Everyone knows the picture when the shaft of the well is covered with a sheet of iron or wooden locks. This is necessary in order to avoid water pollution by various natural debris (leaves, branches, sand, etc.) and to prevent its freezing. Such shelters are short-lived, therefore they constantly need to be changed. With the advent of materials such as plastic, polyurethane and polyethylene, many things that are constantly located in the open air are recommended to be made from them.
To ensure that the plastic cover on the hatch of the well has served you for a very long time and at the same time was an ornament of the site, it should be taken very responsibly, because they are very different in appearance and functionality.
Types of plastic lids on wells
Simple plastic lid on the well
It is a flat pancake or a round dome with a slight slope from the outside and ribs made from the inside. The advantage of the second option is self-cleaning from debris. The diameter of these covers varies from 35 cm to 120 cm.
Plastic cover for a well with a lock
If you do not permanently live on the site, to prevent that someone used your well, you can purchase a lid with a lock or install it in addition to the existing structure.
The second option of protection is the masking of the shoe using a decorative cover.
Decorative plastic cover on the well
It can be made in the form of a stone, a flower bed, a stump or a roof of a house. In addition, that such a product will decorate your well, it performs all the basic functions of a simple cover. Often, the drawbacks of such designs include their lightness at significant dimensions in height, therefore, to prevent demolition, it is recommended to attach them.
Advantages of plastic lids for wells
Gardeners are increasingly choosing plastic protective well lids, this is due to the fact that in comparison with others they have a number of advantages:
- light weight;
- lower cost;
- ease of installation;
- high wear resistance;
- non-adherence to corrosion, deformation and rotting;
- compatibility with different types of well rings;
- a variety of produced diameters and colors;
- possibility of adjusting the dimensions and drilling holes for hoses.
How to choose a plastic cover for a well?
If you incorrectly pick up the lid, then even the above advantages will not please you. Therefore, before you make a purchase, you should pay attention to the following points:
- The presence of a pen. The lid is usually removed and put in place quite often, it will be more convenient if there is a handle.
- Correspondence of the inner and outer diameters of the upper well ring. This will ensure tightness, i.e. the edges will fit snugly, and the stability of the lid. It is permissible for the outer edge to be slightly larger, but not less.
- Additional fastenings. Depending on what you need to install, you will need the presence of grooves on the cover, hooks. To prevent the variant of its demolition, it is necessary to choose models that can be externally attached to the well head.
Very rarely anyone takes out water with a bucket, mainly using a system of water supply to the surface using a pump . In this case, there is no need to install an expensive construction over the well in the form of a house or a shed, or you can put a plastic cover through which it is easy to remove the hose.
A plastic cover can be used not only for a key well, but also for a drainage or sewer.