How to make a fire with his own hands

Fireplace should have its foundation. The main material foundation for the future can serve as gravel, crushed stone or rubble stone laid in cement mortar. The size and configuration of the future foundation for the form and size of your fireplace. If the foundation of your fireplace should be close to the foundation walls of the house, between the need to make a gap of at least 50 mm, this gap is filled with sand, can not bind together the foundation of the fireplace and foundation walls.




Is the depth to which the foundation will be laid fireplace, to a great extent will affect the durability and stability of the fireplace. The depth of the foundation depends on the structure and nature of occurrence of soil bearing capacity of the latter, as well as climatic factors and features of individual buildings.

On the rocky soil foundation is laid not buried, just removing the topsoil. In other cases it is necessary to make the underground part of the foundation. On sandy soils have the sole foundation at a depth of 60 - 80 inches from the ground surface in the presence of ground water table should lay the foundation base is lower than the freezing depth of soil, but not less than 20 centimeters.

Fireplace can be installed on concrete slabs. The depth of burial will be minimal, enough to remove topsoil. The size of this plate will depend on the load on it and the bearing capacity of soil. Plate thickness should not exceed 15 centimeters. Brunt fireplace creates a chimney than it will be higher, the stronger should be the base of the fireplace. Plate should lay so that the fireplace chimney abuts against its central portion.

Masonry chimney is made from ordinary red ceramic bricks. The use of silica brick is unacceptable under any circumstances. At the furnace chimney need to use fire brick, it will be more durable. All brick, which is designed for masonry fireplace, you must sort. In the case allowed only a one-dimensional brick with smooth, straight edges, no cracks in Stretcher bond, and in perpender brick surface. In a break he should be even without the inclusion of a mass of burnt stones, lumps of clay, as well as different gaps.

In normal brick surface slightly rough, with the slightest touch of a finger paints it. When you hit it with a hammer, a good brick produces pure, almost metallic sound. Much to our regret, to date, not all brick submitted on the construction market, can meet these requirements. Practice has shown that the required number of solidly of brick masonry fireplace, you can choose the most successful case in a thousand pieces purchased bricks.

Fireplace better not to plaster, and perform front or decorative brickwork. In this case, by pointing to the masonry joints attached to a convex or concave shape. For masonry fireplace is used glinopeschany solution. On the quality of cooked your solution directly affects the quality of masonry and effective operation of the fireplace in the future. It is best to use a fat clay, which contains a minimal amount of sand. Before using the clay must be thoroughly soaked. Necessary that it has absorbed as much water. Typically, the clay is soaked for 2 or 3 days before starting work. Clay is loaded into the container in the required amount and then poured water from a rate of 1 to 2, if the clay is moderately dry, or 1 to 1.5, if the clay is moderately humid. After that, stir it occasionally, and by adding water, is brought to a consistency kiseleobraznoy pulp.