Decorative fireplaces - types and material for the manufacture of
The decorative fireplace with its own hands is a rather interesting and beautiful element of the interior of each apartment or private house. In order to produce it, you do not need a special tool or skills that only professional builders have.
Important! Before starting work, it is worthwhile to carry out all the preparatory measures that will make it possible to perform the required frame of the structure without unnecessary difficulties.
To understand how to make a decorative fireplace with your own hands, you need to determine the building material that will be used for these purposes. Typically, the following types of materials are used:
- Glass, from which you can make a small design, you can install it even in the center of the room;
- Brick, which will have to be finished with additional finishing materials;
- Drywall, from which you can make a fireplace of a unique shape.
Application of plasterboard materials for the construction of the
structure. Decorative fireplaces in an apartment can be made from any of the above materials, but the best option is gypsum boards, with which you can make an unimaginable design of a fireplace element.
Important! Before starting work, you must choose the electric fireplace itself, which will perform the decorative function.
For such a manufacture will require the presence of an electric fireplace, a metal profile and plasterboard material. The first step is to develop an action plan and draft a future design on paper. This will allow you to adhere to the selected sizes and shapes in subsequent work. An important stage in such construction is the preparation of a place for construction. Such a place should be freed from furniture and garbage items so as not to interfere with construction work.
Basic order of works
So, how to make a decorative fireplace? You should start by marking the floor and the wall on which the device will be located. After this, a frame is assembled from metal profiles or wooden bars. Ideally, you need to use a profile that can be bent into the desired shape.
Important! When working with the profile, you must protect your hands and open body parts to prevent the formation of wounds on the body.
After this, preparations are prepared from gipsokartonnogo material, which are cut according to the prepared project. After all the workpieces are fixed to the frame, it is worthwhile to try on an electrical appliance to make sure of the accuracy of calculations and the quality of installation of gypsum board parts.
If everything converges, then you can proceed to the plastering and finishing of the plasterboard model. To finish this element, you can use any material you like, because gypsum board is considered a universal base, which can be connected with almost any finishing material. The finishing stage is the connection of an electrical appliance and the adjustment of its operation. In other words, there is nothing complicated in this process, good luck!
