Each owner strives to decorate his hearth, make it not only functional, but also part of the interior decoration, because the oven is usually located in a well-visible place of the house. During construction, and during further operation, the furnish of the furnace must meet certain requirements, which will be discussed below.
Furnishing Options
Despite the ever increasing gasification of individual houses, many owners leave an oven in the house, which is heated with coal and firewood. The reasons why this happens (the settlement is not yet gasified or the landlord considers wood heating economical in that area, it's a pity to part with a real Russian stove, etc.) are not so important. Such ovens are ubiquitous, so you need to take care that the decorative furnish of furnaces does not upset the owner and does not disfigure the interior of the house.
Not the last place is taken by the safety of materials used in finishing a domestic heating furnace. It is not recommended to use for furnishing the furnace and the surface of walls adjacent to the oven:
- wallpaper;
- plastic;
- oil-based paints;
- wood.
Furnish in a private house
For the houses of individual development, the appearance of the furnace is especially important, because it is located in living quarters. The furnishing of the stove in the house can not be discordant with the design of the kitchen. For a room with a Russian stove, it's best to stay in a rustic style , although this is not a verdict at all. Skilfully applying all sorts of materials for finishing, you will achieve a transformation of both the furnace itself and, ultimately, the entire room. For example, having zadekorirovav oven tiles, you get a truly pearl interior, no more jewelry is not required.
Furnish of a stove in a bath
People say that kind speech is that there is an oven in the bathhouse. So the master wants to build a bathhouse in the courtyard, and decorate it so that it is pleasant and safe to soak in. As a rule, metal furnaces are installed in the bath, which in themselves have a non-representative appearance. Therefore, sometimes imitating a fireplace. To do this, the oven itself is hidden, and the oven door is made in the form of a window (open or closed with glass), leading the furnace to the rest room. Around the furnace they erect a portal like a fireplace.
Finishing of the portal of the sauna stove, depending on the financial and aesthetic wishes of the owner, can be made of the following heat-resistant materials:
- brick;
- natural or artificial stone;
- ceramic tile;
- tiles.
Barbecue oven finish
The barbecue stoves are located both under the protection of the roof, and under the open sky. Depending on the location, you should choose the type of finish for them. For furnaces that are in shelter, the same finishes are used as for furnaces in the house. Furnish the same stoves, built without shelter, should be done taking into account the aggressive environment (rain, snow, temperature changes and so on.). For them, it's better to stop with brick, stone, tiles.
The furnish of the stove with gypsum tiles is doubtful: gypsum has a poor thermal conductivity, it is not recommended for finishing surfaces whose temperature is above 70 ° C. Gypsum is hygroscopic, it is not used in rooms with high humidity. What can we say about using gypsum as a barbecue stove finish, which is blown by all the winds and is not protected from the humid air during the precipitation period. Perhaps the best option is to plaster the stove and paint it with paint for outdoor work, resistant to high temperatures.
Wall finishing around the oven
The completion of the walls around the oven is not only decorative. This is also the fire protection of the room. Therefore, the choice of building materials should be taken very seriously. Finishing around the brick oven in the house for security purposes can be performed in the form of:
- protective fire wall;
- a protective screen made of metal sheets;
- wall finishing with heat-resistant tiles or porcelain tiles;
- Fireproof wall covering (with or without decorative lining).
The protective fire wall is built of brick or stone between the wooden wall of the building and the oven or completely around the metal furnace body to prevent charring of wood and the occurrence of a fire. Fire protection of walls can be made:
- from metal sheets (stainless steel, profile iron), under which are laid materials with thermal protection properties;
- Fireproof gypsum board with lining heat-resistant tiles or granite;
- Plates of minerite with lining with heat-resistant tiles.
Materials for furnish of furnaces
The surface of the usual brick, from which the furnace is built, does not always withstand criticism: it is porous, rough, accumulates soot, soot, dust and other contaminants. In addition, the additional thickening of the stove walls by the finish increases its heat capacity, and the furnace slows down more slowly after the fire has gone out. Therefore, the stove is decorated using such materials for decoration of fireplaces and stoves:
- plastered and whitened with chalk, lime mortar;
- paint with heat-resistant paints;
- overlay with ceramic tiles (tiles);
- adorn the tiles;
- trim with natural stone, wood;
- apply clinker tiles;
- faced with ceramic granite.
Furnish of tiles
Not all tiles are suitable for furnishing furnaces. It is recommended to use heat-resistant tiles from kaolin clays:
- clinker tiles for furnish of the furnace;
- terracotta tiles handmade;
- terracotta tiles, machine-made;
- tiles;
- porcelain stoneware.
But one of the most popular today is the furnish of the stove with ceramic tiles. This type of finishing has a number of positive qualities:
- a large selection of colors and patterns, which allows you to choose a tile for any interior;
- attractive appearance;
- simple care;
- good heat capacity;
- less water absorption than unglazed terracotta - can be used for finishing furnaces in rooms with high humidity (baths);
- long service life (if the process is not disrupted during laying);
- relatively low cost;
- simplicity of replacement with a new one (for example, if the decor of the room has changed).
Furnish of stove with ceramic granite
Furnish of a home stove with ceramic granite is completely justified, taking into account the peculiarities of this material:
- variety of colors;
- the ability to imitate the surface of precious stone, wood and other natural materials;
- high strength, wear resistance;
- long service life;
- resistance to temperature changes;
- low moisture absorption;
- reasonable cost.
Furnish of stove with stone
Whatever new types of furnish the furnaces were invented by people, the furnish of the stove with the help of natural stone always remains in the priority. Strength, resistance to any temperature conditions, absolute fire safety and environmental friendliness, natural beauty - all this attracts connoisseurs. However, the cost of natural stone can upset the buyer, so the industry is ready to offer a large selection of artificial materials simulating a stone surface. Artificial stone is not inferior to natural properties, significantly winning at the same time in price.
Furnish of metal furnaces
Furnaces that are used from time to time (for example, a stove in a cottage house, in a bathhouse), under such exploitation fall into extreme conditions. Judge for yourself: in an unheated room, the temperature of a frosty winter may well become negative. If a furnace is melt in such a house, then the temperature difference on its surface will be significant. Due to the thermal expansion of the finishing material, whatever it is, cracks may develop and the finish will eventually break down.
Who will like the village oven, the decoration of which, or rather, its repair, requires constant material investment! Nevertheless, there is a way out. The furnace can be sewed with sheet iron, galvanized sheets. Metal parts of the furnace can be painted with a heat-resistant paint or, on the contrary, it can be rubbed to shine - it depends on your preferences. From an aesthetic point of view, this finish also causes a lot of doubt, but from the practical side, it justifies itself. Another disadvantage is that you can get a burn by touching the red-hot metal surface of the stove.
Furnish of furnaces with soapstone
If you like the discreet design of the finishes, then the furnaces from this beautiful natural stone are perfect for you. A pleasant gray color of the surface is fine without additional finishing. And the properties of the stone speak for themselves:
- fast heating rate;
- high heat capacity (2.5 times higher than the heat capacity of brickwork);
- uniformity of surface heating;
- not afraid of temperature changes - does not crack and does not collapse;
- it is easy to process;
- ecological cleanliness (no gases are released when heated);
- high economy - due to the fact that the stone is warming up quickly and slowly cooling requires less fuel for the furnace.
Furnish of chamotte clay furnaces
Finishing the heating furnace with chamotte clay is rooted in the distant past. This kind of decoration of the hearth has long been recognized by many peoples, because it is inexpensive, affordable, safe and fire resistant. Clay has an excellent thermal conductivity. The main negative feature of this kind of furnish of the furnace is the need for repair after the end of each heating season. During such repairs, cracks are made, correcting the peeling areas, whitewashing or painting.
Wood stove finish
Firefighters strongly recommend using only heat-resistant materials for finishing furnaces. The tree does not apply to them. In addition, the thermal conductivity of wood leaves much to be desired. So it is a very bad idea to use timber for total decoration of the furnace surface. If you still want this, it is better to make wooden trim elements in the form of shelves, seating for the couch, ornament and the like.
Furnish of brick oven
It is very common to decorate the stove in the house with a brick. As a rule, the same brick is used for finishing, from which the whole furnace is laid out. To make the surface look aesthetically pleasing, a good quality brick is used to decorate the visible wall: without damage, overheating, chips, cracks. On bricks from which corners are laid out, it is possible to remove a facet. In this case, the angle is slightly rounded. Stitching must be neat, made with a special bracing tool. For the sake of expressiveness, grout for stitches is stained with dyes.
Correctly selected furnish of the furnace, as a component of the overall decoration of the room, will certainly give the house a peculiar charm, individuality and charm. Before deciding on the purchase of materials for the furnish of the stove, make a final decision about how you want to see the interior of the house and after that it will be easier for you to stop at the most suitable kind of finish for your home.