Fireplaces made of bricks - limitless possibilities of figured masonry
The fireplace, despite the fact that it was first created many centuries ago, does not have to be traditional: from marble with bas-relief or from river stone, as in the house of a rich landowner. The fireplace today is first and foremost the subject of the interior, which means that it should correspond to the general style of the room - this time, and look aesthetically - these are the two. If everything else is done and the function of heating the house or apartment, it is generally wonderful, but in the city, with a good central heating, the heat output of the fireplace is not so important.
If you can, by hiring a stove-maker, consider with him the brickwork variant of the brickwork, the master will make an order, according to which you will make an order to the nearest brick workshop, which, of course, will require considerable expenses, but the result will be impressive. What is a figured brick? Almost the same building blocks, only intended for exterior decoration, and having the form of trapezoids, semicircles, triangles and other geometric figures, hand-carved or obtained with the help of special shapes. With this material in hand, you can lay down the fireplace with the most unexpected lines of the portal.
If you can not order a figured brick, you can do just fine by cutting it manually with an electric jigsaw with a diamond file or with a special tool. It is possible to give the desired shape to a brick on the abrasive stone of the grinding machine. Actually, having learned how to build bricks on your own, you can make fireplaces of any complexity, without worrying about the fact that due to accidental cleavage or the discovered marriage, there are not enough elements of the masonry. And having at least a small talent of the artist, you can independently modify the finished orders, giving the front bricks on them the form you need.
When choosing a brick oven, we depart from the
standards. Some people, when it comes to a stove making up one fireplace with a fireplace, immediately see a Russian stove, to which is attached a traditional fireplace. You, of course, understand that the stove-fireplace made of bricks is, first of all, a universal solution that allows you to enjoy coziness, warmth and, in the presence of a cooking niche or shelf, - to inhale the flavors of the food being prepared.
The furnace is best made of brick, it is the most affordable and, undoubtedly, the most suitable material, time-tested.
We have already talked about the shaped brick, we will not repeat it, so just consider non-standard solutions. For example, what will you say about a tiled stove( modern, of course), towering above the wall like a column, which, incidentally, would really be a good design decision. The fireplace can be attached to it completely unconventional, for example, squat and broad, together with a niche for firewood, which connects it with the oven, forming a comfortable sunbed. Beauty, combined with comfort, perhaps, better than you can imagine.
If you do not want to suffer from wood or coal, being a city dweller, make a stove based on the gas stove( completely removing it and using only the upper part with the comfort and the built-in oven casing, which can be bought at the corresponding store).The fireplace, in order not to create an additional burning point, which requires the permission of the relevant authorities, can arrange for bio-fuel. In general, you only need a good hood to get rid of the smells of cooking food and natural gas combustion derivatives, bio-fuel leaves only hydrogen and carbon dioxide when burning. And you can generally install a fireplace type fireplace that, when the furnace doors are open, turns into a hearth, and when heated, it heats the room by convection. Accordingly, the portal can be turned into a cooking stove and, having installed in it supports for the grill and skewers, cook food on the fire directly in the room. It's tempting to make grilled meat without leaving the apartment, is it?
Is brick fire stoves really necessary?
When it comes to beauty, the bulkiness of brickwork is not always appropriate, especially in a small apartment, whose owners can also conceive the idea of building a fireplace, even the smallest. But, according to the rules, the depth of the furnace should be sufficient to allow smoke to enter the smoke box, and not into the room. And this means that the fireplace in the apartment will take up a lot of space, especially taking into account the protruding platform that projects ahead. As an alternative, a small corner fireplace can be made from plasterboard. Yes, yes, your eyes do not deceive you, you read this word - "drywall".Of course, first you need to make a frame from a corner or a special profile, forming a contour of the fireplace, then the plates from the mineral wool are covered with "firebox", and after that the finishing sheet is installed. Above all this structure is pasted with tiles or tiles for a brick( under natural stone, too, not bad), after which you will get a wonderful and, with due diligence, a beautiful decorative fireplace.
In the furnace it is possible to arrange an electric heater with imitation of firewood and even fire( silk segments of red color and a small fan perfectly depict the dance of the tongues of flame).It is possible to install again an electric fireplace, but already combined with a video screen, on which a roller with flaming firewood will be scrolled, such variants of the middle and higher price category are sold in some household appliances stores. The best option is, of course, real fire. But the chimney in our design is not provided. Therefore, we buy a relatively inexpensive and very economical bio-fuel in briquettes. You can also light ethanol in the fireplace, but the accompanying smell for 5 unpleasant minutes you will be provided. Briquettes burn bright bright flame without smoke, do not emit harmful substances, leave behind a maximum of 1% of ash , and even completely 0.5%.A fireplace that does not need to be cleaned is the dream of any stoker, and you will have it, you just need to wish.
