DIY crafts from PVC panels. What to do with leftover building materials? Interesting ideas from scrap materials

Construction is impossible without waste. What can you do with them? Many people throw it away. Do you know how many unique things will come out of them? Read on for details.

Lumber

Sanded flooring and other boards - for cutting hot trays and cutting utensils. Larger leftovers are useful for creating stools, shoe shelves, hanger panels, and country furniture. You may need to decorate the front door, the gate to the area, the doors of a dresser or cabinet - small trimmings are perfect for small openings. Any scrap of board will be the basis for a drawing, a panel, or a starting plane for using a burning machine or wood cutters.

Plywood, OSB boards

Foam insulation with foil

The reflective effect scares away birds. To do this, three-dimensional forms are made from insulation, attached to a fishing line and hung on trees in the summer. If you want to have a double-sided reflector, you can glue two blanks.

Economic summer residents make portable refrigerators. It's not difficult: you just need to glue the lid and the inside of the box/box. Such containers are suitable for winter storage of vegetables on the balcony, as they will retain heat.

Siding, PVC panels

The moisture resistance of such waste is used to cover small outdoor buildings, including wood sheds, rabbit hutches, showers, and wells. With skillful placement, you can make a gutter for water drainage. Together with a wooden beam, you will get shutters for windows, a canopy over the gate, and a parapet for the gazebo.

Drywall

Decorative elements for patios, gazebos, living rooms (geometric shapes, plant options);
photo stands, stationery, vases for dried flowers;
miniature furniture for children's houses;
shelf for the bathtub, casing for communications;
niches for heating radiators, slopes for doors and windows;
decorations for hangers, shelves, racks;
decorative false fireplace.

Pieces of tin

The home craftsman makes stainless steel patches on linoleum, interior thresholds, and floor protection against sparks near the stove and fireplace. The thrifty owner uses small cuts in the form of clamps and gaskets for nuts/bolts. They tie together building elements with strips and use them as a spacer to tie up a large tree. Large sections limit creeping roots in flower beds.

Ceramic tile

There are still many ideas for using construction waste. It is important, before parting with such “garbage”, to think about its possible use. There are plenty of topics for fantasy.

Olga Kostareva

For the manufacture of folders we need three (more possible) trim panels, remnants from repairs. You can cut them with a hacksaw. If you cut with a knife the panel breaks.

We design the edges like panels or colored tape as you like. Next, use an awl to make holes along the edge. panels. Holes on the second mark the panels first.

For fastening panels I used braid, you have a choice. You can make metal rings, then you can get by with three holes. And just like lacing, we make braid into the holes. measure the braid, folded in half, a little longer than the length itself panels.

This way we connect everything panels. The next step is files. The edge of the file needs to be trimmed. It will be more aesthetically pleasing; we don’t need the edge.

We carefully glue the files to the panels.

And we insert the information. Options for how to install at least two folders.

Good luck to everyone and thank you for your attention. I hope mine master- the class will be useful to someone.

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Throwing surpluses or discards remaining after construction and repair work into a landfill is not the most reasonable solution, according to experimental craftsmen. If you approach the issue creatively, the results can be pleasantly surprising.

What can be done with linoleum

“If after renovating, for example, a living room and a children’s room, you still have relatively large, albeit with different patterns, pieces of such flooring at your disposal, this is very good,” says the master finisher Sergey Valov. — Firstly, you can use them to make a mosaic and cover, say, a pantry. In such a room, it is unlikely that anyone will make at least some complaints about the elegance of the coating, but it will be much easier to monitor the cleanliness of the room in which pickles, jams and other household chemicals are usually stored.”

And from small scraps without an insulating layer, the specialist adds, an excellent glue can be obtained, which in its characteristics is not inferior to similar products from popular global brands. The method for preparing the composition is extremely simple - you just need to tightly fill the container with pieces of linoleum, and then fill it to the top with acetone and close the lid. “In a day,” Valov clarifies, “the glue will be ready. This composition, which has a consistency similar to thick honey, can successfully bind a wide variety of materials from felt to metal.”

With its help, you can securely fix tiles to the ceiling without even washing off the whitewash. By the way, many home craftsmen note that if you add chalk to linoleum glue in a 1:2 ratio, you will get a good putty for sealing cracks and depressions in the walls.

“When the linoleum scraps are quite wide and have a layer of felt insulation, they can be cut into insoles for shoes, or even saddled with stylish house slippers by sewing a fabric top to them,” says the designer Nadezhda Agafonova. “Only in the latter case should you use a nylon thread and an awl with a hook, since it is quite problematic to pierce the linoleum even with the thickest sewing needle.”

How to use extra wallpaper

Pasting over something else is the simplest solution, which suggests itself when you have one or two unused rolls at hand. But what?

For example, the ceiling, the designers say, because this trend, popular in the 80s of the last century, is gaining popularity again. Or a refrigerator, because it’s much more original than those boring magnets.

“As for the ceilings,” notes Nadezhda Agafonova, “this is not a bad idea. But only under one condition - if the color scheme and pattern of the remains are in harmony with the main tone of the wall coverings. Otherwise, instead of an original interior, you can get complete bad taste. The refrigerator is also a controversial issue. Of course, if its body is scratched and dented, colorful vinyl wallpaper can save the situation. But, on the other hand, why use wallpaper when you can buy self-adhesive vinyl with a longer service life?

Wallpaper trimmings will look much more effective on furniture facades, the designer believes. Of course, provided that their dimensions are sufficient for this. “By covering drawers and doors with pieces,” notes Agafonova, “you can ensure that the furniture fits even more harmoniously into the interior.”

But it’s even better, the expert believes, to use the remaining rolls and scraps to prepare “liquid wallpaper,” the price of which in specialized stores is quite high.

The recipe for making such a coating is quite simple. The wallpaper needs to be torn into pieces and soaked in water (at the rate of 1.25 liters for every 2.5 meters) for 2-3 hours. After this, the resulting composition must be “grinded” using a construction mixer (or a drill with an appropriate attachment). Then you need to add any color (two or three caps from a standard bottle are enough), about 40 teaspoons of gypsum plaster and 20 milliliters of PVA glue.

All this is actively mixed and applied to the wall using a spatula. Along the way, all the unevenness that plagues new buildings and old houses alike can be leveled out without any preliminary operations. And for added beauty, adds Agafonova, you can add glitter to your work composition.

Where to put the fragments of tiles, plastic and drywall

On this occasion, designers are simply bursting with ideas.

When it comes to tiles, some interior experts suggest using ceramic shards as utensils or cutting boards. Such ideas are usually presented to the consumer under the guise of creativity, designer chic and the latest fashion.

However, the classic practice of breaking up leftover tiles into small pieces and creating a mosaic probably gives the remaining tiles the best chance of avoiding the trash bin. Indeed, a wide variety of surfaces can be used as a basis for such collages. For example, after framing a bathroom mirror, an old coffee table, or even an ordinary kitchen tray with tiled mosaics, these interior items acquire a very original (and sometimes even exclusive) appearance.

Owners of country houses also benefit, Nadezhda Agafonova emphasizes. By covering the foundation and blind area with tiles, they not only create an additional protective layer, but also make the building bright and memorable.

From scraps of PVC panels you can make a very durable and lightweight garden picket fence. They can also be used to create warm beds or design flower beds. If you enclose several pieces of plastic in a wooden frame, then window shutter lovers will have a very interesting example at their disposal.

Using a mounting profile, pieces of drywall can be turned into beautiful vases for dried flowers. And if you line them from the inside with pieces of old polyethylene, they can also serve as boxes for seedlings (especially if the drywall is moisture-resistant).

Metal and tin scraps can make good lampshades for street lamps, as well as garden bins and containers for storing various small items.

Do you also have clever ideas for using leftover building materials? Well, share them in the comments, and perhaps, hot on our heels, we will prepare another tutorial for home renovation fans.

Making pictures turned out to be very convenient and simple. I make small paintings from 2-3 scraps of panels, connecting them together. I cover the top with the remains of non-woven wallpaper, then I paint something with acrylic paints and cover it with acrylic varnish.

I also make the frame from panels: I cut them with a knife if there are no narrow ones. Then I cover it with two layers of toilet paper. When everything is dry (usually the next day), I paint with acrylic brown paint or acrylic
wood varnish. I covered everything with ebony acrylic varnish in two layers, then several layers with clear acrylic varnish. The frames became hard, and no one who saw them had any idea what they were made of.

For a large painting I only made a frame, and painted the picture itself directly on the wallpaper. The frame turned out to be light, although large. And if it ever falls, certainly no one will get hurt!

Tree night light I wrapped it with regular brown tape and made the branches from wire. I glued it to the wall using liquid nails.

In one of the photos from panel trims The painting features a tree and the bottom of a fence hidden between the frame and the painting. After all, there are panels 1 cm thick, then it is very easy to make a pencil holder from them.

A good owner's garden should not only produce a harvest, but also look attractive. And to make flower beds and beds look more neat, you need to use borders or other types of fencing.

Previously, such fences were predominantly wooden and, therefore, short-lived. Even with regular painting, wood absorbs moisture, rots and swells, moreover, mold or harmful microorganisms can develop in it. Finally, under the influence of sunlight it can simply crack. But modern plastic fencing does not have such disadvantages - these are reliable and durable structures with a long service life, which not only perform fencing functions, but can also become a decoration of the entire site.

Such panels have a number of advantages that distinguish them from other types of borders.

Thanks to all these advantages, plastic fencing is very popular among gardeners and flower growers.

Main types of plastic fencing

The modern range of borders for beds and flower beds is quite large, so everyone can choose the option that suits them best.

Border tapes

The popularity of plastic borders is due, first of all, to ease of installation, affordable cost and excellent aesthetic characteristics. Tapes are sold in rolls, the length of which depends on the specific manufacturer. The thickness of the material varies between 0.5-2 mm, while the height of the fences can range from 10 cm to 28 cm. When purchasing, you need to choose a specific width of the material based on the plants that are planted on the territory: the higher they are, the wider it should be be a curb tape.

Note! As for density, it is better to give preference to plastic whose axis of rigidity runs along the top edge.

This material allows you to easily construct land structures of various shapes and sizes. It is also worth noting that tapes are divided into several groups according to texture and color (corrugated, wavy, etc.). These parameters do not in any way affect the practical side of application, but they play a very important role in terms of decorativeness.

Ways to use border tapes

1. Products less than 10 cm wide can be used to limit the construction of embankment paths. Such tapes allow you to construct paths of any shape and prevent the material from scattering.
2. Wider fences (up to 25 cm) are used for beds, especially sloping ones, so that moisture will be retained in the desired area and not spread beyond its limits.
3. Using tapes up to 30 cm wide, shrubs and grasses that reproduce by root shoots are protected.

Also, such fences can be used to completely seal greenhouses. To do this, the tape is placed around the entire perimeter of the greenhouse, so that pests and weeds do not penetrate into it.

In addition, tapes are used to protect decorative flower beds (including multi-tiered ones), small artificial ponds, fruit trees, seedlings, and paths. Finally, products with maximum width are used to create compost pits.

How to install border tape

The installation procedure, as noted above, is not complicated. The main working material is the tape itself. You will need scissors for cutting, and liquid nails or a soldering iron for fastening. It is advisable to do the work with an assistant.

First, a trench is dug around the perimeter of the bed for the border (the depth depends on the specific width of the fence). To protect plants from the cold, it is desirable that the tape be wide. The borders are equipped with plastic pegs, which need to be dug in at the corners, as well as along the perimeter, with the step specified in the instructions, and then stretch the tape itself between them. After this, the trench is covered with earth. As you can see, everything is extremely simple.

The remaining material should be rolled up and placed in a dry place - it may still be useful. With the onset of winter, it is advisable to cover the border with something so that it does not lose its appearance. You should not step on the fence - it may not support the weight and crack.

Video - Border tape

"Garden board"

When talking about do-it-yourself beds made of plastic panels, one cannot help but mention the “Garden Board”. The fact is that, despite all its advantages, curb tape is not very strong, so it can be damaged under strong mechanical stress. But the strength of the “Garden Board” (which is panels up to 15 cm wide, which can reach 300 cm in length) is higher.

Plastic “Garden Board”

Such panels are equipped with special grooves and protrusions, which significantly simplifies and speeds up the connection procedure. Using these products, you can fence both garden beds and, for example, children’s sandboxes, recreation areas, etc. The surface of the “Garden Board” is smooth, the panels themselves can withstand heavy loads, and they are extremely difficult to scratch.

The color of the fence varies from brown to white. Thanks to this, the panels can be used when building various decorative compositions on the site.

Note! In closed beds and greenhouses, such a fence is indispensable, since a film or iron frame can easily be attached to it. Plastic panels prevent the beds from falling apart and are resistant to temperature and humidity changes.

The only disadvantage of the “Garden Board” can be considered its rather high cost. As for installation, it takes just a few minutes and does not require any special skills.

Table. Installation of plastic panels

After installation, the structure will effectively hold the bed within the required limits.

Flexible border “Garden Constructor”

Another type of border tape, which makes it possible to build beds of any size and configuration. It is a set of plastic elements that are connected into a circuit and closed.

The image clearly shows that thanks to such elements you can build the most bizarre flower beds (even consisting of several levels).

Installation of the structure is extremely simple: the required number of elements are connected to each other using special fasteners and installed. At the bottom of each element there is a sharp protrusion that ensures reliable fixation. The installation procedure is shown in more detail in the video below.

Video - Installation of the “Garden Constructor”

Fencing for garden beds made of plastic mesh

Plastic fence nets have been used in gardening and floriculture for many years, because, firstly, they are no less attractive and durable than metal ones, and secondly, they are resistant to corrosion. Sometimes sports fields are fenced with such a net, because the structure can easily withstand a direct hit from the ball.

Fencing - mesh

This mesh is attached in the same way as a metal one (as can be seen in the image), but it is important that it is well tensioned - this will ensure greater reliability.

Fencing for garden beds: buy or make it yourself?

Plastic panels can be purchased at any specialized store. But if this is not possible, then you can resort to improvised means - for example, building a border from plastic bottles. This “good” accumulates in every home over time, but not everyone knows that bottles can be used to make an original and decorative border.

However, there are several rules that must be followed when working.

Note! Also, plastic bottles can serve as ready-made miniature flower beds, but larger volume products (5-6 liters) will be required. In this case, you should make a hole on the side of the bottle for flowers.

As a conclusion

Plastic is a very promising material for the construction of garden fencing. It is quite cheap, but reliable and durable. A huge range of panels allows you to choose the most suitable option, which is why they are becoming increasingly popular and, most likely, it will only grow over time.