Forged arbors: design examples

Owners of large country houses often invite landscape designers to arrange their site. A beautiful forged gazebo in the garden will be a place for meeting with friends, drinking tea with your family and just a corner for solitude and reflection.

A beautiful gazebo can decorate any area, and light elegant art forging will be its decoration. These gazebos will look the most organic, if the windows in the house, garden furniture or other details will be present forging.

Light or openwork design gazebos can protect from the scorching sun on a hot day, but will not save from heavy rain or strong wind. Such buildings can look very beautiful, especially if the work is entrusted to experienced craftsmen who will make the product not only beautiful, but also original.

In the closed forged gazebos you can spend time not only on hot summer days. Such buildings are comfortable and in the cold season, they can prepare a place under the grill or fireplace.

Construct massive arbors often on the foundation. Forged structures are installed on concrete foundations or slabs, on a wooden floor or simply on gravel, grass.

Experienced craftsmen in artistic forging can create any design that is in shape, size and design.

You can make a gazebo and independently if you are able to use the machine for welding. It should make a metal frame, already welded forged decorative parts to it. They can be purchased in specialized stores.

Choosing a wrought iron gazebo for your garden, you should figure out what advantages it has and whether there are any drawbacks to such buildings.

Advantages of a shod arbor:

• used for recreation and as a place where you can hold important meetings, receive guests;
• such buildings harmoniously complement the vegetation of the garden with a wide variety of ornamental flower beds with flowers, shrubs and trees;
• Shod arbors are well combined with other buildings, designed in a certain style;
• combine well with dark and light wood, red brick, natural stone;

• the material has a long service life - the metal structure and parts should be coated with a primer and special paint that will protect from adverse weather conditions;
• for the finished structure with proper maintenance does not require regular repairs;
• when installing a gazebo, you can choose any kind of foundation, or simply put on the grass or stones;
• You can make gazebos in different price categories, from a hand-made frame building to luxury buildings made to order by experienced blacksmiths.

Forged gazebos are painted in different colors, while taking into account the wishes of the owner and the overall colors of buildings. Paint metal surfaces with enamel or alkyd red. To give the effect of an aged surface using a patina.

Metal products are absolutely safe from the fire point of view and are suitable for installing barbecues, barbecues or fireplaces in the gazebos.

Such designs have many advantages, but forged products have disadvantages:

• At strong heating welding seams can crack. This is especially true for openwork elements that are intertwined with each other, thereby causing deformation of the material.
• The disadvantages include the high price of structures. Creating forged products according to individual designs can significantly increase the final cost.
• Under the influence of moisture can occur oxidation of the metal and its destruction. Such a drawback can be eliminated by painting the surface and regularly inspecting it, and see if rust has appeared. It should be treated with anti-corrosion materials or paint the parts with special paints.

Choosing the most suitable option for the site, you should consider what are the types of forged structures and their shape.

The most common should be called:

• gazebo;
• pergolas;
• altanki.

The word "belvedere" derived from the Italian word belvedere, which translates as "beautiful view." Light buildings on the hill allow you to explore the surroundings, admire the beauty of nature. Belvedere is also called a tower with open holes or glazed windows.

These gazebos can be built on high ground or even on the balconies in the building. For the base take concrete blocks that significantly elevate the building above the surface. Belvederes are often decorated with steps and wrought iron railings that highlight the general style of the gazebo.

The floral decor successfully complements the beautiful openwork pattern of the forged construction of the arbor. Belvedere suitable for those who are accustomed to admire the beauty of the surrounding nature, hiding in the shade of open or closed structures.

Pegrolami originally called canopies of climbing plants, which in the summer hot days sheltered from the scorching sun. Pergolas are constructed from arches and sections connected by crossbeams.

This design has distinctive features:

• the design consists of sections;
• has a support and arc elements;
• has a lattice overlap.

Usually pergolas are quite high. The height of these structures can reach up to 2.6 meters. Initially, these gazebos were intended only to protect from the sun and to support climbing plants and grapes. Using forged decorative elements, they are used to decorate the recreation area,masking of outbuildings that do not quite fit into the concept of the chosen design for the site, for the decoration of gates, gates and entrances to the garden.

One of the most popular types of gazebos can be called altanki. They are placed in an open area, where it will be convenient to come from all sides. Altanki are closed or open, they are distinguished by a large variety of forms, elaborate decorative wrought iron details.

For altanka should prepare a place, as gazebos should be mounted on a flat surface. To do this, prepare a flat platform of stone, make the base of floor tiles or construct a wooden base. The area altanok varies from 5 to 20 square meters. m.

They are a compact open structure under the roof, inside which put light and simple furniture. Here you can spend time and relax, use the room for meals. The tea table with wrought iron legs will perfectly fit into the overall design and is suitable for evening tea drinking.

Altanki differ in the type of roof:

• The most common is the design of the classic version of the roof, which is assembled from triangular structures;
• it is less often possible to meet the gable roof, such designs happen more often in the extended rectangular arbors;
• quite often you can see altars with a concave roof - this design resembles a Chinese pagoda and has a complex structure. However, they use such options often, as they make a very big impression on others.

When choosing a building form, you should take into account the types of structures that are nearby, and estimate the area of ​​the selected site. Choosing the form of a wrought-iron gazebo, you need to consider how much a person can accommodate a room and what is its purpose. All types of buildings are divided into closed, half-open or fully open.

Forged arbors are:

• square;
• rectangular;
• in the form of a polyhedron;
• round or oval.

Pergolas rectangular shape Great for large events where many guests gather. Inside they prepare a place for a long table, arrange chairs, comfortable bedchairs or small sofas.

Oval or round forged design organically it looks inside an overgrown garden, where greenery surrounds it from all sides. Table or grill, barbecue grill is usually placed in its center.

Often, arbors give unusual forms. These designs allow you to place more people than can be placed in standard buildings. Under the order of the wizard can make complex designs, make the transitions between sections, decorate with elaborate forged parts.

Garden arbors can not only decorate the site, but also have a practical function. It is preferable to stay on the closed structure and use the premises not only in summer, but at any other time of the year.

Having installed a fireplace or a brazier in a wrought-iron gazebo, you can be there at any time of the year and in any weather.

In the manufacture of wrought iron arbors using copper, iron or soft steel grades. The term of manufacture of a structure depends on many factors.

It should be understood how complex is the design, and take into account the time for the manufacture of forged parts. Some of the elements for forged products have to do "from scratch."

Forged gazebo on the plot is not only for shelter from weather conditions. Such a construction can be a real work of art. Properly choosing a model of construction, you can transform any design and effectively decorate the site.

Thinking over what the building will be, they take into account the style in which it will be sustained, whether other buildings on the site will be combined with it.

Openwork gazebos with elements of forging create the feeling that guests are in spacious living rooms with a fireplace and other elegant designs. If you install a fireplace, barbecue or barbecue in the gazebo, you can significantly diversify the rest of both the site owners and invited guests.

Among the many types of arbors forged structures stand out particularly. They are the most durable, designed for long-term operation, are not subjected to deformation under the influence of rain, sun.

Such buildings are notable for their special grace, they will decorate any landscape design. A considerable impression is made by decorated forged buildings using a variety of design solutions. Such exclusive products will help highlight the building among the usual arbors.

Beautiful and unusual forging will help to give the gazebo a special charm and make it unique.

It’s not always easy to choose the right option among such a large number of arbors. You can be guided by the advice of friends who have already equipped their site or find the best option from the proposed photos. After reviewing the various options, it is better to choose one of the most liked ones, take it as a basis, or copy some decorative details for your gazebo.

For lovers of light and elegant designs, weightless openwork structures are suitable, where on a hot day there will be time to contemplate the surroundings or read an interesting book.

Some like more massive structures, which are located on a reliable and durable foundation. Beautiful wrought iron gazebo can be a favorite place to relax after a busy day.

You can choose for your site openwork design and install it on lawns or grass cover.

The simplest forged design can make the rest in it unforgettable. Here you can put the original furniture, which is complemented by pretentious wrought iron parts, which will give the building a special charm.

Amazing in its beauty openwork gazebo. There is nothing superfluous in it, everything is simple and concise.

This option is suitable for people who value their time. Here, only everything you need to relax with friends.

Skilled craftsmen will be able to embody any idea and do the work, adhering to the chosen style. You can order a gazebo with a square or rectangular roof. Garden rooms with a round or oval roof are in great demand.

This gazebo will be able to decorate any area, you just have to see how unusual and interesting its design is.

Such a room can be a great place for business negotiations.

In such a delicate arbor it is pleasant to spend a quiet evening with your family over a cup of fragrant tea.

In conclusion, it should be said that using the proposed options forged structures, having studied the peculiarities of their design, you can create a paradise on your site for a pleasant pastime. Beautiful, stylish and refined design will be the decoration of the site and the pride of the owner of the original building.

You can watch the making of a wrought iron gazebo in the next video.