Unfortunately, in many settlements and holiday villages the only source of water is not a convenient water pipe, but a well. The facility has long been performing not only the function of extracting groundwater, but is considered a full-fledged element of landscape design. This is evidenced by the fact that most land owners want not only to protect the source of water from pollution, but also to decorate it with a nice house for a well that harmoniously blends into the general mood of the yard.
What should be a house on a well?
As you know, the house above the well is, first of all, protection from debris, insects, and rain. But the device also protects water from freezing in winter and overheating from sunlight in summer, thereby preventing mold and other microorganisms from developing. That is why the design of the house for the well provides:
- A sloping roof (headband) on the frame, from which precipitation will easily flow. It can be two-, four-, five- and six-stage.
- Gates, located under the roof. This is a lifting mechanism in the form of a cylinder, mounted on two racks, through which a bucket of water rises to the surface.
- To the well houses is attached a base (covering) for the shaft of the well.
- Door is also an indispensable element of the device, which closes the mine from the penetration of debris.
Types of houses for wells
Today, the market can be purchased houses for a well of various designs, prices, performance and material. When choosing, of course, one should be guided by one's own preferences and material possibilities.
Now there are two main types of well houses. Most often an open or "Roman" version of the design is used. In this case, the ring of the well is covered by two horizontal flaps. They must fit tightly together so that garbage, sediments and insects can not get inside. Above the well there are racks with a collar. Complete the construction of a wide roof, protecting the well from rainwater.
A simple but reliable closed structure in a well house with a gable roof. In such a product the gate with supports is hidden inside the house, only the handle of the gate looks out from the outside. On one of the ramps there is a swinging door (or doors).
By the way, many owners of private houses recommend buying a house for wells of the second option for those regions where winters with severe frosts. For southern lands, the house is also suitable for "Roman" execution.
Small houses for a well - materials
For lovers of Russian antiquity, a wooden house for a well in a rustic style is suitable. A log frame in the form of a square is laid out round the shaft of the well at the end of the cylindrical logs. Some models of houses are made in the form of a hexagonal or octagonal frame. In other versions of the wooden house on the well, the foundation is not made of logs, but of rectangular beams. Decorate such models of animal figures, decorative carvings, a figured wheel, painting with a tinted varnish on wood. It is clear that a product made of wood can not be cheap.
The forged well house looks elegantly, in which flexible roofing tile or roofing material is used as an overlapping roof. This is also an expensive option. Perfectly combines a house with a base of decorative stone or brick.
Inexpensive will cost a house for a well from the siding . So called the facing material (plastic) for decorating the facade of the house. But it is also suitable for protecting the well. The material is fixed on a wooden frame.
Also, when buying, follow the dimensions of the house for the well. The bottom of the well should be densely packed. It is also necessary that the roof for the Roman construction completely cover the mine and even be even wider. Then the rain just will not get inside.
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