The fireplace in the modern interior is a symbol of home comfort, immutable family values. Considering the question of how to make a fireplace, you need to first determine whether it will be a real firewood or its imitation.
How to make a fireplace in the house?
In order to equip the fireplace in the house, you need to take care of the fireproof base for the hearth, a good chimney and thermal insulation of the walls. The latter is necessary to improve the energy-saving qualities of the premises. Suitable heat-insulating materials - aerated concrete, sheet asbestos, fireproof brick, magnesite. Their fastening is usually performed in two ways - with the help of special solutions or mechanically, using screws and fixtures from alabaster wire.
The fireplace itself is best made from refractory bricks, concrete, chimneys can be made of ceramic or stainless steel.
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The fireplace equipment in the apartment differs only in the specificity of the chimney outlet - it needs to be determined individually for each dwelling, depending on the layout and communications that are in the house.
The minimum length of the chimney for the fireplace is 5 meters, the size of the pipe hole should be approximately equal to the size of the brick. Also, the fireplace chimney design assumes the presence of special channels that will remove the soot and prevent its settling on the mantelpiece. If the dimensions of the room do not allow the chimney to be constructed to a sufficient height, then it will have to be equipped with an electric smoke exhauster.
It is also worth mentioning that there are two types of joining the chimney to the fireplace:
- French (chimney located directly above the fireplace, convenient, but suitable only for fireplaces with solid fuel);
- Method of interfaces (chimney set aside from the fireplace).
As materials for the equipment of chimneys, brick, ceramics and stainless steel are most often used.
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How to make a fireplace from the stove?
In many houses, as well as in the apartments of the old foundation, stoves were preserved - originally wood burning, later converted to gas heating. They can easily be remade for a fireplace - it's much easier than equipping it from scratch. Plus, that in houses with stove heating there is already a chimney, that is half the battle is made for you.
Before making a fireplace out of the oven, you need to make sure that the chimneys are working properly and that there is enough traction necessary for the center to work properly. To do this, you need to contact the stove man.
If the furnace is made soundly, the main efforts for its reworking should be concentrated on the conversion of the pipe. Probably, for the fireplace it will also be necessary to increase the aperture of the furnace. Then you can proceed with the equipment of the decorative fireplace door, after which you can start decorating the hearth.
How to make a decorative fireplace?
The creation of a decorative fireplace usually involves the equipment of an electric fireplace, the thermal insulation of the adjacent walls, and the decoration of the decorative panel. To do this, in fact, you can use the same materials as for decorating a real fireplace, for example - brick, various types of artificial stone, ceramic tiles, forging to create fireplace mantels.
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One of the most common materials for creating internal architectural elements in the rooms is plasterboard. It is well suited for creating a decorative fireplace panel both electric and wood burning. Before assembling the structure from gypsum board, it is necessary to prepare the base for the source - this is especially true if it is intended to equip a wood burning fireplace. In this case, the optimum height of the refractory cushion is not less than 20 cm, the distance between the base for the hearth and the fire panel of the gypsum board should be about 10 cm.