you and even there are no boards lying around anywhere? Do not worry. Do-it-yourself economy paths in the country can be made of concrete. And in order not to create something trivial, you can dream up a little. For example, make an interesting path in the form of burdock sheets.
For this you will need large plant leaves and concrete mortar. Dilute a mixture of cement and sand with water. You can add gravel. He will helpincrease the volume of the solution, and can also make the tile stronger. If you want your castings to be not gray, but, for example, blue, you should add color to the mixed substance.
Now you should put a leaf of burdock on a flat surface, smooth out wrinkles and on top, with a spatula, apply concrete. The layer of material should be at least 4-5 cm. Of course, you will be able to create a 3-4 cm thick tile, but believe me, it will very quickly lose its presentable appearance. After the product dries, and this will take about an hour, you should tear off the burdock leaf and wrap the workpiece in a bag. What for? To prevent concrete from cracking during drying. You can remove the tiles from the package after 48 hours.
You need to lay such blanks in the same way as a step track. We cut a hole in the ground, make a substrate of sand and gravel, and then tamp the concrete casting.
You can add anything you like as decorative elements to such homemade tiles. Shards of dishes, Christmas decorations, broken glass from bottles, or unnecessary buttons will do.
Paving slabs
You are building a country cottage and are not limited in funds? Then you can make sidewalk paths in the country. Yes, this is a rather time-consuming and expensive undertaking, but the game is worth the candle. Such paths can lie for decades, and at the same time they will not even lose their original appearance. Of course, this is provided that you do not decide to save on material and buy quality paving slabs.
For paths in the country, you need to choose a small tile. Rarely, paths wider than a meter are laid on the plots. And laying out a neat and beautiful path of large squares is possible, but it will be difficult. Tiles are laid out according to the standard scheme: a trench is dug, crushed stone with sand is compacted, and then tiles are laid flush with the ground.
To make it easier for you to lay a path, you can build yourself something like a formwork. Then you will not go beyond. To make the track more interesting, you can draw a sketch of your creation. For example, a geometric ornament or zigzags. In order for the pattern to be pronounced, you should purchase material in contrasting colors.
Rubber tracks
Don't want to bother with digging trenches and further compacting the foundation? Then rubber tracks for summer cottages are ideal for you. They are strong, durable, do not deform, and if necessary, one of the segments can be replaced.
You can lay such a path both on dug up soil and on lawn grass. Moreover, in the second option, you don’t even have to worry about removing the grass from the path. Over time, the rubber segments will sink a little into the ground, and the grass will grow very naturally in the crevices. It will look beautiful, and it will be very easy to care for the track. You should only walk over it once a week with a lawnmower.
How to lay such a track? Substrates do notneed. You simply place the rubber segments in the position they need to be and then tamp them down with a hammer. Care should be taken to ensure that there are no joints between the parts. In this case, water will not accumulate on the rubber, which means that it will not crack and deform in the cold.
If you want to give the path a modern look, you can lay it not on grass, but on white gravel. Then, of course, you will have to work hard with tamping, but then you will not need to cut the grass on the path every week.
