Guide 24

Hanging lanterns

3 h★☆☆materials €21 – 58

You can build this in a flat · a table is enough

Three Ø 90 mm concrete lanterns from a mould you already have at home in the kitchen: two tubs and sand. The cheapest guide in the catalogue and at the same time the one on which you learn everything you need for big concrete projects — and a ruined piece costs you half a euro.

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11 pages A4 3 illustrations dimensioned drawings cutting plan shopping list

What's in this guide

The wall thickness decides which mix you buy (and why it is the opposite of the stepping stones here)
0.44 kg of buoyancy: why the inner container has to be weighted
Hanging on three holes and stainless wire — not on a cast-in eye
The drainage hole without which the lantern won't survive its first winter
An honest page about open fire in the garden
Cutting plan for the hanging wire (drawn)

PDF, 11 A4 pages to print for the workshop · 3 project illustrations · shopping list on a separate page so it can be torn out and taken to the store. You download it right after payment, access is for life.

This guide is also in the bundle Concrete and masonry — 8 guides together for €29.

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Before you start building

This guide is informational material, not construction documentation or a professional assessment. Follow the instructions of tool and material manufacturers, safety rules and local building regulations. A piece built at home is not a certified product, even where the guide follows a European standard. Structures that carry people — beds, swings, decks, pergolas, children's equipment — should be checked by a qualified person before use. To the extent permitted by law, we accept no liability for the result of your build, property damage or injury arising from the use of this guide (Terms, section 9).