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Making tiles from plastic bottles

PET bottles or beer kegs can be used to make transparent tiles. This free roofing material will be very useful when building a greenhouse. They can also cover any outbuildings.

How to make a chair without nails and glue using plastic bottles

Hello! Today I will show you how to make a bar stool without nails or glue. We will make all connections using plastic bottles. Plastic bottles can be used as heat shrink. If you heat them up, they will shrink in size and

Now nothing will get confused. Method for storing sewing thread in a PET bottle

When storing threads in a box, they constantly unwind and get tangled. As a result, it takes a long time to untie the knots. If you switch to storing threads in a bottle, you won’t have any more problems with them.

How to straighten any shaped PET bottles

Smooth plastic bottles are the best to unravel into ribbons, but with curly ones, difficulties arise. To avoid this, they can be straightened, removing all the relief. To do this you need to make one simple device.

How to use bottles to purify cloudy water until crystal clear

Those who like to travel far from civilization would do well to make a solar water filter. With its help, you can obtain clean drinking water from a puddle or from the sea.

Tricky cherry picker from PET bottles in 5 minutes

Cherry berries located on the upper branches are extremely difficult to get. If the tree is young and does not have a thick trunk, then you cannot climb it, and there are not always enough stairs. To collect berries from hard-to-reach places, you can make a simple

How to make a powerful 12V vacuum cleaner from plastic bottles

The engine from a broken cordless power tool can be used to make a mini vacuum cleaner, which is useful for cleaning the interior of a car. It is very light, easy to clean, and will also help out when collecting scattered small items.

How to make a universal bottle cutter and where to put this tape to good use

To make heat-shrinkable PET tape, you need a bottle cutter. Such a tool can be made on the basis of a steel angle, and it will allow you to obtain tapes of different widths.

How to make a beautiful palm tree for the garden from PET bottles

To decorate your area, you can make a palm tree from brown and green plastic bottles.This is not at all difficult and quite interesting, besides, the bottles will be put to good use and not thrown into a landfill.

With such a pinwheel made of PET bottles, birds will fly around your area

To cost-effectively protect grapes from being eaten by birds, you can make pinwheels from plastic bottles. They rotate in the wind and create glare, thereby scaring pests. In addition to practical benefits, homemade bottle spinners are

How to make a simple windmill - a weather vane from a PET bottle in 5 minutes

To decorate your area, you can make a decorative garden windmill from plastic bottles. It's very easy and fun. This homemade product can be made together with children. If you use colorful, bright, saturated plastic bottles, then

This bottle spinner will instantly scare away all the birds in your area.

Summer is the season of berries and fruits, but the entire harvest may be lost due to annoying birds, then I will tell you how to make a simple homemade product to get rid of flying pests. Also, with its vibration along the rod, it perfectly repels moles in the ground where

How to make a mosquito trap from a PET bottle

If you forget to close the window or door at night, you may find that by morning the whole house is infested with mosquitoes. During the day they hide in various crevices, and by night they fly out and terrorize all household members. To quickly get rid of them, you can place them in

How to make an automatic watering system from an ordinary bottle

The drip irrigation system allows rational use of water and maintains constant soil moisture near the root system of plants. Due to this they grow better. But the main value of such a system is that plants can be left without

How to make a free garden hose sprinkler

If you need to water beds or tree seedlings with a garden hose, you need to use a sprayer. Without it, the stream of water hits close, so you have to get close to each plant; in addition, it erodes the soil and can break

I don’t buy trimmer line anymore, I make it myself from a PET bottle

A trimmer line can be made from a regular PET bottle at home. Having the skills to cut PET tape, this will not be difficult at all. In terms of durability, homemade fishing line is inferior to purchased fishing line, but it is free. Sometimes it’s easier to do it than to go to

With such a stuffed PET bottle, birds will not fly within a kilometer of your site

During the ripening season of cherries and strawberries, the garden plot begins to swarm with starlings who try to eat the entire crop. To protect your garden from them, you need to make a scarecrow that can repel pests.

Protecting wooden poles with PET bottles for pennies

When burying wooden poles without waterproofing, you can’t expect them to stay in the ground for more than a few years, even if it’s wood that’s quite rot-resistant. There are many methods of waterproofing, from cheap to downright expensive.

How to make a garden windmill from a plastic bottle

Colored plastic bottles make very beautiful and fast garden windmills. The shape of the bottle allows the formation of wide blades that react even to light winds.

How to make roofing tiles from plastic bottles

One of the options for recycling PET bottles is to make roofing tiles from them. The peculiarity of this roof is its transparency, which makes it a good solution for technical rooms without electric lighting. It can also be used

How to make a roof from plastic bottles

If you need to make a transparent rain canopy, cover an outbuilding or greenhouse, you can use homemade roofing material consisting of PET bottles. Its manufacturing technology is very simple and quite fast, so

Free corrugated pipe made from plastic bottles

Using ordinary PET drink bottles, you can make a fairly strong corrugated pipe that can be used for draining liquids, a protective casing for communications and other purposes. The cost of its production is extremely low,

How to make a washbasin from a syringe and a plastic bottle

A washbasin is simply necessary in a country house or garden. If you don’t have a house and a stationary washbasin on your property, then it’s very easy to make one from a PET bottle and a disposable syringe. Such a homemade product will serve faithfully for a long, long time. Her

How to make beads from plastic bottles

Colored plastic bottles can be used to make beads for crafts. For this, a very simple technology is used that can be easily recreated at home. The quality and appearance of such beads is no worse than store-bought glass beads.

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