DIY drains from plastic bottles

The roof drain is an important element. In its absence, rain and melt water will flood the walls and foundation. The drainage system can be made from different materials. As a rule, metal is used for this. But sometimes such costs are not rational or feasible, especially when it comes to a country house. Is it possible to make this work cheaper? It turns out that this is possible, just make a drain from plastic bottles with your own hands. And how to bring this to life will be discussed in this article.

Advantages and disadvantages

Do-it-yourself drainage from plastic bottles is an alternative to permanent drainage. What are the positive and negative characteristics of this system? Why is it often done by home craftsmen?

A gutter or drain from a roof made of plastic bottles has the following advantages:

All this, plus fairly high efficiency, is what attracts home craftsmen to this system for draining drains from the roof. But such a drain also has its drawbacks. First of all, this is service life. The system is unlikely to last more than one year. In addition, such a drain will not be able to withstand heavy loads. If it rains heavily, it will not cope with its task.

The use of plastic bottles to create a drainage system is justified only in one case, if it is a temporary measure. In addition, such a drain can be used in small country houses. It is unwise to use it constantly for residential buildings.

General information

Advantages and disadvantages

Do-it-yourself drainage from plastic bottles is an excellent alternative to creating a permanent drain. But what are the positive and negative characteristics of such a system? Why is it often used by home craftsmen?

Roof drains made from plastic bottles have a number of advantages:

Low cost. All necessary materials, namely plastic bottles, can be found anywhere and completely free.
Construction speed. All installation work can be completed within one day.
No specialists required. Such a drain, which will be made from plastic bottles, can be easily assembled with your own hands. You don't even need an assistant for construction.

These advantages and the sufficiently high efficiency of the system as a whole attract many craftsmen - both home and professional - to this method of arranging the system. But such a drain also has certain disadvantages. First of all, we are talking about service life. It is unlikely that such a drain will last you longer than 1 year. Moreover, such a drain for water from the roof is not able to withstand heavy loads, and if there is heavy rain, the device simply will not cope with the task.

Using used plastic containers to create a drainage system is only justified if it is a temporary measure. Also, a similar drainage system can be used for small country houses, but using the system for a permanent residential building would not be a reasonable solution.

We select containers

A drain made from plastic bottles can be quite effective. The most important thing is to do everything right. First of all, you need to prepare the main material, or rather plastic bottles for the drain. Which container is best to choose? Plastic bottles with a capacity of one and a half or two liters are suitable for the roof drainage system.

To prevent drainage from causing a lot of trouble during further operation, all containers must meet the following requirements:

All plastic bottles must be the same size. This will make it much easier to create a drain with your own hands. In addition, this will help make the entire system more airtight.
The container must be chosen to be flat, without relief, protrusions or depressions. If this rule is not followed, the drain made of plastic bottles will quickly become clogged.
Labels must be removed from all containers. To do this, just place plastic bottles in a container of water for a day or two. If this is not done in advance, then over time the drain will turn into a “monster” hung with paper rags.

What color should I choose? There are no special recommendations here. Everything will depend on your taste. The only thing I can recommend is to choose a darker container. In this case, debris, of which there will be quite a lot in the drain, will not be visible.

How many plastic bottles do you need? To answer this question, you need to do some calculations. It is necessary to measure the entire perimeter of the roof. This will be the length of all the gutters. The height from the eaves to the ground is also taken into account. This parameter indicates the length of the drainpipe.

After this, simple calculations are carried out. The length of the plastic bottle is measured and it is calculated how many are needed to do the work with your own hands. Only two important factors should be taken into account. Firstly, you don’t need to take the entire length of the bottle, but only 80 percent. The rest will go to waste. Secondly, the number of containers must be prepared in reserve.

Steps for making a drain

Selecting the right material

A DIY plastic bottle drain can be very effective. The main thing is that everything is done correctly. First you need to prepare the basic materials, namely plastic bottles for draining rainwater. But which container will be better? Bottles with a capacity of 1.5-2 liters are ideal for a roof drainage system.

To prevent drainage from causing a lot of trouble in the future during operation, all containers must meet the following list of requirements:

All plastic bottles must be the same size. This will greatly help make it easier to create a drain yourself. Moreover, it will help make your entire system airtight.
The container should be chosen without any relief, even, so that there are no protrusions or depressions on it. This rule must be observed, since otherwise the drain will quickly become clogged and will not be able to perform its main functions.
Labels should be removed from all containers. To do this, simply place all plastic containers in a cup of water. If you do not do this in advance, then after some time the drain will become a “monster”, which will be hung with paper rags.

Which color should I choose? There are no specific recommendations here. Everything will depend on your preferences and tastes, but the only thing that can really be recommended is the use of dark-colored containers, since in this case the stuck garbage in the drain will not be so visible, but believe me, there will be enough of it in the drain. Now a little about how many plastic bottles you need. In order to answer such a question, certain calculations must be performed. You will need to measure the perimeter of the roof and this will be the length of all the gutters. You should also consider the height from the ground to the eaves. This parameter will indicate the length of the drain “pipe”.

After this, we will perform the calculation for our drain made of plastic bottles. You need to measure the length of the plastic bottle and calculate how many pieces you will need to do the work yourself. But here you will need to take into account two extremely important factors - the length of the bottle should not be calculated all, but only 80%, since the remaining 20% will be used for the joint. In addition, the number of containers must be prepared in excess.

Additional tools and materials

To create a drainage system, plastic bottles alone will not be enough. You will need to prepare other materials and certain tools in advance.

In order to cope with this task, you will need:

To connect the individual components of the gutter, you should prepare a furniture stapler and a lot of staples for it.
Prepare steel wire. It will be needed to attach gutters and pipes to the roof.
Don't forget about the tool. To cut plastic bottles you will need large scissors or a sharp utility knife. Also, to complete the work you will need an awl/soldering iron (to create holes) and a drill.

To ensure that the drain is sealed and does not let water through in any way, you will need to use a sealant. But there is a certain nuance here. Naturally, in this case the drainage system will be reliable, but its cost will increase. In addition, the work will also last more than one day. If you plan to use such a system as a temporary solution to the problem, then there is simply no point in buying expensive sealants.

Installation work

So, how to make a drain from previously used plastic bottles? First, you will need to create a plan for the future drainage system. Determine the location of the gutters and the location of all pipes. Next, you should prepare all the materials, and only after that you can proceed directly to the installation. First, you should assemble with your own hands the horizontal part of the drain, which will be located along the roof eaves,

and such work should be carried out in a certain sequence:

First you need to prepare all the plastic elements for work. You will need to cut off the neck and bottom from them so that you get an even cylinder. After this, cut the bottle in half. As a result, you will have two gutters in your hands.
After this, you can begin assembling the horizontal part of the drain. To do this, all the trimmings should be overlapped with each other, and each part should overlap the other by at least a couple of cm. At the same time, take into account where the slope of the gutter will go. It is necessary to ensure that the drains do not encounter any obstacles on their path.
The halves of the plastic blanks should be fastened together using a furniture stapler. You can instead use a thin wire and coat everything with sealant to improve the sealing quality.

Once you have the required length of gutter assembled, it can be attached directly to the roof. For this, it is better to use steel wire. Here you should use a drill to drill holes in the roof and attach a drain to them. You can nail nails to the eaves strip and carry out installation on them. It is also very important that during installation work the angle of inclination of the drain is maintained.

It should be directed to the drainpipe, which will be located at the corner of the house. As a rule, the slope should be based on differences of 0.2 cm for every 1 meter of the gutter. If you do not follow this rule, then the drains will begin to accumulate at a certain point, and moreover, the debris that will flow along with rain and melt water will certainly form a blockage somewhere.

Construction of the vertical part

The last stage of creating a roof drain from plastic bottles will be the assembly and installation of drainpipes, and such work should be carried out as follows:

Cut off the bottom of a plastic bottle.
You need to cut off the neck, but not completely - you need to leave such a segment so that a pointed end is formed.
After this, insert the bottles into each other and get a drainpipe.
To improve the strength properties, the resulting structure can be attached to a wooden stick. In this case, the risk of pipe breakage due to wind or mechanical stress will be reduced. Moreover, such structures will be easier to attach to the wall.

It is also important to create the correct funnel for the drain. It should be made from the top of a cut plastic bottle. It is enough to make slits on the sides so that the gutter can fit tightly into them. After this, the funnel should be inserted into the drainpipe. As a rule, the transition point of the drain from the horizontal part (i.e., gutter) to the vertical (i.e., standing pipe) is made at the corner of the building.

But there are certain nuances here too. If your walls are too long, then the gutter will be long, and because of this, it will not be able to cope with even the flow of water from a light rain. To avoid this, pipes and funnels should be installed every 4 meters of the gutter. This rule is extremely relevant if the drain was made of plastic pipes, since this material is not very durable, like ceramics or metal.

What else will you need?

To make a roof drainage system, plastic bottles alone are not enough. It is necessary to prepare additional materials and tools in advance. To complete this task you will need:

to connect the individual components of the drain, prepare a furniture stapler and staples for it;
prepare steel wire. It will be needed to attach gutters and pipes to the roof;
take care of the tool. To cut plastic bottles you need a knife or large scissors. A drill and an awl will also be useful for completing the work.

To make the drain more airtight and not let water through, it is advisable to use a sealant. But there is one caveat. Of course, the drainage will be reliable, but its cost will increase significantly. Plus, the work itself will slow down significantly. If such a system is used as a temporary measure, then there is no point in buying a rather expensive sealant.

How to make a drain from plastic bottles? At the first stage, you need to draw up a plan for the future drainage system. Determine the location of the gutters and the location of the pipes. Next, all the necessary material is prepared. After this, we begin the work itself.

First of all, the horizontal part of the drain is assembled with your own hands; it will be located along the roof eaves. This work is performed in the following sequence:

First of all, we prepare the plastic bottles themselves. The neck and bottom are cut off from them so that an even cylinder is obtained. After this, the bottles are cut in half. The result is two gutter sections.
Next, we assemble the horizontal part of the drain. To do this, the resulting scraps are overlapped with each other, each part must overlap at least 2 centimeters. In this case, you should take into account where the slope of the gutter will be. It is necessary that the drains do not encounter obstacles on their way.
The halves of the plastic blanks are fastened together with a furniture stapler. You can use thin wire instead. Also, to improve the sealing of the drain, the joints are coated with sealant.

After the gutter of the required length has been assembled, it is attached to the roof. For this, it is best to use steel wire. Using a drill, drill holes in the roofing material and attach the drainage to them. You can nail nails to the cornice strip and carry out installation to them.

It is very important to maintain the angle of inclination of the drain during installation. It should direct the drainage to the drainpipe, which is located at the corner of the house. As a rule, the slope is made based on a difference of two millimeters for every meter of the gutter. If this rule is not followed, the wastewater will accumulate at a certain point. In addition, debris coming with the water will definitely cause a blockage.

Installation nuances

After all the preparations have been made, let’s take a closer look at how to equip a drainage system with your own hands. Installation of brackets is carried out with the obligatory creation of a slope towards the funnels, when, taking into account the linear meter, a vertical displacement of 5 mm is assumed. If there is a need to accelerate the flow of water, this slope can be increased to 10 mm.

If the length of the pediment does not exceed 10 m, a slope is made to one side. A larger value involves the installation of an additional funnel installed in the middle with a drain pipe connected to it to form a drain. But you can also make two slopes of the gutter going from the middle of the gable.

To install gutters you need:

fix the first bracket at the point of maximum height of the sewerage system;
fix the second one, taking into account the fact that it will be lower than the first one, thereby creating the required slope;
Stretch twine between the installed brackets, which serves as a guide for marking the attachment points for other supporting parts of this type.

The described process of installing storm sewers looks quite simple from the point of view of its implementation, but there are certain nuances. To create a slope, they mainly focus on the horizontal, which is the front board, known as the wind board.

But is it always installed with strict horizontality? It is advisable to verify this, for example, using a hydraulic level or level. You can also use a simple option in the form of a bubble device, but only if its length is 1 m or more.

We build the vertical part

The next step will be the assembly and installation of drainpipes. This work is done as follows:

cut off the bottom of plastic bottles;
The neck does not need to be cut off completely. Leaves such a segment to form a pointed end;
after that we insert the bottles into each other and get a drainpipe;
for greater strength, the resulting structure can be attached to a wooden stick. In this case, the risk of pipe breakage due to wind or other mechanical stress is reduced. In addition, such a structure will be easier to attach to the wall.

It is very important to make the drain funnel correctly. It is made from the top of a cut plastic bottle. It is enough to make slits on the sides so that the gutters fit tightly into them. After this, the funnel is inserted into the drainpipe.

As a rule, the transition point for drains from the horizontal part (gutter) to the vertical part (pipe) is made at the corner of the house. But there are some nuances here. If the wall is too long, then the drain will be long. Because of this, it will not be able to cope even with runoff from a light rain. To avoid this, it is better to install pipes and funnels every 3-4 meters of the gutter. This rule is especially true if the drain is made of plastic pipes, because this material is not as durable as metal or ceramics.

At this point, creating a roof drain from plastic bottles with your own hands can be considered complete. There is one more recommendation. It is advisable to have the drain tested. It is better to do this in two stages.

First, run some water after attaching the gutters to the roof. This way you will understand whether the slope is made correctly and whether there are any leaks. Once the drain is completely assembled, another test can be done. In this case, you will see the entire system working. If everything is fine, then you can use your new roof drainage system. As an alternative, you can install a drain from sewer pipes yourself, which will be more reliable and more presentable.

What function should the drain perform?

Regardless of what material the drain is made of, it must protect the foundation and base of the house from rain and melt water.

Waterlogged soil can cause premature deterioration of building masonry materials or subsidence of the foundation. Reducing the load-bearing characteristics of the foundation is a very big problem. It can only be noticed when cracks appear on the facade walls of the house. Restoring the strength of the foundation is very difficult and expensive; such work can only be performed by professionals.

But they are not able to give a 100% guarantee that the measures taken will achieve the goal. All other functions of drainage (collection of rainwater into a container, decorative decoration of the facade of a building) are considered secondary and do not have any impact on the duration and safety of operation of the building.

Option for organizing drainage

Do-it-yourself gutters from scrap materials

The drainage system of a house is an integral and necessary part of it. Today, making a drain with your own hands is not a big or difficult problem, fortunately manufacturers offer a large number of options. But not all consumers are ready to buy them.

For some, this is an unattainable financial goal. Therefore, among them there are those who give their preference to homemade structures made from scrap materials. For example, from sewer plastic pipes or ordinary plastic bottles. Let's take a closer look at the second option - a drain made of plastic bottles, as the most unusual and non-standard.

Advantages of a bottle drain

Simple spillway at the dacha

I hope everything worked out for you, but did the design seem frivolous to you? This is a deceptive impression, believe me! Have you ever put a plastic bottle in the freezer to cool, and then forgotten it for a long time? The walls of the bottle were never torn by ice. And your drain has undoubtedly retained all these qualities. He is not afraid of ice. And when the ice begins to melt during the first warming, the water will instantly flow down, thanks to the plastic surface, which is unusual for metal pipes.

If you made a mistake or did not have the strength and dexterity to secure your unique project well, and it suddenly fell down, then you are unlikely to get injured from such a weightless object. Imagine now if a steel pipe (which was made before in Soviet times) fell on you...

Of course, everything described above is the simplest and most affordable option. But, having accumulated bottles, creative thoughts and experience over the winter, you can build a more advanced drainage system. By the way, here are a few photos that show very original solutions in using a plastic bottle...

I hope you liked the idea, stay in touch! See you on the next blog pages!

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We prepare materials for drainage

So, the main material for home drainage is a plastic bottle. Which bottle is suitable?

You can use 1.5 or 2.0 liter plastic containers for these purposes.
Its size and shape should be the same.
Particular attention to all kinds of patterns and indentations, that is, they should not be on the container. The whole point is that dirt will accumulate in the deepening areas, coming off the roof slopes along with the water. In the spring, the summer will linger here, sliding in layers from the roof. In addition, raised protrusions and depressions will create hydraulic resistance, which will reduce the throughput of the drainage system as a whole. Therefore, choose cylindrical bottles.
As for the color of the drain being constructed, this is not so important. Although it should be noted that transparent bottles are dirt visible to the naked eye that drains from the surface of the roof. But a dark-colored gutter will look much better. By the way, not very often, but you can still find colored drainage structures in villages that look, frankly, awkward. But in any case, you need to choose the right color in order to somehow get into the design of the house.
Labels must be removed from plastic bottles.

Now you need to calculate the required number of plastic bottles. In principle, the calculation is done in exactly the same way as in the case of standard drainage kits. Namely:

The horizontal part of the system is calculated.
Vertical.
Shaped products.
Fasteners.

The horizontal part is calculated based on the length of the cornice. In this case, it is necessary to take into account the fact that the entire bottle is not installed on the horizontal part of the drain. She is cut in half. It turns out this way, if, for example, the length of the eaves of your house is 10 m, and the working part of a plastic bottle is 20 cm (based on its overlap), then the number of bottles will be equal to:

As for the vertical part, everything will depend on the installation height of the drain risers and their number. For example, the height will be 4 m, which means that one riser will require: 4: 0.2 = 20 bottles. If we talk about a small house with a gable roof, then these are four risers, which means 20x4 = 80 bottles per risers. In total, you will need 105 pieces of plastic containers, taking into account a margin of 10-15%, the final result will be 115 or 130 pieces. Collecting such a quantity is not a problem today.

To carry out the installation process of a roof drainage system made from plastic bottles with your own hands, you will need additional materials and a few simple tools.

Wire.
Sealant, preferably silicone.
A stapler, better than a stationery one, because a construction stapler is more powerful, it will simply break thin plastic with its staples and pressure.
A sharp knife and scissors with which to cut plastic containers.
The drill required to drill the hole for the fastener.
Tape measure and pencil.
Fishing line.

Step-by-step algorithm for building a drain

To install a drain, you need to do all the work in stages:

Measure the length of the future drain and draw up a design drawing. Based on the drawing, you can calculate the approximate number of bottles. You also need to calculate the angle of inclination of the gutter. If the distance is too long, then due to the large difference between the upper and lower points, a horizontal gutter may not work, or the design of the weir may need to be changed.

Once all the details have been thought out, you can start cutting the container - remove the bottom and neck and cut the middle part in half.
Rectangular parts need to be overlapped together. The distance of the connection strip is 1-1.5 cm. The elements are fastened together with a stapler.
In the absence of a stapler, both connections can be pierced with an awl and fastened with thin wire.
If the master thinks that water will seep through the connecting strips, then you can cover the holes with plasticine, and subsequently they will be fixed with dirt and become airtight.
The assembled gutter is attached to a thin wooden strip using a stapler, which will prevent it from deforming (or sheets of thin iron can be inserted inside).
The bottle gutter takes 2-3 hours to assemble, and after that the structure can be mounted to the roof.

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DIY installation of a drain from plastic bottles

The installation process is divided into two parts:

Assembly of horizontally laid gutters.
Assembly and fastening of risers.

Installation of the horizontal part of the drain

First of all, you need to prepare the plastic container, or, more precisely, make blanks of the desired shape and length from it with your own hands. Therefore, the neck and bottom are cut off from the bottle, leaving only the cylindrical part, which is cut lengthwise with scissors, making two identical halves. That is, from one cylindrical blank we get two gutters.

You can connect several gutters right there on the ground or collect them one at a time under the eaves of the roof. If the first option is chosen, then the gutters are laid overlapping relative to the two edges with an offset of 15 mm. The two elements are fastened with a stapler and metal staples. If they are not available, then you can make holes with your own hands with an awl and fasten the two trays with wire. It is recommended to apply sealant to the overlap area.

Now all the work is transferred to the top. The main condition for a well-functioning horizontal part of the drainage system is its slope towards the riser. There is a minimum angle of inclination here, it is equal to 2%, that is, the difference in the laid tray line should be 2 mm per meter of its length. To do this, you need to screw in a self-tapping screw at the highest point of the drain, and from there, draw a line with a calculated drop towards the riser. Here a self-tapping screw is also screwed in, onto which the wire is wound in the form of a loop. This will be a kind of bracket.

The wire is installed in the same way on the top screw. Now between the two fasteners exactly the same ones are installed every half meter. Next, the prepared gutters are placed on the brackets.

Do-it-yourself installation of the vertical part of the drain

As for the shape of the elements of this part of the drainage system, there is a slight difference. First, the funnel. This is the top of a plastic bottle with a neck that is cut so that it actually forms a funnel. The neck is too narrow, so it is cut off to make a larger, wider hole. But they don’t cut off too much, because it must fit flush into the cylindrical profile of the bottle itself.

In the same way, other elements of the risers are trimmed with your own hands. That is, the lower bottom part is cut off, and the upper part, where the neck is located, is left under a small cone. This cone is needed only to obtain an overlapping connection with respect to the elements being inserted into each other.

Parts of bottles for risers are attached to a wire, which is tied in the form of a loop to a self-tapping screw. The screw itself is screwed into the wall of the building.

From metal profiles for plasterboard

The lightweight and durable metal profile is perfect for draining water. We find the required amount of material based on the perimeter of the roof of the house.

Profiles around the entire perimeter of the house can be attached to:

brackets;
wire;
bars.

To protect against water pouring out of the gutters, it is cut into 2 parts, the end is left above the funnel and bent to make a semicircle barrier at the corner. The drain pipes and funnel will have to be made from other materials.

Materials for drainage installation

The drainage system is an important and very useful part of the building, but in conditions of a limited budget it is not always possible to equip it properly. For the same reason, gutter installation is carried out independently, without the involvement of professionals.

To install a simple drainage system, galvanized steel elements or plastic products are most often used, but both options have one common drawback - these materials are quite expensive. To reduce costs, you can use available materials, some scraps of wood or drywall.

However, the most common budget material for assembling drains is plastic bottles, which can be collected in sufficient quantities without any problems. Even a small house will need a lot of bottles, and it is advisable to select ones that do not have various damages. As a rule, the drainage system is assembled from brown bottles - they look better and partially hide the debris that gets into them.

The connection of individual drainage elements is best done using wire (preferably with a protective coating that prevents the material from being exposed to moisture). It will be easier to simply buy brackets for attaching gutters and pipes - they have a very reasonable price.

Which pipe to choose

In order for the drainage system to last a long time and solve the problem effectively, it is necessary to find out which soil predominates on the site: sandy, clayey, crushed stone, loamy (mixed). Having decided on the soil, you can choose pipes.

For sandy soil, you need to make drainage with pipes equipped with a filter made of non-woven fabric. For crushed stone, a filter is not needed. If the soil is clayey, you can do without a filter, but you need to sprinkle crushed stone around the pipe. Pipes equipped with geofabric filters are suitable for loam.

When laying drainage, structures made of various materials are used. These are plastic, asbestos cement, ceramics and pottery analogues. But now preference is given to plastic analogues from various derivatives:

low-density polyethylene (HDPE);
polypropylene (PP);
polyvinyl chloride (PVC);
high density polyethylene (HDPE).

Depending on the amount of groundwater, the diameter of the pipes is determined.

Tools and components for the drainage system

To assemble a roof drain from plastic bottles, you need a small set of tools and materials:

Most of the work will be done with scissors or a sharp knife needed for cutting plastic blanks;
The main material will be pieces cut out from the middle of the bottles, about 15-20 cm long;
You shouldn’t throw away the bottoms of bottles immediately after cutting - they can be used instead of plugs for the drainage system;
To assemble plastic elements, you will need a furniture or large stationery stapler with good penetration (the width of the staples used is 10-12 mm);
To fix the brackets, you will need a screwdriver, and in extreme cases, you can use a drill instead.

Before you begin installing the drainage system, you need to prepare everything based on this list, so that during the work you will not be distracted due to a lack of something.

Preparatory work

Before you start, you need to be sure that you have a sufficient number of plastic bottles at your disposal. You can calculate: the part of the bottle used will be its middle part, about 20 centimeters long, measure the length of the future drain and divide it by 20. As a result, we get the required amount of container.

Carefully inspect the prepared bottles: it is desirable that their surface is smooth, without patterns or indentations, as this can become an obstacle to water drainage, especially in winter, when due to frost in these indentations water will accumulate and freeze, thereby spoiling product. In addition, all bottles must be the same size.

It is advisable to choose a dark color for the bottles, as water leaves streaks and deposits of mineral salts. On a light surface they will be clearly visible and give the product an untidy look.

DIY installation of a drain from plastic bottles

No matter how simple the assembly of a drainage system from plastic bottles may seem at first glance, you still need to know and follow a certain technology that will allow you to create the most reliable design:

First of all, it is necessary to design the future drain from bottles for the roof and draw it on paper. A preliminary calculation allows you to determine the required amount of materials and characteristics of the drain (for example, the degree of its slope).
Next you need to prepare tools and materials. You need to remove all excess from the bottles and wash them - these actions allow you to create a design with acceptable visual characteristics.
The next step is cutting the main elements of the drain. To do this, you need to take the bottles and cut off the bottom and neck. The resulting blanks are cut lengthwise into two parts, and they can be used as gutters.
The cut plastic parts are attached to each other using a stapler. The parts need to be connected with an overlap of about 1 cm. The number of fasteners is usually determined individually, but practice shows that a do-it-yourself drainpipe made from plastic bottles holds well on three brackets. If you don’t have a stapler, you can simply make holes in the workpieces and connect them with wire.
The parts attached to each other in the fastening seam must be sealed, for which simple sealants or adhesive tape are usually used.
Once the gutters are assembled, it’s time to attach them to the wall or edge of the roof. First, using a screwdriver or drill, holes are drilled at the mounting location in increments of 20-30 cm. The plastic gutter also needs to be drilled so that the holes match. After performing these operations, the drain is fixed with wire.
Having installed the horizontal gutters, you can begin to create vertical pipes that will collect water from the gutters. For a house, 2-3 vertical pipes are usually enough. The technology for manufacturing these elements is the same as described above, but now there is no need to make a longitudinal cut - the cut parts of the bottles are simply inserted into each other and connected.
The vertical pipes are fastened to the walls using special brackets - ordinary wire in this case will not be enough for reliable fixation.

At this point, draining water from the roof from plastic bottles is considered complete, and it can be safely put into operation (of course, not forgetting the need to regularly clean the system).

Conclusion

In general, installing a drain made of plastic bottles cannot be called a difficult task. The technology for assembling individual elements of the drainage system is very simple, as is their installation - and all operations can be done with your own hands. The result is a simple but reliable design with acceptable external data. Given the possibility of significant savings, this option is worth considering if you have a limited budget.

Made of wood

Having a dacha or country house, it is easy to find this material. For temporary use for a short period, a couple of hours is enough.

Temporary drainage is made from 150x10mm boards. The length of the boards is equal to double the perimeter. For example, the perimeter of the roof overhang is 100 m, which means the sum of the lengths of the boards should be 200 m.

The boards are nailed together at right angles. The resulting corners are overlapped, resulting in long gutters. For temporary construction, temporary hooks are made from boards and iron. Gutters are attached to the resulting brackets.

The bracket can be made of wood. A triangle with a landing for gutters is cut out of a wooden beam. The brackets are nailed or wired to the roof. When installing, the edges of the perpendicular gutters must overlap.

Having adjusted the slope of the gutter, we proceed to the drain. It can be made from pieces of tin or by making another trench that reaches to the ground.

The main task of such a drain is to drain water from the foundation of the house. Next, you can dig a groove to drain the water or take it under a tree. The water should move away from the house by about 1.5 - 2 m.

A temporary gutter looks a little silly, but it can last for over a year.

Until the owners save money or come up with another option. To protect wood from moisture, you can use plastic film secured with tape, a furniture stapler or small nails.

There is another option for making a gutter. Dissolving a small log into 2 parts. Using a chisel, cutting out an oval, you get an excellent gutter. The method of attaching to the roof remains the same.

Protective nets are installed to get rid of fallen leaves and debris. It's easy to make yourself. To do this, you need a fine mesh, which is cut into strips 6 cm wider than the width of the gutter (3 cm more on each side). You can attach it using clamps or wire.
Cleaning the drainage system from dirt and debris will prolong its life and protect it from blockages. Clean with a brush or by hand, removing sticks. A clogged drain allows water to leak onto the walls and foundation of your home.

Installation and secure fastening

After the bottle structure is assembled, it must be attached to the roof. For installation it is better to use steel wire:

Using a drill, you need to drill holes in the roofing and tie the gutter with wire. You can also hammer nails into the cornice strip and carry out installation from there.
During installation, it is important to observe the angle of inclination - water should flow through the gutter to the drainpipe, and through the pipe into the container. It is necessary to calculate the angle of inclination - 2 mm per 1 meter of gutter. If dirt or leaves come with the drains, then the angle needs to be increased to 4-5 mm.
After installing the horizontal drain, it is necessary to install a pipe so that water does not flow down the wall - cut off the bottom of 1 bottle and staple it to the edge of the gutter. Attach the assembled waste pipe to the second edge of the bottle.

The concept of sand-plastic tiles

Due to the improved technological process for manufacturing the material and the optimal composition, we produced individual products that have exceptional properties. I would like to immediately note that the price of plastic tiles is 4 times lower than ceramic tiles and 1.5 times lower than cement-sand tiles. At the same time, the result was a decent roofing material, which many have already tried. Here is the composition of the material:

based on quartz sand;
the second most important component is the polymer;
various additives that protect the material from fire and UV stabilizers;
There were also dyes.

In fact, the composition is almost the same as that of cement-sand tiles, only the binding component is not cement, but a polymer, also known as polyethylene. Thanks to him, the products received their amazing characteristics.

During manufacturing, plastic tiles are equipped with special locks, which allows the elements to be firmly connected. The roof is much more reliable than from natural materials. Oddly enough, this does not affect the appearance in any way. And laying the material is much faster.

What are the advantages of such plastic roofing materials?

How and from what to make cheap drainage

Many summer residents think about how to make drainage when they are faced with the high cost of modern materials. The question is correct, which means, first of all, you can buy affordable surface drainage from us, in the company. It is also possible to use materials that are simply lying underfoot. And they are waiting for drainage to be made from them. In this article we will look at modern kamp-eu drainage systems, which are not expensive and can drain up to 5 l/s and withstand loads of up to 25 tons. And also what materials a drainage system can be made from, practically for nothing. Using only your own labor.

Using plastic bottles to create a drainage system.

To create holes and ditches for drainage, a variety of items themselves are useful; they are often mistaken for garbage, but can find their new life in drainage systems.

For example:

old tire use
plastic bottles
branches
stone, crushed stone
broken brick
debris from construction debris remaining after construction (or repair)

The main rules that a person should follow when thinking about a drainage system project are the correct configuration of the drainage and its throughput.

Is it possible to build drainage from used plastic bottles?

It is necessary to determine the lowest places on the site.
It is impossible to make water flow upward without using energy. Let it flow downwards, we will help it.
Ideal drainage has the structure of a river. Actually the main channel, and streams flow into it. It would be nice if the same thing happened in our area.
Marking on the ground. You can lay it out with crushed stone and pull ropes. And then you can start digging the ground. If grass is planted, use PET film to avoid weeds. Or pick up used stretch film from large supermarkets.

The sequence of work on arranging a plastic drainage system is as follows:

PET with closed plugs is placed at the bottom.
PET must be laid out on the ground in such a way that it is buried to half its depth.
A drainage layer is laid on top of the soil layer.
Compact with feet or a tamping machine.
Fill up a layer of soil

Plastic drainage, oddly enough, is made using this method and is durable. PET bottles take centuries to decompose, so this system will work for many years. And the land on top can be used, built or planted whatever.

Proven ways to finish the drainage system.

Let us once again raise the question of what else can be used to arrange drainage. Plastic bottles are not the only material that comes in handy in this situation.

There are a very large number of materials that can replace crushed stone when arranging the installation. You can use, for example, a stone.

We will need crushed stone, large.

We put the big one on the bottom, and the small ones we put on the walls of the trench (depth 1 m.)

The use of modern geofabrics. When using modern fabric materials, you can independently make soft drainage. The basis of its design is based on the special membrane properties of Tekton, which is capable of passing moisture only in one direction, and does not allow it to go out into the street. It will also be necessary geotextiles, which will form a filter layer, prevent debris, silt and soil from entering the drainage system.

Such drainage is arranged as follows:

A drainage ditch is dug with a slope to the side into which water is drained.
A geofabric is laid at the bottom, which is placed in a U shape.
On top of the geofabric it is enclosed in a geotextile fabric with a spade on the edges of the pit, up to 40 cm on all sides.
Then the fabric is covered with gravel.
The crushed stone is wrapped in geotextile.
The drainage pit is filled with sand.

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It couldn’t be cheaper and simpler: a drainpipe made from PET bottles for a summer house or barn

A gutter is a special design that prevents rainwater from flowing down the walls of a building. Instead, a gutter directs water from the roof through pipes directly to the ground. Such a structure allows you to avoid premature destruction of walls, and therefore saves building residents from unplanned costs. The design can be made from any available material. For example, from plastic bottles.

Design options for a homemade drain

The drain can be considered as two separate components. These are horizontal and vertical parts. If everything is very clear with the horizontal part, it will be a regular gutter made from half a bottle, then with the vertical part you can come up with something interesting.

Option 1. The first thing that comes to mind is to cut off the bottom of the bottle, insert it into another bottle of the same type, and form it into a structure of the required length. Fast, simple and quite reliable, but this option lacks aesthetics. Therefore, if the drain will be attached to the facade of the house, then it is better to avoid this option or make it, but as a temporary one.
Option 2. This design option will be more complicated than the previous one, but much prettier. The drain will be made of several funnels, with beautiful cut edges. In this case, the resulting funnels must be secured at some distance from each other using rigid wire. The manufacturing process is quite labor-intensive and can take quite a lot of time, but the result is worth it. This drain can decorate your house facade or an extension next to the house.
Option 3. Wins with its simplicity and aesthetics at the same time. You need to make something like an ordinary pipe out of bottles. To do this, cut off the narrow part and the bottom of the bottles, and then connect them into one structure to the required height.

What you will need

A homemade drain made from plastic bottles can be very effective if done correctly and with the right resources. The main component is plastic bottles. It is better to take 1.5 and 2 liter containers; firstly, they are easier to work with, and secondly, they are much more efficient than smaller bottles.

But it’s not enough to find the required number of empty bottles; the containers must meet the following requirements:

They must be the same size. It should be remembered that size and volume are two different things. The bottles must be the same shape with the same diameter, otherwise it will not be possible to make an effective design.
Bottles must be selected without relief patterns. The fact is that there is quite a lot of various small debris on the roofs of houses, and rainwater will wash it straight into the gutter. Debris will get stuck on the convex areas of the bottles and gradually accumulate. Because of this, the gutter will become clogged much more often.
Bottles must be without labels. Try to find bottles without labels or remove them using a basin of water, just leave them unlocked for an hour or two, after which removing the paper with glue will not be difficult. If you don’t do this, then sooner or later your drain will turn into a monster with paper flakes all over its perimeter.

Tools

The structure is assembled with your own hands; complex tools and skills to work with them are not required.

Before starting assembly you will need:

sharp knife or scissors for cutting bottles;
furniture or stationery stapler for fastening parts together;
a set of brackets for supporting the gutter or wire for attaching to slate;
screwdriver for fixing brackets to the wall;
marker for marks.

Having prepared the materials and tools, you can assemble the drainpipe and drain water from the roof with your own hands from plastic bottles.

Step by step instructions for beginners:

A drawing of the system is being prepared. It helps determine the angle of inclination for mounting the brackets and the number of bottles used.
The containers are sorted and cleared of excess.
The main elements of the gutter from plastic bottles are prepared with scissors or a sharp knife. The bottom and neck are removed, the workpiece is divided in two with a longitudinal cut. The first structural element is left with the bottom, removing half of the central part and the neck.
The cut parts are overlapped by 1-1.5 cm and fastened with a stapler. For reliable fixation, three staples along the connection line are enough. The new element is placed under the previous one.
Gaps between parts are eliminated with sealant or glued with tape.
For reliability, a gutter made of plastic bottles is attached to the wall with brackets or suspended from the slate with wire at intervals of 20-30 cm.
Maintain a slope of more than 2% per meter so that water does not stagnate in the system and goes into the drain.
To drain the system, only the bottom and neck of the bottles are cut off, leaving a slightly narrowed part. There is no need to split the workpiece in two.
The blanks are connected into a pipe, fastening the elements together. The joints are treated with sealant or tape.
The drain funnel is made from a 5 liter container. Use only the neck with the top or the whole bottle. In the latter case, the edge of the gutter is completely contained in the bottle, and rainwater does not overflow.
The drain pipe is attached to the wall of the building and taken to the desired place - a garden or a container for collecting water.

For the horizontal part of the structure (gutter), it is not necessary that the workpieces be the same size. The protruding parts are cut off with a knife, but the joints must be sealed with special compounds or glued with tape.
For a vertical waste pipe, bottles of equal diameter are collected. The neck is cut off, leaving a narrowing. This way the containers will fit tightly into one another without falling through.
The color of the container is of purely design significance and does not affect the efficiency of the drainage system.
Bottle plastic is soft and pliable, so long structures are not made from it. The length of the drainage gutter is limited to 3-4 meters, installing two systems on one wall that flow into one drain.
After installation, inspection work is carried out. The system must capture and remove moisture. Detected leaks and deficiencies are eliminated and retesting is carried out.

Knowing how to make a drain from plastic bottles with your own hands at the dacha with the help of photo and video master classes, you can build a drainage system from scrap materials. Step-by-step instructions will be an excellent help for beginning craftsmen.

Differences from metal gutters

If we compare gutters made from plastic bottles with metal ones, we can highlight several disadvantages of the former, for example:

Compared to metal products, drains made from plastic bottles are less reliable, since high water pressure can lead to their breakage;
At the same time, metal gutters withstand high temperatures better, and even when exposed to fire they will not melt or lose their shape, which cannot be said about plastic ones;
The variety of shapes and colors of ready-made metal gutters makes it possible to match them to a building in any style and color scheme;
Metal products have a more aesthetic appearance compared to homemade bottle gutters;
At the same time, metal drains are susceptible to corrosion, are heavy, often have a clumsy appearance, and make noise when raindrops hit them or when there are gusts of wind;
At the slightest damage to the coating of a metal drain, rust will corrode the entire pipe. In this case, repair is impossible, only a complete replacement, and this again is a considerable investment.