Pergons in landscape design
Under weather conditions in central Russia, pergons are one of the best options for installing fences and fences.
Content
- What are pergons? video
- Basket Installation video
- Base under the pergons
- Mini pergons
- Pergon Fillers
- Ability to change shape
- The ability to change the filler
What are pergons?
Pergons are a new, interesting, truly innovative element of landscape design.
On the territory of our vast country, these structures are only beginning to become fashionable, although there are many possibilities for using different fillers, for the construction of various metal grids.
Garden design trendsetters - Europe, have been using these original designs for years.
Initially, the pergons were used as military fortifications; they protected soldiers from bullets.
After many years, in connection with the fascination of people with landscape design, pergons began to develop the territory of the garden.
It is, as it were, a hybrid of gabions and pergolas, but gabions take up a lot of space, which does not allow their wide use in the design of summer cottages.
Pergons in their design combined the massive solidity of the gabion and the lightness of an elegant pergola.
Pergons are a narrow mobile design, which is their main advantage.
For the first time we noticed the pergons when the little grandchildren began to ask to have birds - quails. We decided to make them pleasant, start quail, while combining the useful with the pleasant. Quail eggs are very useful for children, and a live bird entertains children, develops curiosity. The family decided that they needed to buy quail cages, install them in the garden, and protect our decorative house with the help of a pergon, they fit well into the garden design.
Basket Installation
The pergon basket has a width of 23 cm. It consists of a galvanized steel grate.
For the manufacture of steel gratings, steel rods are used, the thickness of which is from 6 to 8 mm., In the manufacture of steel baskets, stainless steel ties and clamps are used.
Design features includes support racks, for strength, they are installed every 2.5 meters.
The height of the pergone can be varied: from 60 to 240 cm.
In general, the height of the structure depends only on the wishes of the customer.
The designer can add a twist to the garden interior when installing the pergon.
The big advantage of pergon is their mobility, strength and durability.
In accordance with European quality standards, the entire structure is made of certified steel.
High-quality steel provides a long service life, specifically for central Russia, the service life is at least 50 years.
Base for pergon
Like any structure, pergon constructions are usually installed on the base.
Pergons can be placed on the old foundation, which remained after the dismantling of any structure, can be installed on asphalt or concrete path.
However, it is quite possible to install the pergon directly on the ground, but in this case, the construction racks, for greater stability, must be concreted.
This is especially true for tall and long structures in order to prevent the overturning of the platform during strong gusts of wind.
Mini pergons
With the help of a pergon, for a decorative garden, they build high-side boards.
In this case, mini-pergons are well suited.
They are made of steel grating, the thickness of the rod is 5-6 mm., The mesh size is 25x200 mm., The width is only 13 cm.
Such a miniature design, like all pergon nets, are mounted on racks and can reach a height of 120 cm.
Unlike wooden sides, pergons serve for decades, the design looks aesthetically pleasing and very quickly erected.
Pergon Fillers
Pergons are often used as retaining walls, of which you can create a capital fence, as well as walls of a garden building, such as a gazebo.
In the classic version, the pergons are filled with rubble, pebbles or stone.
The dimensions of the filler are selected depending on the size of the cell.
In addition, if the pergon does not take on a solo role, it can be filled with what you have on the site.
Broken brick, saw cut trees, small branches and stones, broken glass - you can put into practice almost any material.
Ability to change shape
In addition to all of the above, these designs have several other significant advantages.
As when assembling and disassembling a child’s designer, the shape of an erected structure can be changed countless times.
You can add and remove individual elements, bend the walls in a new way, change the direction of the platform.
If you have erected a long fence, closing the plot around the perimeter, in the same style, you can arrange flower beds in the garden itself, arrange a gazebo, etc.
The ability to change the filler
Without causing much material damage, you will always have the opportunity to change the filler.
You can replace a large stone with a smaller one.
You can add drawings of colored rubble.
Now you can find pergons with wooden saw cuts, construction waste, plastic fillers.
The pergon filled with glass looks very beautiful.
To do this, use a special glass filler, it is a large piece.
Pergons filled with bluish glass look very elegant.
On sunny days, the design creates the illusion of a holiday, it looks bright and solemn, and in cloudy weather, such a pergon will give cosiness and romance to the site, since the glass transmits light and seems more airy.
When filling with stone, you can alternate large and small fractions, create multi-colored mosaic patterns.
