An excellent location for a suburban site is the picturesque bank of the river, lake or even the sea. However, even a small pond will make the country territory much more attractive, open new opportunities for relaxation, for example, fishing or bathing. You can ennoble the shore of the existing reservoir by building a pier or pier. The marina is able to become a harmonious detail of landscape design, as well as a separate structure of practical purpose. The construction of the pier in the view of many costs a lot of money, but it is far from the truth. Of course, if you plan to build a spacious pier for a boat or yacht, this will require serious costs, but for the construction of a decorative berth, you can use the available or available materials.
First of all, if you firmly decide to build a pier, you need to decide on its specific purpose and only after that choose which technology you will build it. Next, you should choose the necessary building materials and directly engage in construction.
Pixels and piers are divided into 2 main types for their purpose – these are berths for bathing and sunbathing and berths for mooring ships.
The berths for ships are divided additionally into repair, cargo, passenger, etc. Such berths require accuracy during construction and fairly large costs.
Decorative berths, as a rule, are built for bathing, jumping into water, fishing and sunbathing. Such berths may well be an independent detail of landscape design.
It should be noted that the pierces and berths using the construction technology are also divided into two types: pile and pontoon.
Piles on stilts are an ancient invention rather. Piles were originally created mainly from wood, but at present, metal piles are considered much more reliable, and strong pressure of the current, and spring ice gathering. Metal piles can also be adjusted in height, which is an important factor in the case of floods. Pile berths, as a rule, are covered with a terrace board or various synthetic materials, for example, brands Aikona, Flexiteek, Dek-King, Marindeck 2000. The pile of pier can even be installed on the river with a very strong current, but such berths are not recommended to be erected to ponds with an excessively soft and silty bottom.
Pontoon berths can be built both from concrete and plastic. The advantage of pontoon berths over piles is that for their construction it is quite easily possible to obtain permits from various instances. From the shortcomings, it should be noted that the appearance of pontoon berths, of course, is inferior in aesthetics by classic pile piles.
Plastic pontoons are the cheapest option. As a rule, they are built from several modules and can easily understand and collect due to their slight weight. Plastic berths are recommended to be installed on water bodies with standing water, since a strong current can very easily carry them away. The advantage of such berths in their environmental friendliness: as a rule, they undergo hard quality control. In addition, such berths do not contain substances that can harm the reservoir.
Pontone berths made of concrete are most often intended for ships due to the massive structure. They are available from lightweight concrete, where a special filler is poured. It should be noted that the upper layer of the pontoon is subjected to hot galvanizing to exclude the formation of rust. The pier on top can be covered with wood.
You can carry out the construction of the pier, including yourself. Remember only that it is unlikely that you can build a large pier for a boat or yacht, but a small decorative pier or pier for a boat can be done completely with your own hands.
Before building a pontoon pier, remember that it is advisable to build it only in standing water. To build a pontoon yourself, you need to collect about 400 one and a half-liter plastic bottles, then fasten 180-240 bottles together, while dividing them into 3 blocks. The remaining bottles will go to the arrangement of side limiters – while each of the limiters should include approximately 50 bottles. After these actions, you can begin to build a pontoon flooring of foam or light boards. In order to fix the pontoon on the shore, it is necessary to drive 2 piles into the coastal soil, to which the floating structure will be attached in the future.
