How To Make a Garden Arbor With PVC Pipe
Garden arbors are landscaping focal points. Arbors may be constructed from metal, plastic or wood and placed at the entrance of a garden path or in the center of your backyard. Make a garden arbor with PVC pipe and then paint it to suit your landscape. Plant flowering vines along both sides and train them to grow over the top to make the arbor a more beautiful feature. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- 3/4-inch diameter PVC pipe
- PVC pipe cutter
- 6 3/4-inch PVC T-connectors
- PVC primer
- PVC cement
- 4 3/4-inch PVC three-way connectors
Instructions
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Cut four 5-foot-long sections of PVC pipe. Cut four 3-foot-long sections of PVC pipe. Cut four 2-1/2-foot sections of PVC pipe. Cut five 1-foot long sections of PVC pipe.
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In the straight ends of a PVC T-connector, join a 5-foot-long PVC section to a 3-foot-long PVC section to create an 8-foot-long section. Spread PVC primer onto the outside rim of the pipe and the inside rim of the T connector. Wait 10 seconds before applying an even coat of PVC cement to the same areas. Insert the PVC pipe into the T connector and hold it about 15 seconds for the cement to set up. Repeat this step three more times to make the four vertical side rails of the garden arbor.
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Place two of the newly created 8-foot-long PVC sections side by side, arranging them so that the open ends of the T connectors are facing each other. Join these two 8-foot sections by gluing a 1-foot PVC section into each open end of the T connectors. Remember to prime the pipe and connectors before you add the cement.
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Repeat Step 3 with the two remaining 8-foot long side rails.
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Attach a PVC three-way connector to the 3-foot ends of each 8-foot side rail. Situate the three-way connectors on each side rail so that one of the two remaining open ends of each connector faces its opposite on the other side rail so you can connect a cross piece between the two rails. Position the third open end of the connector so you can attach a PVC section that will join the two side rails.
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Attach a 1-foot section of PVC to the open ends of the three-way connectors that are facing each other. Do this on both side rails.
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Attach a 2-1/2-foot section to the remaining open end of each 3-way connector on the side rails. When connected, these sections will form the top of the arbor. Join each 2-1/2-foot section in the center of the arbor with the straight ends of a T-connector. Position the remaining open ends of the T-connector toward the inside of the arbor. Attach a 1-foot long section of PVC pipe to the open ends of the T-connectors to brace the center of the 5-foot long horizontal sections of the garden arbor.
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Tips & Warnings
Paint the PVC arbor before you stand it in your yard. Dig 15- to 18-inch holes and cement the PVC pipe in the ground.
