Aquarium Stand with your hands: the preparation of necessary tools, materials and process steps.

The underwater world leaves no one indifferent. Its inhabitants, unusual plants and beauty attract attention. In order to create a cozy atmosphere at home, people get themselves aquariums. A great idea would be to locate it in a place where you spend most of the time. By purchasing an aquarium you need to prepare a place for him, and furniture. How to create a special cabinet under the aquarium with their own hands?

Why do we need a special cupboard under the aquarium

Observation of the fish relaxes and teaches concentration. If you have a desire to buy an aquarium, it is not necessary to doubt the correctness of the decision. Only necessary to consider one detail - the size of the tank. Focus on the volume of 50 liters. Aquarium less than this value can be placed anywhere. If you select this capacity equal or larger volume, it is necessary to either purchase suitable nightstand (find them a bit hard), or to build it yourself.

ATTENTION! Do not put a huge aquarium on a table or other surfaces that are not intended for heavy items. It must be remembered that water, extra accessories to the fish even more heavier glass container.

furniture project

You first need to create a drawing. In it is absolutely necessary to consider every detail. Further steps must be followed step by step instructions:

1. Make your tank measurements: length, width and height. They must be written in a separate sheet.
2. Inspect the house and think about where you want to place the desired furniture. If this is done, then sit there, where it will be clearly seen aquarium.
3. Now we need to calculate the exact height pedestals. Imagine the most comfortable to the eye location and start to measure from this point. Do not forget the feet for furniture, take them into account (height ranges in values ​​from 50 mm to 100 mm maximum).
4. Worktop should slightly exceed the size of the tank bottom or be equal to it. This will give you full confidence that nothing will fall. Increase the width of just a couple of millimeters.
5. The depth should be calculated as of the aquarium values. Do it a few millimeters more - though make the same capacity, but little more.
6. Now you should turn their attention to the number of partitions inside the cabinets. They need us to further support surface tables. The sheet material made of wood (particleboard) should be fit to the size of tables. Put them every thirty centimeters. The sheets take not less than 16 mm in thickness. About 20 mm fit perfectly.
7. Doors and horizontal shelves made any.
8. The rear wall must be exclusively of chipboard and no thinner than 22 millimeters. Thus, the cabinet can hold any severity. It must be installed between the side walls of the furniture to prevent structural failure.
9. Feet do under each vertical partition.

Choosing materials

Buying the right materials, you have to remember that in any case the furniture will be in contact with water. For exterior finishing is well suited laminated chipboard or MDF (the fine fraction). The frame should be made of metal or solid wood. Table top should fit completely in all respects. its thickness is selected so that the surface over time, not bent under the weight of (the more the better). Pay your attention to the material of legs. They can be made of steel or wood - for long-term preservation of strength. Decorating depends on individual taste preferences.

The process of making stone under the aquarium with their own hands

Having dealt with the materials and drawing, it remains to prepare in advance the tools that they are side by side in the process of: screwdriver, evrovinty, pencil, ruler, appropriate drills. Now you're ready to build:

1. The first thing you need to saw chipboard. You can also do this under the order. The second method will greatly facilitate the work and save time. More you can ask for a sum of edge attach or do it yourself. Enough to break the tape so long that the ends of it hung a little. Then firmly press the hand and have a good iron. Take a cloth, wipe the edge of a place with some hand pressure for better bonding. Then simply remove the extra edge with the sides cut.
2. We begin to build the frame. It should be very careful to never be tilted and everything was perfectly straight. Details interconnect must conscientiously. Do not deviate from the drawing and do everything exactly as it otherwise deformed furniture and create huge problems.
3. On the basis fasten the side and rear walls, and already after the partition. Prepare evrovinty (confirmee), for which you need to make holes in advance. Before you start plugging armholes make sure that they are positioned exactly. Take a drill and drill components. When you select a drill to drill is necessary to focus on the size of confirmee - Drill should be less than one millimeter.
4. Getting attaching countertops. First place it at the top and set the desired level, that there is no deviation in any direction. Pencil make a mark and create the appropriate holes.
5. Proceed to the installation of hinged doors. They screwed special canopies for furniture. So that they open and close smoothly, it is necessary to fix closers.
6. The final step to attach the legs to the heel cushions, through which with a light movement can avoid scratching the floor surface. Place the cabinet side surface of the floor. Fix them on the edges and a vertical partition. This will ensure that you build strength for a long time.

Now it remains only to put the construction of a pre-selected location. There should be sockets to connect additional devices to the aquarium. You must first install the cabinet itself, and then the aquarium on it - together to move them will be difficult. Everything is done very simply. Tune yourself to the positive wave and be confident in their actions. Only then you will succeed!