The dacha plot is an affordable and popular holiday destination for citizens, and you want to arrange it beautifully and functionally. On the arrangement, if possible, I would like to save. Increasingly, the views of summer residents are directed towards the materials at hand, such as ordinary pallets for packaging. In this article we will talk about the possibility of using pallets in the construction of a garden arbor.
Pallets
Pallets, or pallets - a type of packaging that is used for packaging and transportation of bulky goods, goods. For example, boxes placed on pallets with goods when moving around a warehouse or in a van truck for further transportation will not crumble, fall, respectively, the goods in them will remain intact. 
In the production of this type of packaging using wood, plastic, metal, cardboard. Pallets differ in size. For wooden options, pallets use waste softwood and hardwood.
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Choice of pallets
Pallet sizes may vary:
- European packaging - 120x80x14.5 cm (length, width, height);
- the American version is 120x120x14.5 cm;
- Finnish palette - 120x100x14,5 cm.
Which standard to choose depends on the type of pergola, although the pallets can be installed both vertically and horizontally. In this case, any of the three options will do. 
Did you know? The prototype for the construction of the pallet served as wooden scraps - runners knocked together.
Training
The first thing to do is to decide on the type of construction: it must be strong, easy to assemble and durable. The proposed option will have a pillar foundation and a wooden frame.
Therefore, in addition to pallets, you will need:
- brick or foundation blocks;
- wooden beam and board, planks;
- fasteners - nails, metal corner, screws, anchors or wood-grouse screws;
- cement for mortar.
The site selected for construction is free from vegetation, stones, debris. It is also desirable to level the surface. Next, carry out the markup: at the edges of the perimeter of the future building drive in pegs and pull the rope, which will serve as a beacon. 
Selected for construction trays are cleaned from dirt, sanded and polished to give them a smooth surface.
Instruments
For processing pallets and wood, other works will need:
- joiner's planer;
- face plane;
- chisels of different sizes of canvas;
- hacksaw, saw;
- drill and drill bits;
- grinding nozzles;
- hammer;
- roulette;
- level;
- ax;
- shovel.
Stages of the construction of arbors
We will build a gazebo with a fully closed rear wall, then on the sides - a railing of pallets.
Did you know? Ancient Egypt is considered the birthplace of a gazebo. On the frescoes of Egyptian tombs, archaeologists discovered images of these buildings dating back 2,000 years BC.
Foundation
We dig holes around the perimeter of the future arbor with a depth of half a meter. To prevent seasonal deformations of the soil, we pour a mixture of sand and gravel on the bottom. The pits should be located on each corner of the building, between them and in the center, only twelve under a rectangular gazebo.
Next on a pillow of sand and gravel lays the pillars of a block or brick that is at hand. In order for the pillars to stand firmly, the material is bound together with cement mortar, it is ebbing around the pillar in the pit. The columns should be insulated with moisture from bitumen mastic. 
The function of the bottom strapping and the basis for the floor will be the wooden beam.
Flooring
Preparation and the work itself consists of the following steps:
- Before laying the floor, make the pillar of the supporting pillars a wooden bar (100x100 cm). The front bars, where there will be an entrance, are made 15 cm higher than the rear ones, since the structure will have a lean-to roof. Fastening is carried out with the help of metal angles, screws.
- The second stage is to attach logs (from the same beam) with a distance of 50-60 cm, they are fixed horizontally, along stretched beacons.
- At the same time, vertical bars are installed and fixed, which will hold the entire structure, walls, in particular, and the roof.
- On the lags hold the flooring boards, pre-impregnated with an antiseptic. The board is used 25 mm thick, this flooring will be durable.
Important! You can use a board made of wood-polymer composite, it is durable and durable.
Walls
Between the carrier racks we place the pallets vertically so that the railings are higher. First, they are attached to the bearing supports, you can use screws, and interconnect with nails or screws.
Roof
In the early stages of construction, support pillars were installed. We will make the roof shed, the figure shows a view of this type of roof:
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For the roof need: timber, boards, strips.
Further we act according to the scheme:
- We connect beams of timber vertical pillars.
- We join the lower and highest points of the structure with rafters with a step of 60 cm.
- Perpendicular to the position of the rafter boards, the sheath is filled from the planks.
- The final touch - roofing: slate, roofing material.
Important! All wooden parts of the building need to go through an antiseptic, to prolong the life of the gazebo varnish and regularly update the painting.
Arbor decoration
Enhance the appearance of the design, you can use beautifully selected shades of paint or a combination of several colors. Light curtains of translucent fabrics can be hung on openings. Curtains from natural fabrics, for example, flax, with a calm pattern or plain colors, will add nobility.
Inside the gazebo will need furniture: a soft sofa, a couple of chairs or comfortable chairs with a back, a table for tea drinking.
You can decorate the gazebo with the help of a rocking chair.
Not superfluous would be a bookcase or an open buffet with the necessary trifles.
Plants that are carried into the house for the winter, and in the warm season outside, can also take their place in the free corners of the building. In addition to potted flowerpots, you can decorate the arbor hanging containers with bright colors. 
Ideas for using pallets
Pallets in skilled hands are universal material for various kinds of products, including furniture. The simplest version of the furniture - a coffee table. For the manufacture will need two pallets and castors for furniture with fastening.
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Peeled and sanded pallets are placed on each other, fastened with screws, turned over and fastened with screws at the corners of the wheel. The table can be painted in any color you like, put plexiglas canvas on the tabletop. Available niches are used to store magazines or newspapers, books. 
Putting a pair of pallets one on another, attaching a pallet vertically to them, we get the basis for the sofa. It remains to take a piece of fabric, foam rubber and a thread with needles or a sewing machine and sew soft covers and pillows. 
From the pallet you can get the original hanging shelf for various decorative trifles or dishes. 
If you have a little imagination and a little bit of knowledge in construction, then it will not be difficult to make a gazebo with your own hands, and add stylish and unusual furniture, a playground and much more to it.
For arranging the dacha plot, you can also do your own hands with a dry stream, rock arias, a brazier made of stone, a fountain, garden swings, a decorative waterfall, concrete walkways, a summer shower, a swimming pool, and also learn how to choose garden sculptures.
Arbor options from pallets:
