The landscape of the summer cottage can be decorated not only with flower beds, lamps and statueries. If there is a small stream or river nearby - you can build a water mill. A quiet murder of flowing water soothes and creates a cozy atmosphere. On how to make a water mill - in the following material.

Waterflows

In the absence of water flow, it can be created artificially. Solutions options may be the following.

1. Decorative water mills are installed under a gutter: in this case, its wheel will spin during the rain. But it is possible and not waiting for precipitation: with the help of a watering hose, water can be used to the roof using a small pump. Stacking along the pipe to the mill wheel, it can then be reserved in the garden.
2. If the site near the cottage uneven - relief can be used to organize a falling flow. On the hills, the capacity of sufficient sizes should be carried into the ground, into which precipitation or water from the well will be collected. A water mill is installed next to the container, to which the water will be supplied by the groove.
3. On the level plot, the elevation can be created on the principle of the "Alpine slide" using a compacted primer and a cobblestone. In the middle of the slides, you can climb the water hose, the flow of water from which will be imitated by an underground key.
4. The pump power is selected so that it allows you to pump water from the bottom tank to the top drive or feed directly to the mill wheel. There is a direct dependence of the pump power from the distance to which water will be pumped.

Water Mill do it yourself

After the water level of water levels is completed, the construction of the main structure begins. The water mill device is quite simple: a house is needed, in which a water pump is installed and a water wheel, which is driven by water pumping from the upper tank to the lower.
The design can be different: you can do without a house, limiting the wheel or multiple wheels (if there is a cascade).

• For the manufacture of the mill flywheel, a bicycle wheel can be used;
• used coil for cable winding;
• From the boards, knocked down with each other, cut circles;
• A piece of pipe with attached blades is suitable.

Regardless of which material is made of the wheel, the rules must be complied with:

• necessarily the presence of blades;
• in the center of the wheel there should be a pipe for installing an axis around which rotation will be rotated.

Stages of creating a water mill

1. It is made by a water wheel with blades. The easiest thing is the blade to be installed around the perimeter between two coaxially fixed circles. Fastening can be carried out by any mechanical way.
2. Two supports are built on which the axis of the water wheels is attached to the moving way. For this, bearings are used.
3. Supports can be decorated in the form of a decorative house. Materials for them can be metal corners, chawliers, oak bars, boot, brick, cement.
4. A chute is supplied to the top of the wheel, through which the water will flip on the blade.
5. Wooden blades are coated with several layers of waterproof varnish. Metal covered anti-corrosion paint.
6. The channel device is performed to drive water to the bed or in the accumulative container.
7. Arrange the territory around the mill: the dermal plants are laid down, decorative plants are planted.

How to use a water mill

How the water mill works, it is known: the water falling on the blade rotates them, which leads to the movement axis. The design of the decorative mill of further transmission of torque to the actuator does not imply.

There is a possibility of practical use of a powerful water stream: the axis of water wheels can spin the rotor of the electric generator. Thus, the mill can produce electricity to illuminate tracks.

But usually a water mill in the country remains a decorative structure. With it, it is possible to direct water flows in the desired direction, for example - on the bed.

We provide stylized compliance

The best addition to the "Country" style can be a water mill. Photos of some successful design solutions are presented in the article.

The size of the mill is selected depending on the power of the river stream or the stream, but for the decorative design of the site there will be enough construction near a height meter. Mill supports can be folded from boot. A good option for their construction can be brick: repelled with the time of the edge will make the design more original. The stone and brick goes well with the tree, but in order for wooden parts to serve longer, they should be made of solid wood. Metal parts are required to be treated with orthophosphoric acid: in this case, the corrosion will remain superficial and give the design of originality due to natural aging.

For decorative design of the milling house, you can use a straw, bamboo, ceramic tile. Under the jet of falling water, you can pour a sea pebby. On the edges of the gutter with water and near the house decorative plants are planted. Water mill will decorate the country area.

In conclusion - video about creating a landscape with the help of a water mill.