How can I use an old bath in a summer cottage?

A summer cottage often becomes a warehouse of old, obsolete things, especially after repairs carried out in an apartment. Replacing the old bath, it is temporarily moved to the suburban territory, but soon another problem appears - the thing spoils the view of the well-groomed garden or gets in the garden.

So, at the cottage there is an old bathtub made of cast iron, which spoils the view of the personal garden, in addition, the thing has decent dimensions. Whether it is necessary to throw it away or whether it is worth considering how to rationally use the product, making it attractive and even functional, let's understand.

Sure, you can get rid of the capacity that has lost its presentation by handing it into scrap metal, or you can do it by updating the plumbing attribute if possible. However, it makes sense to think about the benefits that can bring a thing specifically at the cottage, and personally implement interesting ideas.

A wonderful flowerbed can be made from an obsolete washing device, moreover, this bed is already equipped with a drainage in the form of a drain hole. To improve its appearance, you can use:

• bright painting of the outside;

• creation of beautiful ornaments on the tank;

• multicolored tiles glued to the surface look fancy and at the same time stylish, previously cut into small pieces.

It makes sense to use a bath not only as a flower garden - it can be used more rationally, for example, do it yourself create a bed from it. For this, coarse sand, pieces of broken brick, pebbles as drainage are placed at the bottom. The rotted compost and garden soil with mineral fertilizers are laid out on top. You can plant zucchini and cucumbers, to create greenhouse conditions, you will need to build small supports on which to agrofibre or other covering material.

From an unnecessary bath you will get an excellent sofa, which can be left on the site or decorate it with a veranda, a living room in the house. Such furniture will look spectacular if properly designed. But first you need to carefully cut one of the side walls of the tank.

In addition, sawing the bath into three parts, you can make a small table and two garden chairs out of them, decorating them similarly to a sofa, and provide an impromptu table with a glass top.

An interesting option is to use the product as a stove. You can apply this practical idea, if you have the skill to work with an angle grinder, because despite a certain strength, cast iron is a very brittle metal. You need to trim so that you get two cameras. You also have to mount the chimney and equipment stand.

You can initially use unnecessary plumbing by creating a nice artificial pond on the site. Adapt the bathtub under a small picturesque pond is not as difficult as it seems at first glance.

The process is as follows:

• the inner surfaces of the container must be painted black, if desired, the bottom and sides can also be dark brown, blue or green;
• choosing a place, you will need to dig a ditch corresponding to the size of the bath, taking into account that it was completely dug into the ground, and its edges were at ground level.
• placing the tank in a ditch, the drain should be reliably plugged - for this, a cork made of wood, wrapped in fabric, is suitable.

There are alternative options for how to use and originally arrange the old plumbing.

• Exclusive sunbed from the bath done similarly to a sofa, table and chairs. But at the same time 3 sides of the product are cut off. It can be decorated with mosaics and tiles, painted with acrylic paint, placing a mattress and pillow on the headboard from above.

• Regular watering is always important for a large garden., and plumbing can be useful for settling water. If you include fantasy and beautifully beat the container, then it will also become an additional decoration.

• Using the attribute as flower garden, it is not necessary to install it evenly - the bathtub can be slightly tilted, and then the impression will be made that the flowers literally pour out of it in a lush stream.

• From the old tank you can do funny and functional crafts and garden figures - for this, you need to put the container on long legs, fix the muzzle of the animal (cow, zebra) to one of the edges, and place a small flowerbed with marigolds, pansies inside.

• Waterfall or fountain Using a bath dug into the ground and several bright decorative elements - grass, stones, animal figures and clay vases, it will create a pleasant atmosphere and will refresh on hot summer days.

• In the heat, you can use the old font (of course, not leaky) for its intended purpose - it will be nice to lie in cool water in the fresh air in a place specially equipped for this on the territory of the house. It is enough to place the bath in a box of wood with sides.With the same success, plumbing is used, creating a bath corner with a shower.

Various summer residents managed to use various options for upgrading the old bathtub, and now, over time, considerable experience has accumulated during such works. It’s worth listening to the helpful recommendations of these people, to implement your own creative projects smoothly and without errors.

• Making any pieces of furniture and carving out parts of the bathtub along the outlined contours, we must not forget about polishing the edges, which should be safe - completely smooth.
• When constructing a smokehouse or oven from the bath, it is important to use a special furnace sealant for the joints, which helps to prevent smoke.
• When creating a flower bed, in spite of the fact that there is a drain hole in the bathtub, drainage materials should be laid out on the bottom to improve the friability of the earth. When bed crops are placed, additional holes need to be made at the bottom of the tank. Otherwise, the roots of the plants may rot due to stagnation of moisture.
• If an artificial pond is being built, you need to place the spent font just below the ground level - it will be easier to do decoration with stones, tiles, planting plants. At the same time, you can not paint the inside of the bath, since particles of earth, dust, plant debris will settle on its walls, and soon the bottom of the reservoir will become a natural color. Autumn drainage of water can not be carried out if you put in a makeshift pond 3 bottles of plastic with sand.
• An artificial pond usually requires high-quality drain sealing, but in the case of a children's pool, you do not need to tightly close the hole. Under it, you can dig a small depression and put drainage in it - this eliminates the presence of dirty water after bathing.

Give your bath a second life, and it will perfectly cope with any interesting task, of course, if the original project is carefully thought out and efficiently executed.

Watch the master class on creating a pond from a bath in the video.