Diy Brick Brazier: How To Make, Drawings, Photos And Videos

2024 Author: Bailey Albertson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 12:53

How to make a brick brazier with your own hands?

With the onset of warm days, the owners of summer cottages are in a hurry to leave stuffy apartments and get out into the fresh air. And not only gardening concerns invite us to the country. Kebabs with friends in the evenings are a favorite pastime for many. Therefore, you will probably want to build a brazier with your own hands from bricks, reliable and functional.

Content

• 1 Choosing a suitable place
• 2 Materials you will need for construction
• 3 Several drawings of simple barbecues that will be useful to you
• 4 We make the foundation and the first row of masonry
• 5 Construction of the base
• 6 We equip the work surface
• 7 Video about the construction of a brick brazier with your own hands

Choosing a suitable place

When you decide how to build a brick brazier, first of all, you should think about its location on the ground. It is from the place where the structure will be delivered that its size and appearance depend.

There are several general requirements for the picnic area on which the location of the barbecue is planned:

• choose an absolutely flat surface;
• take into account the direction of the wind, since smoke should not enter the recreation area, the house or neighbors;
• it is advisable to place the barbecue near the house so that there are no difficulties with water and electricity supply, carrying dishes and food.

Now plan your picnic area. Do not overload it with many items or structures. A table, bench, barbecue and food stands are enough.

The brazier should be on a flat surface

Unlike a barbecue, where the design necessarily provides for the presence of a pipe, a brazier is a simple open-type structure. There are also more complex buildings, with two working surfaces on the sides of the brazier. You can build a combined brazier, which will include a smokehouse, grill and oven. Washing may be required, in which case it will be correct to supply water.

Most often, brick braziers look like a skeleton with a brazier, a grill for meat, stops for skewers. But the presence of a work surface will make your barbecue more convenient: you will have a place to arrange dishes, products and spices used in the barbecue.

Materials you need for construction

A brazier is a fairly simple structure that does not require many schemes. But in order to simplify construction and correctly calculate the materials for it, you will need to create a drawing. On it, you will mark the height and width of the building, and the location of all its parts.

For construction you will need:

• slaked lime;
• reinforcing mesh (reinforcement bars);
• cement;
• sand;
• crushed stone or gravel;
• formwork boards;
• wire for fastening brickwork;
• refractory brick;
• metal corners.

For a brazier, you will also need a metal tray and grate, and also a plate used as a table top.

Brick is considered the best material for building a barbecue

Brick is the most suitable material for a barbecue if you are planning a simple, functional and inexpensive stationary building. You can use iron or stone for this. But iron is susceptible to corrosion, and over time, such a brazier will become unusable. The stone is expensive, and working with it is fraught with certain difficulties. Therefore, it is the brick that we choose for our construction.

You need to prepare two types of mortar, one for the foundation and the other for the masonry. It is much easier to buy a ready-made mixture for masonry mortar at a hardware store, this will save you additional hassle.

Several drawings of simple barbecues that will be useful to you

We make the foundation and the first row of masonry

Some site owners believe that for the base under the barbecue, it is enough to tamp the site and cover it with paving slabs. But in this case, any movement of the ground can destroy the structure, and you will waste time and materials. Therefore, it is better to immediately attend to filling a reliable foundation.

We will be building a small structure with several functions. The base for it will measure 120 X 120 cm - this area will be enough. Mark the site where construction will be carried out with pegs and stretch a string between them. Dig a ditch about 25 cm deep according to the markings, and install the formwork.

Prepare a mortar at the rate of 1 part cement to 3 parts sand. Pour inside the formwork.

The base must be reinforced. In this case, you need mesh or reinforcing bars.

1. If you are using a mesh, then run it twice. Fill the solution to one third of the depth of the base, place the first layer of the mesh, repeat again: fill in another third and put the mesh again. After that, you can fill the base completely.
2. Reinforcing rods are laid, filling the solution to half the depth of the base. Spread out three rods about 100 cm long each evenly, and pour the rest of the mortar to the top of the groove.

Make an area with a slight, almost imperceptible slope, about 1 cm. This will help rainwater to drain from surfaces without stagnation. The poured foundation is left for two weeks to dry completely.

When laying bricks, strictly follow the level

Now you can start building a barbecue. If you want this simple structure to be created quickly and accurately, do the so-called fitting. Lay a row of bricks dry on the finished foundation: this will allow you to calculate the number of whole bricks and their halves used.

If you have prepared a grate and a pallet in advance, consider their dimensions and location in the future structure. Circle the line of the future masonry and fix it: it will serve as a guide.

Brick is a hygroscopic material that absorbs moisture well. Therefore, it must be prepared in advance, otherwise it will absorb water from the solution, which will lead to the fragility of the structure. About a day before starting construction, wet the bricks properly by dousing them with a garden hose or in a container of water. Before work, the bricks must be dry on the outside and damp on the inside.

Now you need to prepare the masonry mortar. Its proportions are as follows:

• 1 part cement;
• 3 pieces of sand;
• ¼ part of slaked lime.

Bring the solution to the consistency of thick sour cream. Recheck the measurements and lay the bricks in the mortar in the order that you outlined during fitting. Tap the blocks with a trowel or a wooden mallet to ensure they are firmly in the mortar.

Basement construction

The first row of masonry will be the starting point for the rest. You need to lay bricks in a checkerboard pattern: relative to the previous row, the next one will be shifted by half a brick.

1. Laying the row starts from the corner, and then the side walls are filled. Spread the mortar evenly between the rows and sides of the bricks. Carefully remove the excess solution immediately until it grabs, otherwise it will be problematic to remove it later.
2. Recheck the planes of the structure regularly with a building level and a plumb line. Try to do this every three rows so that the building does not turn out to be skewed. On corner joints, reinforce the masonry with metal wire. If you are not planning additional finishing on the barbecue, use a piece of garden hose to keep the masonry seams neat.
3. To make a base for the brazier, place reinforcing bars or metal corners between opposite walls. The base of the firebox made of bricks will be laid on them and a metal pallet will be installed. The most important thing is that later the firebox can be easily cleaned of ash.
4. Be sure to leave side gaps in the masonry around the firebox to allow air to enter the chamber. Otherwise, it will be very difficult to start a fire.
5. Install the grille on metal rods pre-installed in the wall. You can also make protrusions in the brick tab. To do this, bricks at a certain level are laid across the wall so that they evenly protrude into the brazier.

To prevent the structure from being skewed, check the level every three rows.

Installing the brazier, tray, table top and grate is the finishing touch to the construction. How you do this work will determine the appearance of the entire structure.

We equip the work surface

The tabletop on our grill should be not only easy to use, but also harmonious. For it, you can use paving or floor tiles of high strength, which can be easily washed.

The work surface is installed on the side of the main stove. An extension of a certain size is made of brick, and a plate prepared in advance is laid on it, which must be carefully attached with mortar or metal holders.

You can equip the grill with a countertop and a sink

In some cases, you can use wooden boards instead of stone or ceramic slabs. It will cost less, but remember that wood will not last long. The grill is located in an open space, and the tabletop is exposed to moisture and temperature changes.

If you plan to supply water and equip a drain at the place where the grill will be located, then take care of this in advance so that it is easier to bring the pipes through the base. If they are invisible, then the overall appearance of the structure will not suffer.

Lighting for the picnic area is also very important. After all, summer vacation is very good in the evening, when the heat has already subsided. Therefore, a lantern or lamp over the barbecue can not only serve your convenience, but also become a real decoration of the site.

Video about the construction of a brick barbecue with your own hands

Now there is a barbecue at your summer cottage, and you can enjoy delicious barbecue every evening with your family and friends. Share with us your experience of building barbecues and ask your questions in the comments. Easy work and pleasant summer days!