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What a beast is a house with a pool. “We are building a house for animals, it will be more fun for all of them.” Design lesson in the senior group. common public weaver


Most animals find their homes in secluded places, caves in trees, underground or in burrows. Some of them occupy someone else's home. But birds, ants, bees and other representatives of the fauna build their nests, hives or colonies for rest, for breeding and raising offspring. There are animals that are incredibly meticulous about the process of building, arranging housing, like real architects. We offer an overview of the best architects of the animal world and their impeccable buildings.

There are other animals on planet Earth that deserve to be on the list of the most talented architects. For example, beavers are excellent dam builders who are able to block the riverbed and create a pond for themselves. In his dwelling of branches and mud, the beaver is warm and safe. Ants are excellent builders, able to quickly build housing for their colonies underground. Gophers are talented in building burrows with a system of passages that create entire cities on several hundred hectares of land, where hundreds of individuals live. Bees are great craftsmen in building wax combs to store honey and raise offspring. Cunning spiders with a secret door, which is attached to silk threads and opens instantly, are also capable of building a whole system of tunnels.

10. Ordinary weaver


The bird lives in South Africa, Namibia and Botswana. Common weavers build their communal nests from twigs and grass on trees or other objects such as telephone poles. Their nests are considered the largest among those built by birds, they can accommodate several generations, hundreds of pairs of birds. Nests are considered communal, since one large nest consists of many individual nests. It is very warm in the center of the structure, where the birds gather at night, and in the outer nests the temperature during the day is 7-80C, if it is 16-330C outside. Outwardly, the structure resembles a haystack, the entrance to the nests is located at the bottom of the structure.

9. Tailor Ants / Leaf Spinner




Everyone knows that ants live in colonies in an anthill on the ground or in a tree, like the red European ant. The weaver ant in Central Africa and Southeast Asia builds nests from living leaves, which are attached to each other with silk threads. A whole colony lives in such a cocoon. The design is waterproof. A very similar dwelling is found in the leaf-spinning spider from Australia. The only difference is that the spider uses an already dead leaf, twists it and lines it with silk threads. The leaf is located in the center of the web.

8. Barbecue from the Chendravasih Peninsula




The bowerbird lives on the Chendrawasih peninsula in Indonesia. When building a nest, the male uses grass and twigs. He builds it in the form of a hut on the ground in order to attract a potential female to create a family. Building a hut is not the ultimate goal of the male. He also does interior and exterior design, decorating everything with berries, flowers, bugs, and other colorful objects for added appeal. The female visits the nest, assesses the situation and the level of responsibility of the male, and makes a decision to create a family.

7. Termites


Termites in the wild of northern Australia show unsurpassed architectural talent, constructing termite mounds up to 10 m high from mud, clay, saliva and excrement. These structures are equipped with tunnels, an elaborate air conditioning system and are located from north to south for proper temperature regulation. Their structures cover acres of land. In addition, there is a mold in which they breed offspring.


Spiders are known to weave webs, but some have gone even further, such as the leaf spinner or certain species of Texas and Canadian spiders that weave a web several hectares in size. But the spider, which has a secret door in the house, has surpassed everyone. He lives underground in a mink that he digs himself. Using soil, vegetation and silky threads, he builds a door for his mink. It can open and close, and the spider can ambush its prey with lightning speed. When the door is closed, it is well camouflaged.

5. Indian weaver / Oropendula Montezuma




The Indian weaver lives in India and southeast Asia. The bird is known for building elegant hanging nests. But these houses are not unusual.


Far away in the Caribbean, another bird, the Oropendula Montezuma, builds similar hanging nests of grass and vines for a colony of 30 individuals. They build their nests in tall trees in the forest, in plantations or on plantations, which distinguishes them from the Indian weavers, who place their nests in thorny trees above the water.

4. Paper wasp




While most wasps do not build nests and prefer to take over, paper wasps build elegant homes from chewed plants, wood, or stems that are held together with resin, saliva, and silky threads. Some species use mud. The nest has honeycombs with cells, just like the bees in the hive. Outside, the honeycombs are in a cocoon of a kind of paper. The nest by the leg is attached to a tree branch. Wasps spread a special smell around the nest, which repels ants that are not averse to stealing eggs. The nest is built in a secluded place.

3. Red stove / Swallows




The thrush songbird or red stove keeper uses mud or manure to build bowls on the upper parts of the crown of trees, pillars, where the finished nest is dried in the sun. The result is a solid home and a place to raise offspring. The nest is not subject to the wind and is habitable in any weather. Many species of swallows also use mud and saliva to build nests. They build their nests in colonies near human dwellings. Nest size is associated with the number of eggs laid by swallow species.

2. Sfecida


The sfecida builds its elegant cylindrical tube-shaped nests, similar to organ pipes or panflutes, out of mud and vomit on bridge foundations, walls, rocks, and other surfaces. In a wasp, the nest is obtained in a simple form, in the form of an amphora, then the nests are connected together with the help of mud. In the nest of the sfecida there are many cells not for placing eggs, but for "prisoners", for example, spiders, so that they cannot escape, the sfecida paralyzes them. The larvae then eat the prey.

1. May fly




The Mayfly is an underwater architect of its kind. In the state of the larva, the fly moves with difficulty in streams, ponds and other fresh water bodies, where it lives in sand, underwater plants, where it can hide. Everything that it finds, the fly attaches to its cocoon with the help of silky threads produced by its glands. In such a camouflaged shelter, the larva grows, feeds and breathes. Around herself she puts "nets" for catching prey.
If the animal cannot take care of itself, then the person equips him

Quiz around the world (Grade 3) on the topic: "Forest"

- Hello, forest, dense forest, full of fairy tales and miracles!
What are you making noise about in the dark, stormy night?
What do you whisper to us at dawn, covered in dew, as in silver?
Who is hiding in your wilderness? What kind of animal? What bird?
Open everything, do not hide: you see, we are our own.
S. Pogorelovskiy

Teacher: The forest is a home for plants and animals, just as our apartments are for us. And this house, like our houses, is also multi-storey.

The first game - "Tiers of the forest"

1. Winter and summer in one color. (Spruce)
2. I have a longer needle than a Christmas tree.
Very straight growing in height. (Pine)
3. Sticky buds, green leaves.
With white bark I grow under the mountain. (Birch)
4. What kind of tree is standing - there is no wind, but the leaf is trembling? (Aspen)
5. In haymaking - bitter, and in frost - sweet. What is a berry? (Rowan)
6.Red Matryoshka, little white heart. (Raspberries)
7. White peas on a green leg. (Lily of the valley)
8. The blue bell hangs, it never rings. (Bell)
9.Soft, not fluff, green, not grass. (Moss)
10. What is the name of the foundation in the forest house. (The soil)

Teacher: Why does the forest resemble a multi-storey building? But someone has to live in this house.

The second game - "Forest dwellers"

1. Sleeps in winter - stirs hives in summer. (Bear)
2. Without wings, but faster than a bird flies from tree to tree. (Squirrel)
3. Toothy, grayish, prowling around the field, looking for calves, sheep. (Wolf)
4. Which of the animals has a fluffy and longer tail? (A fox)
5. Small, white in the woods, jump - jump, poke - poke in the snow. (Hare)
6. Far away, my knock is heard around, I am an enemy to worms, and a friend to trees. (Woodpecker)
7. Lit up like a fire on a rowan brush.
A ball of autumn leaves rolls towards.
Do not you recognize him? Take a look - ka! This is ... (Hedgehog)
8. There are lumberjacks on the river, in silver-white fur coats.
Strong dams are built from trees, branches, clay. (Beavers)
9. He will be born in water, but he is afraid of water. (Dragonfly)
10. Above the flower flutters, dances,
Waving a patterned fan. (Butterfly)

Teacher: What else is rich in the forest?

The third game - "Gifts of the Forest"

1. Grow on a branch in groups, covered with shells. (Nuts)
2. There are many thin stalks on the stumps, Each thin stalk holds a scarlet light. (Strawberry)
3. And on the hill, and under the hill, under the birch and under the tree,
The fellows stand in round dances and in a row in hats. (Mushrooms)
4. Red beads are burning, they are looking at us from the bushes.
These beads are not simple, forest grapes. (Cowberry)
5. Evil, like a she-wolf, it burns like mustard!
What is this wonder?
This is ... (Nettle)
6.Does not spoil the oak of children, dresses without fanfare:
Everyone in his family wears skullcaps. (Acorns)
7. Every spring, spruce paws
Old lamps are replaced with new ones. (bumps)
8. A bee takes the most delicious honey from my flower. (Linden)
9. A thin stem near the path, at the end of it - earrings.
To us, he, like a good friend, treats wounds of the legs and arms. (Plantain)

10. The king of mushrooms on a thick leg is the best for a basket.
He holds his head boldly, because he is a mushroom ... (White)

Teacher: Man owes much to nature, to the forest. What is the value of the forest? Why do people need it?

(Children's answers are pre-written on a poster or a presentation is made)

The forest is our wealth!

The forest is a home for animals and birds.

The forest is a pantry, generously giving its gifts.

The forest is the green dress of our Earth. Where there is a forest, there is always clean air.

Preview:

QUIZ - JOURNEY "LIFE NATURE" (Grade 3)


The form : quiz-journey, lesson-game.
Goals :

  1. Awaken interest in the lessons of the world around
  2. Cultivate observation
  3. Develop mental activity.

Equipment : tokens, task cards in an envelope, recordings of songs about nature (“A dog disappeared”, “Lucy”, “A Christmas tree was born in the forest”, etc.), a foil medal “A friend of nature”, a prize or a diploma, autumn leaves.

Teacher : Today we will conduct an unusual quiz lesson on the topic: “Wildlife”. We will go along the forest path, we will make several stops. All children will take part and we will be able to encourage nature's best friend. For each correct answer at each stop, the student who not only answers correctly, but also fulfills all the rules of behavior in the forest, will receive his token.

Stop 1 . "Green friend"

The table “Forest” is drawn, on the table the cards are under the numbers.

  1. What coniferous trees and shrubs grow in our forests?
  2. Which coniferous tree sheds its leaves-needles for the winter?
  3. Who needs hollow trees?
  4. What plant is called hare cabbage?
  5. What berry is called northern pomegranate?

Right answers:

  1. Spruce, pine, larch, juniper, fir, cedar.
  2. Larch.
  3. Birds nest in the hollows of old trees, animals live.
  4. Sour, shamrock.
  5. Kostyanik.

Stop 2 . "Key-Eyed"

  1. How to distinguish between a young rook and an adult by its beak?
  2. Which bird skillfully imitates the voices of many birds?
  3. Who cuckoos (male or female)?
  4. Why are young birch leaves sticky?
  5. What does the “weeping” of a birch in spring mean?

Right answers:

  1. In an adult rook, the base of the beak is white.
  2. Starling.
  3. Male.
  4. Resinous substances protect the leaves from frost.
  5. Sap flow.

Stop 3 . "Musical pause"

Fragments of songs sound, it is necessary to continue the song.

Stop 4 . "Forest Pharmacy"

  1. What marsh plant can be used instead of iodine and cotton wool?
  2. What berry replaces lemon?
  3. The leaves of which plant can be applied to a wound?
  4. What grass do cats like? What diseases is it used for?
  5. What healing properties does coltsfoot have?

Right answers:

  1. Peat moss or sphagnum.
  2. Cranberries contain citric acid.
  3. Plantain.
  4. Valerian. With cardiovascular diseases, with neuroses.
  5. A decoction of coltsfoot flowers and leaves is a good cough remedy.

Stop 5 . “Little secrets of nature”

  1. Why does nettle sting?
  2. What is a squirrel's nest called?
  3. Name a predatory insect that feeds in the air.
  4. A hare can bear offspring two to three times a year. What is the name of the hare of each brood?
  5. What animal builds a house with a pool?

Right answers:

  1. The sharp hairs on nettle leaves contain formic acid. When you touch the skin, the tip of the hair breaks, the walls of the hairs make a wound on the skin, the liquid pours into the wound and causes a burning sensation.
  2. Gaino. The nest, spherical on the outside, is disguised with leaves, spruce branches, inside is lined with moss, grass, etc. A caring mother squirrel has three to five nests.
  3. Dragonfly.
  4. Bunnies 1 brood: “nastoviki”, because they appear when there is crust on the snow; summer hares - “spikelets” or “herbalists”; autumn - “falling leaves”.
  5. Beaver.

Quiz Summary

Teacher : Who received the tokens - stand up. Well done! Let's see who is the winner. If several people have an equal number of tokens, we will choose the winner, who will be the first to answer:

  1. What kind of hunting is allowed in the forest at any time of the year? photo hunting)
  2. What are the causes of forest fires?lightning, not extinguished fire, cigarette butt)
  3. The spider strenuously weaves webs to what weather? ( to dry).

Nature's best friend _________________. The winner of the quiz receives a medal "Friend of Nature", a prize or a diploma.

Other children receive for these tokens at stops in memory of the quiz lesson - autumn leaves.



Natalya Stepanovna Savostyanova
“We are building a house for animals, it will be more fun for all of them.” Design lesson in the senior group

municipal autonomous preschool educational institution

Zaigraevsky kindergarten "Fairy tale"

abstract

educational event

in the educational field “cognition. cognitive - research and productive (constructive) activity"

"HOUSE WE BUILDING FOR ANIMAL,

IT WILL BE MORE FUN FOR THEM»

(SENIOR GROUP)

caregiver: Savostyanova Natalya Stepanovna

Zaigraevo settlement 2013

Target: pin skill build a house made of wooden cubes, using previously acquired skills and abilities, cultivate a desire to help, be needed, learn to work in a team, be able to solve problems, think, draw conclusions, rejoice, cultivate interest in occupation.

Integration of educational regions Keywords: artistic creativity, cognition, socialization, communication, fiction, physical culture.

caregiver: Guys, trouble happened in our forest,

Winter is too cold and harsh,

There little animals freeze run away from frost.

And today they ran to kindergarten,

We need to warm them here, feel sorry for them,

We will help them.

Something needs to be done!

Children: We are their home let's build,

Let them live in it

Protect their children.

Children: And what animals came running from the forest?

caregiver: And who came from the forest to us, we will find out if we guess the riddles.

1 riddle: Masha plays with him in a fairy tale,

They are cleverly managed there,

Well, he's so big

Is he friends with her?

(Bear)

2 riddle: Lives in Pushkin's fairy tales

And she sings songs!

(Squirrel)

3 riddle: Grandfather Mazay saved him,

So that he doesn't disappear.

(Hare)

caregiver: You guessed the riddles,

All you named the animals.

I know that you and I

(in chorus) Friendly family together!

caregiver: Here, guys, we have wooden cubes and plastic and foam rubber. What material do you think is best for us? build a house for animals?

1 child: A house made of wood is stronger,

It will be warm for them!

2 child: If you had a brick,

We would choose him

After all, the brick does not burn,

The strength will surprise everyone.

3 child: You do not argue, friends,

Since there is no brick.

We will build a wooden.

I live in such a house.

It's warm and good

And cozy and light!

4 child: Maybe ask little animals that they are better and warmer.

(a knock on the door. A forest fairy appears with a squirrel, a bunny and a bear in her hands)

Forest Fairy: I found out that trouble happened

And quickly rushed here.

Now I will wave my wand

AND little animals I will turn into speakers

For miracles to happen now

your eyes quickly closed!

(children close their eyes, a squirrel, a hare, a bear come out)

Forest Fairy: And now, friends, it's time

You can open your eyes

(Children open their eyes, rejoice animals greet them)

Beasts: We are very happy guys

What care surrounded

We were warmed and fed.

To survive the winter

We will live in any house.

5 child: You will have a wooden house,

Don't be sad, don't be sad.

Sit together, relax.

Tell about yourself.

Squirrel: We live together in the forest,

Once upon a time we are lazy there,

Need to stock up on cones

And take them to the hollow.

Hare: So that the wolf does not catch up.

I change coat quickly!

Bear: Well, I began to freeze,

I began to call a squirrel with a hare.

To in "Fairy tale" to come to you

And for you to help us.

caregiver: Animals need help,

It's time for us to get down to business!

(Children start build a house made of wooden cubes, consult on how to do better, express their ideas, talking quietly among themselves)

caregiver: Why does a person need a house?

Children: 1. if you have a house, it's very good.

So someone needs you.

In the house you live with your family,

You protect your loved ones.

2. Home is where you can relax, retire, we can’t live without a home. Where home is, there are your friends.

3. each child or small animal

Must have, of course, his own house,

And then always, everywhere

There will be peace throughout the earth!

Children: Well, that's all, the house is ready!

(Children on their own built a house, in the course of work, I specified what geometric figure a cube, a brick looks like, please show which wooden figure looks like a triangle, a cylinder)

Beasts: Thanks guys,

You are very kind.

We'll spend the winter here

As it gets warmer, we'll go to the forest,

Your concern is not let's forget,

And always grateful we will!

Hare: You come to us in the spring forest,

And bring your friends!

caregiver: I'm glad, guys, that you are all friendly,

You helped the animals from the forest.

And together they were saved from trouble!

Forest Fairy (gives children a model of a house for playing)

I will give you a house

And thank you all!

You are smart and everyone is friendly,

Are you a problem animals decided,

What surprised me.

And I wish you everyone,

Help when needed

Don't leave your friends in trouble!

(Children and the animals say"Thanks" and say goodbye to the forest fairy)

caregiver: Guys, let's play with our animals.

A squirrel, a bear and a hare sit on chairs and fall asleep. Around we put Christmas trees and talk, walking in a circle)

We are from "Fairy tales" we were walking.

Suddenly we saw the animals.

They all sleep under the tree

And they don't look at us.

We walked around all of them

AND we woke up all the animals.

Well, ka little animals everybody get up

And catch up with us soon!

(animals wake up and catch up with children)

Beasts: We played well, but the time has come to say goodbye. Thanks for the house! Come to visit us!

Saying goodbye to animals.

Game classroom hour in the 2nd grade "Animal World"

Goals: develop students' cognitive interest in the environment; improve knowledge of the animal world.

Game progress

I. Opening speech of the teacher.

PLANET-HOUSE

There is one garden planet

In this cold space

Only here the forests are noisy,

Birds calling migratory,

Only on it one bloom

Lilies of the valley in green grass

And dragonflies are only here

They look into the river in surprise.

Take care of your planet

After all, there is no other like it.

Ya Akim

Teacher. Today we will play a little, identify the most active and inquisitive. Our game is called "Animal World".

What does the concept of "animal world" include?

What do animals need to live?

Many animals, birds, insects and other animals live in the forest. The fauna of the forest is very rich. What are the conditions for them in the forest?

Name the animals by tiers (animals of holes, terrestrial animals and birds, inhabitants of the shrub layer, inhabitants of crowns, etc.).

The earth is our common home, because both plants and animals live in certain places, only where it is convenient and where they are used to living.

“It is we, the people,” writes M. Prishvin, “we can change floors, the forest dwellers do not do this.” Animals strictly adhere to their tier. - What is the use of forest animals and birds?

Tree, grass, flower and bird

They don't always know how to defend themselves.

If they are destroyed

We will be alone on the planet...

V. Berestov

II. The main part of the game.

The game is played by two teams.

Stage 1 - "Warm-up".

The teacher takes turns asking questions to the teams. For each correct answer -10 points.

1st team

1) Who picks apples with their backs? (Hedgehog.)

2) What berry is black, red, yellow? (Currant.)

3) Who sleeps upside down? (Bat.)

4) What happens to the bee after it stings? (Dies.)

2nd team

1) Who runs with their hind legs forward? (Hare.)

2) What is the biggest bird? (Ostrich.)

3) What does a moose lose every winter? (Horns.)

4) How many legs does a spider have? (Eight.)

2nd stage - "Troubles from the barrel."

Teams take turns taking out a “trouble” (question) from the barrel and answering it. For each correct answer -10 points.

1) How many wings does a beetle have? (Four.)

2) An animal that builds a house on the river? (Beaver.)

3) The arrival of what birds means the beginning of spring? (Rook.)

4) Born in water, lives on earth? (Frog.)

5) What mushroom is called a forest predatory animal? (Fox.)

6) Which animal spends most of its time underground? (Mole.)

7) Grass that even the blind can recognize by touch? (Nettle.)

8) What animal in the fairy tale turns into a princess? (Frog.)

9) What animal is the book "Mu-Mu" written about? (Dog.)

10) What breed was the dog Artemon? (Poodle.)

3rd stage - "Race for the leader".

The essence of the stage is which team will answer the question faster. For each correct answer - 5 points.

1) Who has ears on their feet? (Grasshopper.)

2) Small horse? (Pony.)

3) What is the longest animal? (Giraffe.)

4) A cat with tassels on its ears? (Lynx.)

5) Mother of the lamb? (Sheep.)

6) City institution for animals? (Zoo.)

7) Brothers of hares? (Rabbits.)

8) Who treats animals? (Vet.)

9) What bird builds nests on the roof of houses? (Stork.)

12) Night bird of prey? (Owl.)

14) The largest predator? (Polar bear.)

15) Which birds have wings covered with scales? (Penguins.)

16) What bird in our country flies the fastest? (Swift.)

17) Does it look like a notebook in a line? (Zebra.)

18) Who easily changes its color? (Chameleon.)

19) What is the largest mammal in the world? (Cat.)

20) Is an insect capable of lifting weight larger than its own? (Ant.)

III. Final part.

Summarizing; rewarding participants.

When you walk along the forest path,

Questions overtake you in a crowd.

One "why" rushes between the trees,

Flies on the heels of an unknown bird.

Another - a bee climbed onto a flower,

And the third - a frog jump into a stream.

"What" with a mouse snoops under the leaves in holes,

"Who" is looking for a hidden rustle in the bushes,

Sits "why" on a green leaf,

"Where" flew on a beetle,

"Why" after the lizard climbed onto the stump ...

Question after question, and so - the whole day.

Let's go, my friend, along the path together

Look for answers under the green tent.

Try to learn more about the life of animals and plants from books, educational TV shows.

You have decided to build a house and not an ordinary dwelling, but a house with a pool. And you made the right decision, because the pool in the cottage is not only a pleasant coolness on a hot summer evening, not only a beautiful engineering structure, but also a great way to keep yourself in good shape and monitor your health.

arranging swimming pool in a private house, it is worth knowing a few important points related to its construction and operation.

A lot depends on the soil!

Before you start building, you should not forget that the pool is an ordinary bath with water, though large in size and with special devices that ensure its operation. In order to build a pool, you must first consult with specialists who can conduct a thorough study of the composition of the soil in the place where you want to build the pool bowl. For this, it is desirable to geological surveys on the site of such construction, regardless of where you will equip the pool in a private house - in the courtyard of the cottage or inside it. This weight will press constantly on the soil. Why is it so important?

For example, you have clay or loamy soil under your feet, then the construction of a pool will require not only significant costs, but also a specific technology for its construction. In a place where the soil consists mainly of clay, due to the significant content of groundwater, wet earth deforms the earth during freezing in winter, and in the warm season, on the contrary, shrinks the soil due to drying. Such changes in the soil will lead to cracking and sometimes fracture of the bottom or destruction of the side walls of the pool bowl.

If the soil is sandy or contains gravel, then you can safely build a pool without fear of breaking its structure. However, in such an area, the large weight of the water and the weight of the pool itself can lead to the structure sliding down, subsidence relative to the ground level. An ideal place for building an artificial micro-reservoir is rocky or stony soil. Here you can build house with large pool without any fear.

If experts have determined that the soil where the house is located is still of little use for building a pool, you can try to strengthen it by driving piles. In any case, it is desirable to listen to the opinion of designers, those who professionally designs houses and knows all the intricacies of construction and such a complex hydraulic structure as a pool. This will not only save you unnecessary financial costs, but also ensure your safety by preventing possible landslides or destruction.

Choosing projects

After the decision has been made, and the experts have given you the conclusion that it is possible to build a pool here, look at the projects of houses with a pool. The house with the pool in the photo looks very attractive. Among such projects there are both simple solutions and more expensive and complex. So you can choose the pool you want and at the same time peep those elements that you like and that you can offer designers for your pool.

But besides the technical aspects, the projects of houses with a pool have purely aesthetic features. Typically, pools are built in a wide variety of shapes, and the complexity of the design directly depends only on the wishes of the customer and the capabilities of those who build it. Therefore, now it is possible to build both a square and a complex-shaped pool. It is important to choose a constructive type of pool.

It could be:

  • dug-in pool - the upper edge of the pool at ground level or slightly protrudes above it;
  • semi-dug - the pool is dug into the ground by no less than 1/3;
  • ground - the bottom of the pool is poured at ground level;
  • portable - collapsible, inflatable.

How to build a pool?

A pool in a cottage can be arranged not only inside the house and in the yard. These types of pools have several important differences.

Indoor pool:

  • all-weather, works at any time of the year;
  • requires a special cleaning system;
  • heating is required during the cold season.

Outside or courtyard pool:

  • used in spring and summer;
  • easier on the cleaning system and maintenance;
  • the bath is cleared of water in winter;
  • requires regular cleaning from dust, dirt, debris.

Depending on what type of pool you choose, the designer will receive such a task. Tell the designer your wishes, which you can express, including in a sketch with your vision of how you want to see a house with a pool and a photo of the surrounding area. For all the seeming simplicity of the design, it’s still not worth the risk and trying to design a pool on your own, especially if you have no experience in building hydraulic structures. Printed projects of houses with a pool, catalogs where there is more than one house with a pool in the photo are available. And if you intend to build both a pool and a house on the same site, do not forget about all the nuances. It is important to note that a pool bowl filled with water is a potentially unsafe structure and an incorrect calculation of the bottom thickness, the system for collecting or draining water, and much more, can lead to breakdowns, and sometimes man-made accidents.

How pools work

It is advisable to build a pool with the help of specialists who know the design features of the pools. We will only briefly describe the contents of a modern pool in order to understand how difficult this part of the house is and how difficult it is to make it.

There are two main types of pools:

  • skimmer;
  • overflow.

A skimmer pool is a pool in which water is transferred to a filtration unit from the surface of the pool. The skimmer itself is a hydraulic device that allows you to pull together the contaminated surface layer in the pool. Pools are usually also built with a drain at the bottom of the pool. After water intake from the skimmer and bottom intake, the water:

  • filtered;
  • heated (if necessary);
  • disinfected.

After cleaning, the water is transferred back to the pool. Skimmer pools can be used for both outdoor and indoor pools.

An overflow pool is a pool where water overflows from the edge of the pool and enters special gutters. After that, the water is transferred to the tanks and from there it is already taken for the filter installation. Here, too, filtration, heating and purification of water from infections takes place. Through outlets at the bottom, water is fed back into the pool. The overflow system is more complex, however, experts believe that it still works better and can serve large-capacity pools.

Security can be attractive

And a little more about security. The fact is that statistics show that in artificial reservoirs, including pools, about 80% of people who get into emergency situations die or this happens through negligence. For example, only 11% of people die in fires in such cases, and no more than 2% from electric shock. That is why it is worth taking simple security measures and then already at the design stage you guarantee peace and security for yourself and your family members.

  • The first rule of arranging a safe pool is that if there are small children (or you are waiting for an addition to the family), then it is best to choose a pool design so that the child cannot independently climb over the barrier or limiters along the contour of the pool. For a child, it is best to take a small section of the pool and set a depth of no more than 50 cm there. This can be done by building a special partition inside the pool or by making a bottom with a slope. If the bottom is sloping, then you can install a buoy and stretch the net so that the child, even if desired and out of curiosity, cannot swim into the danger zone.
  • The second rule is this: if you are an insecure swimmer, do not make the pool deeper than 1.5 meters. This depth is more than enough to splash around, practice swimming for therapeutic and preventive purposes, and try to learn to swim. For confident swimmers with experience, you can, of course, build a pool with a depth of 2.5 meters.

  • And the third very important rule - equipping the pool with handrails at the entrance and exit from the pool saves the swimmer's strength, and the so-called waterproof rubber can be laid along the edge of the bowl. This interesting material absorbs and ejects water. Thus, the edges of the pool will not be slippery, and if necessary, a person will always get out of the water. In the third rule, it is worth mentioning that it is not advisable to equip the bottom with stone or concrete steps. This is very dangerous in terms of accidental injury.

That's actually all the precautions that can decorate the appearance of the pool. For example, shiny, metal handrails. And they can also save a person’s life and protect all users and house with swimming pool will be safe.

How to choose a place for the pool

We have already said that it is important to know if the soil will support the weight of the filled pool bowl. But if everything is in order with this, then it is worth knowing a few more tips on choosing the right place to build a pool.

If this is an outdoor pool, then the ideal place would be:

  • sunny, open to constant and unhindered sunlight;
  • at the highest point of the land for good natural heating and the ability to organize gravity drainage of water;
  • without trees or if the trees are at a considerable distance, as this will save the pool from splits in the walls due to root growth and the need to collect debris flying from the trees - dry foliage and branches.

Building a swimming pool is a very difficult process. It is very different depending on the types of soil on which the structure is being built and therefore is usually trusted to professional builders.

Keep your water clean

The water in the pool stands, it does not flow, as in the river or the sea. Because of this, standing water in the pool needs:

  • cleanse;
  • monitor and regulate the composition of water, its acid-base balance;
  • time to pour or drain the water in the bowl.

A little more about the care of water in the pool should be discussed, if only because if you do not monitor the condition of the water, you can get a very serious illness. Dirty water in the pool, which is saturated with microorganisms under the rays of the hot summer sun, can cause skin rashes, inflammation mucous membranes of a person, allergies of various types, eczema and many other diseases, and painful manifestations.

No less unpleasant is the imbalance of the acid-base environment, calcium hardness, alkalinity, and the concentration of solids that do not dissolve. To some extent, this also affects a person - it causes irritation, negative reactions on the skin, but all these factors have a greater effect on the condition of the technical devices of the pool, tiles.

You can fight these negative factors with the help of:

  • water chlorination;
  • chlorine-free disinfection;
  • coagulation, that is, the removal of small insoluble particles;
  • maintenance of acid-base balance with the help of special additives.

If you decide to get a pool, then a very right decision would be not only consultation with specialists, but also a personal study of the issue of arranging the pool. We talked only about the main features of arranging pools in a private house.

Now you have enough knowledge to start thinking about the possibility of building a full-fledged pool both in the yard of the cottage and inside the house. But you should not forget - only the list of mandatory conditions takes dozens of positions. And this suggests that this issue should be taken very seriously:

  • get advice from specialists and order special studies if necessary;
  • get ready for the need to reconstruct the house, and the same may apply to communications and the need to install additional sophisticated equipment;
  • it is necessary to spend considerable resources in order for the pool to become safe and convenient.

But there should be no obstacles on the way for a person who wants to create a house where you can not only sleep, eat, gather with friends for a picnic, watch movies in the living room, learn lessons with a child, but also have a good rest - this is a dream that can come true and this requires perseverance and desire, and you already have certain knowledge .