Automatic irrigation system - what to remember about how to expand?

The automatic irrigation system can be extended over time. Thanks to this, its implementation can be spread over time, without exposing yourself to too large, one-off costs. What elements is worth completing? What to remember about before installing the system?

Automatic irrigation system

Automatic irrigation system

Garden owners often proceed to the implementation of the system, without prior planning of the target layout of paths, driveways, culverts for pipes, etc. What is not the right approach. We advise you on what to pay special attention to so that the automatic irrigation system can be made quickly and with low cost.

What do you remember about installing an automatic irrigation system?

The installation can be installed in an already existing and decorated garden, as well as in a newly designed one. However, a map of the garden layout must always be created - detailed positioning of the beds, lawn, hedge, rebate and water sources. The automatic irrigation system can also be installed before planting a lawn or at least a few months after sowing the grass, so that the turf will cross over and the assembly marks disappear quickly. Installation of the system is also possible on the freshly sown lawn, however, in this case, it will be necessary to locally feed the grass in the place of water distribution pipes. For the planning of the future system, it is best to proceed before performing the paths and driveways. Already at this stage, you can place the larger diameter casing pipes, under the passes or under the concrete band, near the garden tap, so that later, at a convenient time, you can easily install the irrigation installation. An important issue when planning an irrigation system is to have an efficient water source with the right pressure. The higher the water supply, the lower the system installation costs, as we limit the number of irrigation sections.

Expansion of the automatic irrigation system

The automatic irrigation system can be built in stages, expanding it as you have time and financial resources. The installation can be supplemented with, among others, drip pipes, water supply shrubs and hedges. However, if they are freshly planted, it is better not to postpone the installation of such elements. For later, we can postpone the inclusion of automatic pouring of terrace plants. Micro-irrigation using row or end drip which is used for watering them is not necessary in the first stage. Microzraszacze, on heels, for watering the floral discount, located around the house, in representative positions.

Automatic air inlet V40P - healthy and energy-saving

Automatic air inlet V40P through continuous, automatic regulation of the flow channel size, provides the optimum amount of air into the room, providing a healthy microclimate in the attic and saving thermal energy. The V40P ventilator is a standard solution in FAKRO roof windows. You can live healthy and pay smaller bills for heating, and spend money saved for any purpose.

Automatic air inlet V40P through a continuous, automatic volume flow control provides the optimum amount of air into the room providing a healthy microclimate in the attic and saving thermal energy. The V40P ventilator is a standard solution in FAKRO roof windows. You can live healthy and pay smaller bills for heating, and spend money saved for any purpose.

In the past, the inflow of air provided leaks in windows and doors, thanks to which gravity ventilation systems could function properly in order to ensure the exchange of air in rooms. However, the inflow of air through the leaks was uncontrolled, which caused large heat losses and high heating expenses. Modern construction is characterized by increased tightness of woodwork, which reduces heating costs but limits the inflow of fresh air into the room. The microclimate in residential buildings is clearly deteriorating. Caring for a healthy microclimate, we must ensure the inflow of fresh air into the interior. Currently, this is done by deliberately unsealing windows, ventilators in windows, or mechanical ventilation systems. At the same time, we want the house to be energy-efficient and cheap to operate. Unfortunately, during the winter even the best insulation will not completely prevent heat losses. It penetrates through partitions (walls, windows, roof, floor), but the most heat - up to 35%, in the form of heated air is led out through ventilation lines.

In the gravity ventilation system, fresh air flows through the diffusers into the room due to the pressure difference between the room and the environment. The pressure difference depends on the temperature difference and the wind gust force. In winter and during windy weather, the same hole in the traditional air inlet passes several times more air than in normal conditions. This causes the inflow of cold air in an amount exceeding the recommended values ​​several times, resulting in chilling the room. The automatic air inlet V40P used in FAKRO roof windows, regardless of the pressure difference and the size of the wind gust, always allows the same, optimal amount of air into the room. It protects against cooling the room, which significantly reduces heating costs.

The research shows that one automatic diffuser installed in the FAKRO roof window saves about PLN 50 for one heating season. Assuming the average price of a window with a V40P ventilator for PLN 1,300, the cost of a window returns after 26 years. Automatic air inlet V40P in FAKRO roof windows is a healthy microclimate and real thermal energy savings.

Principle of operation of the V40P ventilator

The capacity of the V40P diffuser increases with the increase of the pressure difference outside and inside the room, until the optimum value is reached. With a further increase in the pressure difference, the air flow is kept constant. The air compressor, known as the air in the diffuser deflects, reducing the cross-sectional area of ​​the channel, limiting the amount of air flowing. This is the case, for example, in sudden wind gusts and in winter.

Automatic temperature controllers - a way to reduce heating costs?

Home heating costs consume a large part of your home budget. In order to reduce heating expenses and to provide the interior with an adequate amount of heat, it is worth using temperature controllers - room or weather.

Temperature regulators release the household members from the necessity of continuous operation of the heating device and guarantee energy-saving heating without energy losses due to room overheating. The operation of the heating system can be controlled by means of a room regulator or a weather regulator.

Lower heating costs with a room regulator

The room regulator enables automatic control of the heating installation, adapting the boiler's operation to the room temperature.When it falls below the set value or grows above a certain value, the room controller will transmit a signal to the heating device, which will react by raising the temperature of the water in the system or lowering it, depending on the needs. This solution allows you to reduce the cost of heating your home in a non-negligible way - that is, without sacrificing the thermal comfort of the household.

Energy-efficient heating thanks to weather regulators

Weather controllers are devices that allow you to control the operation of the heating installation and adapt it to the current weather conditions. Unlike room regulators, weather devices have an external temperature sensor that measures its value outside the home and on this basis (and user settings), maintains the optimum temperature inside the home. Weather regulators are more expensive than these rooms, but they guarantee more energy-efficient heating - they allow them to be adapted to the changing conditions prevailing outside, thus ensuring constant thermal comfort and smooth boiler operation.

Both room and weather regulators are equipped with additional functions, allowing them to be programmed in such a way as to ensure lowering the temperature inside the house at selected times. Thanks to this, the room temperature can be automatically lowered at night or during the absence of household members. This solution brings additional energy savings.

Art deco in Polish

The art deco style is still in our interiors. Proposed by Polish designers was a mix of tradition and modernity. On the one hand, he took into consideration the then artistic avant-garde, on the other - he satisfied the historical aspirations based on national heritage.

Art deco in Polish

Art deco in Polish

In Poland, the art deco style was derived mainly from folklore. This was largely due to poverty - it lacked expensive raw materials to create a richer aesthetics. The result of these shortages was the great recognition of Polish art abroad. Also today we are happy to relate and use the patterns developed at that time, so it's worth getting to know them.

Art deco - success in the world

The huge success of Poland at the 1925 Paris exhibition proved the lush development of the Polish art deco. Our pavilion in France aroused the admiration of the foreign jury, and in the Poles - pride. He showed the originality of the art revived after the partitions of Poland, and at the same time indicated that it is an extremely modern country. The chapel of the Christmas sculptor Jan Szczepkowski received the Grand Prix, Zygmunt Kamiński - the award for the design of new Polish banknotes. Zofia Stryjeńska has won five decorations. 184 awards were awarded to the other Polish artists.

The icon of art deco painting around the world is the paintings of half-Polish half-Russian Tamara Lempicka. She created the image of a modern woman - shameless, courageous, athletic and liberated. Her figures embedded in geometric shapes are still massively reproduced in the form of paintings, posters, napkins, jewelry, etc.

The works of the aforementioned Zofia Stryjeńska are also of great importance for this trend of art. She designed toys, textiles, posters, illustrating the apology of rural life and youth. She also decorated the interiors, including the main hall of the Wedel House staircase.

In turn, a special role in the development of art deco furniture in Poland was played by the Krakow Workshops, and then the "ŁAD" Artists Co-operative Society founded in Warsaw.

A new state style

Art deco grew in Poland in the 1920s to the rank of state style, which was reflected in architecture. In the capital, many important institutions were built in this style: buildings of the National Museum, Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego and the headquarters of the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Education. The Polish version of art deco found a great reflection in the creation of equipment for two monumental transatlantic vessels: "Piłsudskiego" (1934) and "Batory". The architectural supervision of the Pilsudski project was performed by Lech Niemojewski and Stanisław Brukalski. Tadeusz Paszkowski and Wojciech Jastrzębowski decided about its equipment. Jastrzębowski defended the "Polish homeland" - a national art deco variety using motifs taken from the folk art of Podhale and Hutsul region. In the fabrics, drawings and tapestries of Zofia Stryjeńska, the ships were supplied by the artistic cooperative "Ład". The walls were decorated with images of Józef Piłsudski and aerial photographs with views of historic cities.

Long live the folklore

The enchantment of folklore and the Piast past was the hallmark of Polish art deco. People's motifs were reflected in furniture, painting and weaving. They gained the ideological and artistic value because they became a symbol of the reconstruction of Polish society. The resulting products inspired by folklore turned out to be modern and functional despite appearances.Although they drew inspiration from traditional Polish folk art in terms of form, methods of handicrafts and native raw materials, they nevertheless carried a lot of freshness behind them. During their production, readily available materials were used, such as flax, wool, straw, pine, spruce, ash etc. Authentic and stylized Hutsul kilts covered with abstract, geometric patterns deserve attention. Their design is very decorative, thanks to the selection of vivid colors.

Architecture of an energy-efficient house

Heating costs for a typical home account for 2/3 of the cost of maintaining it. When looking for solutions that will reduce the expenses for this purpose, many investors decide to build an energy-efficient building. Saving energy is fostered, among othersenergy-efficient house architecture.

Architecture of an energy-efficient house

Architecture of an energy-efficient house

Beach tioning of building a house is the first stage where the focus should be on solutions aimed at reducing costs for maintenance of the building. Demand for a house for heat can be reduced already at the stage of project preparation. An important role in limiting heat loss and obtaining energy from solar radiation is fulfilled, among other things, by the proper shape of the building. What should the energy-efficient house architecture characterize?

Energy-saving house - building's shape

By giving the shape of the house the right shape and in a thoughtful way placing the glazing in the external walls, you can reduce the building's demand for energy for heating. From the point of view of energy efficiency, buildings with a compact body are the most advantageous. Their A / V ratio, i.e. the area of ​​all external partitions, i.e. walls, roofs, floors on the ground to the building volume, should be low. The walls of an energy-saving house and its roof should have as few refractions as possible. Ideally, the architecture of an energy-efficient house should be characterized by simplicity. It is good that it should be built on a rectangular plan, and its roof should be gabled or pitched. Simplicity of house architecture should also consist in avoiding dormer windows, bay windows, attics, cornices, and thus elements contributing to the increase of the surface of the external partitions. It is also better to abandon the terraces above the rooms, and if they are to appear, make sure that they are properly insulated and that their construction took place using modern systems, reducing the risk of thermal bridges, and thus places of heat escape from the building.

The elevation with the largest area in which the largest glazing is located is located on the southern side. This will allow for greater passive solar gain, which in the cold months will warm the interior of the house. This solution can significantly contribute to reducing heating costs.

Energy-efficient house design

An important issue is also the appropriate arrangement of rooms in the home saving energy. It is most advantageous that interiors that maintain a relatively high temperature are located from the south, while those that do not require heating from the north (garages, pantries). Warm rooms should also be separated from cold rooms with rooms of moderate temperature like bedrooms or corridors. Against the large glazing, internal barriers are located that are able to accumulate solar heat during the day and give it away at night.

Arrangement of the hall - how to decorate a small hall?

A hallway is a neglected part of a house or flat. This is a mistake, because it is the first place visitors see entering our interiors.The hall should become a kind of showcase of our home space. How to arrange a small hall?

A small hall needs a proper approach. Arrangement of this room should be thought out and functional. In a small hall, it is worth taking care of bright finishing materials and practical storage

Finishing materials in a small hallway

When planning to finish the small hall, it is worth using bright colors that visually enlarge and light up the interior. This applies not only to the walls, but also to the floor - finished with bright, shimmering in the light plates, it will become a reflective surface. An interesting operation that optically enlarges the small hall is the use of the same flooring material as the adjacent living room.Then, the hall opening to the living room will seem bigger and longer. The proven way to optically enlarge the space of a small hall is to use a mirror - ideally if it will be a large sheet without a decorative frame. A good solution is to integrate such a mirror, eg in the wardrobe door.

Equipment and accessories

The effect of optical space enlargement in a small hallway can be obtained through its proper lighting. In addition to the main lighting, whose function is usually a ceiling lamp or a chandelier suspended from the ceiling, side lighting will also be useful - eg in the form of sconces, located on both sides of a hanging mirror or picture. An interesting effect can be obtained by using spotlights mounted to the cabinet from above - they will act as additional lighting, brightening the interior of a small hallway.

The practical arrangement of the hall is also functional furniture and equipment. In a small hall, give up clothes hangers - standing or hanging on the wall. If we have such a possibility, it is worth trying to make a built-in wardrobe, which will make storing the outer covers and shoes will not take place at the expense of the hall space. A good solution is also narrow cabinets with sliding doors - sliding sideways, does not take up space in the hallway.

For the storage of shoes, in a small hall, a narrow but tall cabinet with fold-out drawers will also be useful. If you plan to put a seat close to the door for comfortable putting on and taking off your shoes, choose a model with a practical storage. Do not waste space on the walls. If you want to mount shelves on them, shelves with an integrated drawer are a good solution - ideal for storing small items, such as keys, gloves or accessories for footwear care.

Arrangement of the kitchen - how to rip aesthetically kitchen floor with other pieces of equipment?

The surface of the kitchen floor due to its size plays a large role in shaping the kitchen arrangement. It should be combined with both kitchen furniture and walls.

In the arrangement of the kitchen and the combination of equipment and floors in the kitchen, cabinet fronts play a very important role - today's fashionable, smooth door fits most flooring materials and patterns.

Kitchen cabinets and kitchen floor

When we choose a shiny, varnished finish of kitchen cabinets, it will be more suited to minimalist, modern kitchens with a kitchen floor, eg from large-format polished stoneware or stone. When the kitchen floor is rustic, for example finished with clinker or cotto, the shiny surface of the cabinets' fronts may cause dissonance.

Cabinets with fronts finished with exotic wood veneer (most often veneer) are very popular - the most evident elements are modified veneer and zebrano veneer. Such a cabinet finish requires a kitchen floor to be subordinated - it must be a background for them, emphasizing the beauty of the furniture.

Kitchen floor and kitchen countertop

An equally important element in the arrangement of the kitchen, which should be combined with the floor are kitchen countertops. If their large surfaces refer to the floor, the kitchen is very aesthetically consistent. The connector can be a color or a flooring material repeated on a kitchen counter (eg wooden tops and floors or ceramic tiles). Stone or wood looks particularly effective, but also better and better laminates are perfect. Today, you can choose a laminated table top, which not only in colors or patterns will refer to the kitchen floor, also the structure of the laminate can perfectly imitate wood or stone.

The detail connected with the floor is also the wall above the table top. Here, the freedom is usually very large, but it will certainly be an elegant solution to choose the same material for the floor, table top and wall.