How to build a fireplace in your dacha with your own hands. How to make a fire pit at your dacha with your own hands? Outdoor fireplace made of bassoon

In the courtyard of the house, at the country house or garden plot, it’s so nice to sit by the fire and barbecue. There are some for frying meat, but they are utilitarian and it never occurs to anyone to enjoy the sight of burning wood. On the contrary, ready-made coals are often thrown in, adding only a little thin firewood to keep preparation time to a minimum. In the case of a fire pit - a special place for lighting a fire - everything is different. This place is more often called a fire pit. It is designed not only for grilling kebabs, but also for admiring the fire. In a dacha or garden plot, a fire pit will come in handy even after pruning: you can burn the branches and use the ash as fertilizer.

Place for a fire in the country house

Fire pit on personal plot or at the dacha it is better to place it at a sufficient distance from the house so that the smoke does not reach the house.

The site must be blown by winds - good draft is needed for normal combustion. The place must be level or some area will have to be leveled - under the hearth itself and under the seating area or armchairs.

Device and dimensions

The fire pit can be round or rectangular. It can be so deep that it is flush with the ground, or it can be partially buried, with slightly raised walls. There are options that are generally located above ground level - they are placed on a previously prepared site. So the choice is yours.

There is no point in arguing about forms. Round ones are more convenient - we stack the firewood in a hut. But rectangular ones are easier to build, especially brick ones. Here all the techniques are known - the masonry is carried out as regular wall. The wall thickness is just a quarter of a brick.

Those who decide how to set up a fire pit in the backyard of a house, in a country house or on a garden plot usually have several questions:

• What size should a fire pit be?
• Do you need a blower, if so, how many, what sizes, how to make them and where to place them?
• Should I install a grate or not?
• How to make cleaning the fireplace easier?

In fact, the first two questions are interrelated. If the dimensions of the fire bowl are quite large - a meter or more in diameter, you can make the walls solid, without a blower. If less than a meter, you will have to make holes for air intake.

It is better to make a blower not from below, but in the walls. Their number - two or four - is diagonally opposite each other. Small holes are left in the wall by breaking off a piece of brick (about a quarter). If necessary, they can be laid with the same, slightly trimmed, quarters. It is not worth making a vent from below: with such a design, ash flakes often fly around the area during the “operation” of the hearth - they are carried away by the air flow, which with such a design is difficult to regulate.

About the grate bars. It’s possible to do whatever is more convenient for you, but they don’t really affect functionality or convenience.

Site preparation

If the site has dense sandy soils, you can earthworks exclude. The second option for a simplified fire pit arrangement is an existing area, lined with paving slabs, stone, paved or concreted. On this base you can lay a couple of rows of brick or stone. Now the hearth is ready. This option is ideal for soils that do not drain water well. After rain, in such an area the sunken bowl under the fire will turn into a mini-pond and will dry for a very long time.

You can prepare the site like this... By the way, an interesting idea is to use concrete blocks by loading the voids with pebbles or crushed stone

In other cases, without preparatory work not enough. No, you can build a fire pit right on the ground, but after a few years it will become unusable - the walls will “creep” after rains or spring heaving of the soil. Preparing the site for a fire pit is standard:

1. Filming fertile layer soil, remove roots and stones.
2. We level and compact the soil.
3. Pour a layer of crushed stone (not limestone, but granite) of medium and large fractions measuring 10-20 cm, level it, and tamp it.

You can already install a fireplace on this base, provided that you are satisfied with a crushed stone cushion as a base or you are going to pour concrete. True, for concrete you will need to assemble formwork around the perimeter. If you plan to pave the area around the fireplace with tiles or stones, pour sand or fine screenings onto the crushed stone. The sand/screenings are compacted, leveled, then tiles or stone are laid.

Crushed stone site is not so bad

On clay or fertile soils, so that crushed stone does not “sink” into the ground, a density of 200-250 g/m is placed underneath it. This is a non-woven material that allows water to pass through, prevents roots from sprouting and prevents crushed stone from mixing with the soil. In fact, this is a very important layer that is best laid down.

How to make a fire pit out of concrete

A concrete fire pit can be round or square. The only difference is in the shape of the formwork. You only need two rings or two rectangles/squares.

A round shape can be made, for example, from two metal barrels different diameters. You will only need to cut two rings of the required height. Once the concrete has hardened, the mold will need to be removed, so it will have to be cut. If you may need it in the future, make a detachable mold from two half rings. Weld the hinges on one side and make fasteners on the other.

The easiest way to make a square shape is from boards, scraps of fiberboard, or thick plywood. They don't have to be new, but they should be even. We use self-tapping screws to assemble the form - it will also need to be disassembled.

The distance between the outer and inner formwork should be equal to the wall thickness. For a concrete hearth, a sufficient thickness is 15-20 cm. Place the form on the prepared base, check the distance, verticality and horizontality. We secure the form by driving in pegs so that the formwork does not move when filled with concrete.

A ring has formed between the two formworks into which we will pour concrete. We stick into this ring into the ground and hammer in pieces of reinforcement with a diameter of 10-14 mm. They are needed for greater wall rigidity. The length of the reinforcement is about 60 cm, the installation step is 15-20 cm. We also drive 15-20 cm into the ground. We place the reinforcement in the middle of the ring and so that its upper edge “sinks” into the concrete by 5 cm or a little more.

Now you can pour the concrete. The composition is normal; for 1 part M150 cement, 3 parts sand and 4 parts crushed stone. The amount of water is usually 0.7-0.8 parts (depending on the moisture content of the sand and crushed stone). We pour the concrete into the mold, leave it for 5-7 days, after which the formwork is disassembled. The concrete fire pit is ready, but you can start a fire in it no earlier than after 2-3 weeks, or better yet, after a month and a half. Only then will it gain enough strength and not crack from fire.

Making a fire pit out of brick or stone

You can set up a fire pit using bricks different ways. There are simple and cheap ones, but which can quickly fall apart. There are more difficult ones to make, but they will definitely last for several years. To build a fire pit, you can use ordinary solid red brick, but it will not “live” for long. This material can be used for country or garden hearths for one or two seasons.

If you need to do it quickly, you can do it this way

According to the rules

For permanently designed recreation areas, you will need to look for fireclay bricks. You can choose the sizes yourself, but it’s easier to install smaller ones, although it will take longer. But even for the largest fire pit you will need only four to five dozen bricks, so the laying will not take that much time.

Fireclay bricks are not a cheap pleasure, so when laying a hearth, they usually lay them out of fireclay inner part hearth, which is in direct contact with the flame. The outer part can be covered with ordinary brick or stone.

If you have already splurged on fireclay bricks, then you should lay it on fireclay mortar - it is sold in powder form in bags. Add water to the mixture and stir. After some time, the solution is ready for use. After you put the hearth together, you will need to wait 5-7 days for the solution to dry. Then load the fireplace fully with wood and warm it up thoroughly for a couple of hours. This is necessary so that the mortar and brick sinter into a single whole, and for this the temperature must be high. So don’t skimp on wood here. But fireclay mortar is used only for laying the inside of the hearth - where the temperatures are highest. The outer row is placed on a cement-sand mortar. Fireclay is unacceptable here - it won’t have enough temperature and it will simply crumble.

Ordinary brick can be laid on clay or cement mortar. In some cases, you can do without mortar at all - filling the voids between the bricks with compacted crushed stone, sand or soil.

Simple and fast

You can set up a fire pit in just a few hours. You only need a few flat granite stones or pebbles and crushed stone. They line the bottom of the fire pit. You can also lay brick at the bottom and fill the gaps with crushed stone. To build the walls of the fire pit you will need two to three dozen bricks. That's all.

The procedure for arranging a fire pit is as follows:

1. We mark a circle on the ground.
2. We remove the turf and remove the soil to a depth that is equal to the length of the brick and the thickness of the base. The brick installed on the poke must rise at least a little above the ground level - then the fireplace will not flood or blow out.
3. Level and compact the bottom.
4. We lay out bricks or stones, tap them thoroughly with a mallet (or just with our feet).
5. We fill the gaps with crushed stone, which we also press well into the ground.
6. We place bricks “sticking out” around the circumference. On one side they become close to each other, and on the other side small gaps form. They are filled with previously excavated soil (if it is not clay or loam), sand or small crushed stone.

That's all. A simple brick fire pit is ready. It’s not a fact that after good rain it will remain in its normal form, but it requires little time and money.

Reliable design of a round fire pit made of bricks

In order for a brick fire pit to serve for a long time, its walls must stand on solid foundation. A reinforced concrete belt is usually poured onto a crushed stone bed. It is made around the circumference, the thickness is not less than the thickness of the walls, the height is 10-15 cm. For greater strength, a reinforcing ring made of a rod with a diameter of 12-14 mm is placed approximately in the middle of the height.

The inner part of the hearth is lined with fireclay bricks, the outer part is lined with ordinary, hollow bricks, laid with bandaged seams (offset by half the brick). Fireclay bricks are placed on clay or fireclay mortar, ordinary bricks are placed on a cement-sand mixture.

This brick fire pit requires more materials and time for arrangement, but it will serve for more than one year. And to prevent it from being flooded with precipitation and covered with leaves, you can cover the fire pit with a shield. In this form, by the way, it can be used as a table.

A square or rectangular brick hearth is built using exactly the same principle. The technology remains the same, the only difference is the form.

Simple options

It is possible to make a fire pit much faster. Firstly, there are a lot of country or backyard fireplaces made of metal. All you need is a platform on which you will place a metal fire pit.

Metal bowl - quick way arrange a fire pit

The advantage of this solution is its not too high price and the simplicity of setting up a place to make a fire. The advantages include low weight, which allows the installation to be carried under the roof for the winter or in bad weather.

A very similar option is a concrete fire pit. They are cast in different sizes, they can be round or square. You can do exactly the same thing yourself, but you will have to wait at least a month. The finished bowl was placed and you can use it.

Photo ideas for decorating a fire pit

Making a fire pit is only half the battle. It is also necessary to equip a platform so that you can sit, look at the fire, enjoy the evening and conversation with friends. We have collected several interesting ideas in this section.

You can simply stack the stones one by one...

Metal fire pit - safe, inexpensive

Make seats from logs - in the style of forest fires

Very easy to put together... but very difficult to find these bricks

A fire pit in a country house is rightfully considered one of the most important accessories in a yard. Most owners of land plots simply cannot imagine life without evening gatherings by an open fire, when all business is over, peace and grace reign on the street. A well-designed open hearth is practical multifunctional building, which can last for decades. Today, when making a hearth in the garden, people pursue not only utilitarian goals. The country plot is used for relaxation from the city noise and bustle. In such cases, the dacha hearth becomes a spectacular element landscape design. Applying modern technologies And non-standard solutions, fireplaces for cauldrons, barbecues and skewers, can be made on the lawn, veranda and even in closed gazebo. Let's look at how to make a fireplace in your country house with your own hands so that it is beautiful and safe.

When planning construction, it should be remembered that an open fire poses a serious fire hazard. The fire may spread throughout the area. Based on this, the choice of location and design of a fire pit on the street must be approached very responsibly.

1. Barbecues, fireplaces, hearths and other structures whose operation involves open flames must be built at a distance of at least 10 m from wooden buildings. Such structures include barns, fences, livestock pens and residential buildings.
2. The fire pit at the dacha should be built on a hill. To protect yard fires from storm and melt water, you should consider the arrangement drainage system. Drainage is also needed to keep the area of ​​land that surrounds the open hearth in the country dry.
3. The most practical and convenient to use is considered to be a round hearth. It burns the wood completely and evenly, creating a constant, steady heat. The absence of corners prevents the accumulation of dirt and the development of mold.
4. When starting to build a fireplace or barbecue with your own hands, you need to make sure that there are no communications under or above these structures. You should not build a garden fireplace next to large trees. Their roots can destroy the masonry, and the foliage can catch fire under the influence open flame.
5. If you plan to install a fireplace in a gazebo, then its floor, walls and roof must be made of non-combustible materials. This can be tiles and steel panels. A gazebo with a fireplace in the center looks exotic and unusual, but you need to think carefully about the issue of smoke removal.

To make relaxing by the fire even more pleasant and comfortable, it is advisable to arrange an area around the fireplace. It would not be superfluous to carry out paving with tiles or stones, install comfortable furniture and a canopy.

How to choose a hearth design

Having decided on the construction site, you should choose the type of fire pit. Based on their location relative to the ground level, outbreaks are divided into surface and buried. Each of these design solutions has its pros and cons.

Thus, surface fire pits do not require excavation, and they are not in danger of being flooded by storm water. This type of fireplace can even be placed on the terrace, after first taking measures to protect its floor from sparks. A barbecue fireplace raised above the ground can be arranged beautifully and interestingly, making it the highlight of the yard landscape.

The good thing about a recessed hearth is that it does not need to be decorated and adapted to the design style of the site. The only difficulty will arise with providing air supply for the fire. This problem can be solved by installing an underground air duct or manipulating the placement of logs.

Let's look at some ideas with which you can build an original and practical hearth with your own hands.

Making a stone fire pit

To arrange a summer cottage, it is advisable to use natural materials or their imitation. The shine of glass and steel is only appropriate in an office or city apartment. A stone hearth will look organic in any setting, without standing out against the background of greenery or snow-covered ground. For work you need to use only a special stone that is resistant to high temperatures. An ordinary cobblestone will immediately crack from the heat even during the first fire. The choice should be made on granite. It is better to purchase already chopped stones that are used to lay roads.

For work you will need the following tools and materials:

• bayonet shovel;
• Bulgarian;
• level;
• mallet;
• Master OK;
• clay;
• sand;
• buckets for water and solution;
• gravel;
• rags.

Making a stone fire pit is carried out in the following sequence:

1. Terrain tracing. A circle, square or rectangle is outlined, from which the top layer of soil with turf and plant roots is removed.
2. Arrangement of the base for paving stones. A ditch 30-35 cm deep is dug. Its bottom is leveled and compacted. A mixture of gravel and sand is poured into the trench. Another ramming is underway.
3. A solution of sand and clay is mixed. It is laid out on a well-moistened sandy base. The layer thickness must be at least 10 cm. Pipes are installed to supply air to the combustion space. Better to use steel pipes with a diameter of 50 mm. They are easy to clean after becoming clogged with ash and debris, and their service life is virtually unlimited.
4. Paving stones are laid on the solution. The grooves between the stones are filled with clay mortar. The excess is collected with a trowel and rags. Large openings can be covered with medium pebbles.
5. The inner and upper parts of the hearth are leveled. For this purpose, the clay mortar already used in the masonry is used. It is advisable to polish the inside of the firebox until it shines. This will make it much more convenient to clean it of soot.

You can finish the finished fire pit stone tiles, cut into straight or curved strips. This will not only decorate the fireplace for the cauldron, but also expand its functionality. You can place mugs and plates on the shelf. Their contents will remain warm for a long time even in winter cold.

A stone fire pit does not require any maintenance. After the first fire, the clay hardens and crystallizes. She will no longer be afraid of moisture. Any, even the most stubborn dirt can be easily washed off from granite. To keep the fireplace sparkling clean, it is enough to occasionally treat it with soapy water.

Construction of a fireplace made of bricks

It is immediately necessary to make a reservation that to create a firebox you need to use only fireclay (fireproof) bricks. Regular material, remaining after the construction of the house, will last no more than one season. Under the influence of heat standard brick cracks, in the fall water gets into the cracks, and in winter the masonry collapses due to expansion of the ice in the grooves.

In order to build a fire pit for a brick cauldron, you will need:

• Bulgarian;
• roulette;
• oil level;
• bayonet shovel;
• hammer drill with mixer;
• Master OK;
• set of steel spatulas;
• abrasive mesh;
• facade plaster;
• heat-resistant powder paint.

A brick fireplace is built in the following sequence:

1. Arrangement of a reliable foundation. Brickwork can have a mass of up to a ton. To prevent subsidence and destruction of the walls, a strong foundation is needed. The depth of its occurrence should be at the level of soil freezing. You can save on material and time if you use reinforced concrete slab factory made. If there are problems with its delivery, then you can cast the slab yourself using reinforcement, sand, crushed stone and cement.
2. Laying out the walls of the fire pit. This is done while maintaining the alignment of the bricks vertically and horizontally. To bind the stones, a mixture of sand, clay, water and cement is used. The laid walls must remain undisturbed for at least three days for the solution to completely harden.
3. Decorating the walls of the hearth. From the inside it is simply coated with a mixture of clay and sand. Decor appearance requires a more thoughtful approach. The outside walls of the firebox are finished facade plaster, lined with heat-resistant ceramic tiles or small stones.

To give the brick hearth more strength, stones can be laid around the perimeter of a pre-welded metal frame.

Manufacturing of metal structures

In every household there is always a lot of available materials that can be used in landscaping a summer cottage. The solution that lies on the surface is the construction of fire pits from disks of various origins. An excellent option is to use rims from heavy-duty vehicle wheels. These products are made of thick steel, which is resistant to mechanical and thermal stress.

To others interesting solution is the hearth from the drum washing machine. But its adoption must be taken rather carefully. The steel in the drum is very thin; it will quickly burn out from exposure to an open flame. The drum can only be used as a template for laying heat-resistant material.

To make a hearth from a disk, you need to have the following:

• bayonet shovel;
• level;
• hammer;
• manual tamper;
• Master OK;
• fireclay brick;
• clay and sand;
• facing material.

Steel rings have high stability to external pressure. It is advisable to make recessed type hearths from them. Iron is perfectly cleaned of soot and soot and can withstand exposure to damp for decades without visible damage.

The construction of fire pits from steel rings is carried out in the following sequence:

1. Excerpt from the pit. It should be made 10-15 cm wider and deeper than the planned depth of the steel product. The bottom of the pit is cleared of large roots, leveled and compacted.
2. Geotextiles are laid at the bottom of the pit, and fine crushed stone and sand are poured. This mixture is well wetted, leveled and compacted.
3. The steel ring is being installed. It is leveled, sand is poured into the gap between its walls and the pit. As the sand is backfilled, it is wetted and compacted.
4. Along the iron rim it is laid out finishing material. It is best to use fireclay bricks for this. It needs to be fastened with clay mortar.

The final stage is to create a border along the upper edge of the masonry. It will not only make the masonry more convenient, but will also hide the internal steel walls.

A fire in the garden is one of the most popular forms of spending free time. We like to sit by the fire - fry shish kebab, bake potatoes, fry sausages and just look at the flames - they warm and mesmerize. How to make a fireplace at the dacha with your own hands, photos and descriptions of ideas are presented below.

What can you make a fire pit from?

The easiest way to organize a fire pit in your country house with your own hands is to select a regular circle of bare earth, which will limit the spread of the flame. You can dig a small hole in the middle of the circle to make it easier to control the fire. But the vegetation around will be burned, and in place of the fire there will be an empty, unaesthetic area. This solution is not very safe, the fire can easily spread to nearby plants, shrubs, trees, objects - so the fire will require constant care and caution.

Can be purchased cast iron fireplace or other ready-made solutions or make a fire pit yourself from:

• bricks,
• stones.

Brick fire pit - step-by-step instructions with photos

Stone fire pit

An interesting option is stones that you can collect yourself from the surrounding forests, fields, and meadows. Natural materials beautiful and free, which is undoubtedly a significant advantage. You will also need 1-1.5 bags of cement weighing 25 kg.

Construction will take 2-3 hours:

Ready hearth - photo

How to make a fireplace safe?

The fire pit should be located on safe distance from the house. There should be no flammable elements or plants nearby. It is necessary to maintain the appropriate distances to the fence and neighboring property:

• the distance to buildings must be at least 4 meters;
• to the fence - at least 3 meters;
• to large trees - at least 3 meters; there is always a risk that sparks will cause ignition and burn the plant.

When building a brick fireplace, comfort must be taken into account. There should be plenty of free space around the fire to accommodate chairs, a table, and a bench. This way, each participant will have free access to the fire. It is better to make seats for guests mobile; the wind direction changes quickly and guests will want to change seats so that smoke does not fly into their faces. Plastic garden chairs will fit perfectly.

Other design options for a fire pit at the dacha - photos of interesting ideas

The fire unites us and reminds us of our school days and carefree holidays. If we want to organize it in the garden, we need to create a safe fire pit. Garden hearths can look different, but their main purpose is to add variety and entertainment to time spent in the garden.

Everyone who has a house outside the city or a dacha wants to improve the adjacent area and make it a place for relaxation. And what kind of vacation would it be without the opportunity to sit near the fire, admire the play of the flames, and maybe at the same time cook on the fire? delicious dinner? In order to realize this desire, you can build a fireplace in your dacha. This can be done different ways, and such a process will not take much time. It is important to follow some guidelines to make it safe and beautiful.

Basics of work

The work that needs to be done in constructing a fireplace at the dacha has the same essence, no matter what type of fire pit is chosen for the installation. Initially, it is worth saying that the material for production can be anything, the main thing is that it is fireproof, for example, it will do:

• stones of various sizes;
• bricks;
• concrete blocks, etc.

In the process of constructing a hearth in a dacha, several stages can be distinguished:

Types of country fireplaces

You can build a fireplace in your dacha with your own hands different types. Depending on what is acceptable to the owners, what exactly is needed from such a structure, you can make a choice. The lesions can be buried or external. It’s worth figuring out what each one is.

Buried hearths

You can make a sunken fireplace in a dacha according to the following principle:

Additional work that must be carried out in the construction of the fireplace:

• Equipment internal space a country fireplace can be made using a metal screen, which needs to be shaped into a cylinder. The sheet thickness should be up to 2 mm;
• The gap that remains between the walls of the fire pit and the soil must be filled with the soil remaining after digging the hole;
• You also need to take care to make a protective platform that will surround the fireplace. With its help, you can not only protect the nearby space from fire, but also additionally decorate the fireplace;
• Such a platform is made using conventional laying from the selected and more suitable material, for example, brick, stone, paving stones, or you can simply fill it with concrete;
• Next, you can equip the resulting area with benches or other places to rest. When installing these, you need to remember that minimum distance from the hearth they should be 80 centimeters;
• To make a place for cooking, you can build a tripod that fits the diameter of the fire pit and hang a metal grate on it.

Help: another option for constructing a fireplace in a dacha of this type could be the principle of a cone-shaped hole, which needs to be dug before starting work. All you have to do is concreting the dug cone and covering it with decorative material.

External type of fireplace in a garden plot

This type of country fireplace can be designed according to two principles: with an open fire and a closed fire. Regarding security, the second option is better. To make an outdoor hearth with an open fire you need:

• Having decided on a place for the hearth on summer cottage, remove a layer of earth 10 centimeters thick;
• the diameter of the fire pit can be 1 meter;
• the hole that was created after digging should be filled with crushed stone, stone or any fine-grained material of this type;
• the circumference of the formed hole should be laid out with pebbles, at least 10 cm high;
• Be sure to create a fire protection area around it.

If you want to build a safer structure, you can do it as follows:

Options for constructing a fireplace in a summer cottage

There are a lot of options for building a fireplace in your dacha with your own hands. The simplest, most popular and proven ones are those given in the tables below with instructions for their construction.

Metal hearth

The fireplace has a closed fire. The installation itself consists of metal strips welded together. The material that can be used for such a structure is pieces of galvanized steel.

Hearth in the pit

The method is very simple to perform. The place around such a fireplace can be equipped using various remnants of tiles from the sidewalk or the same brick.

Stone hearth

Making this type of hearth is very simple. The essence of the process is simple masonry, for which paving slabs or bricks are suitable. When laying walls elevated above the ground, you need to use a mortar to fasten the stone material. The base is made for the fire pit in the same way as in the previous versions.

Such a hearth can be made of any shape; the walls that are obtained after installation can serve as a support for a grate that can be placed when cooking. You can also decorate the area with paving slabs, where the table and chairs will be located.

Help: It is possible to make a masterpiece hearth if you use purchased stone installation material that has the texture of marble.

Round stone hearth in the country house

The essence of this type of fireplace is that you can surround a ready-made reinforced concrete fireplace or one made of iron with stone.

The place around can be very diverse. You can lay out the stone used to lay the platform and benches. Other accessories are optional.

In such a fireplace it is possible to install a special device for frying meat, which is supported on a bracket. The grill grate is removable, which allows you to remove it if you want to simply enjoy the sight of a fire. The device can be made from simple metal pipe, which bends, taking on the shape of the letter “G”. A grille is hung on a chain behind the protruding part of the pipe.

Country hearth from a ready-made flower bowl

Hearth of rings

Log instead of a fireplace

Most original version However, a disposable hearth can be made from a log. You just need to take a wider log and use a saw to make cross-shaped cuts. You need to cut a little more than half the length of the log.

Lighting a fire in it will be as easy as shelling pears; you just need to set fire to a piece of paper and place it in the core of the cuts. After this, you can place the dishes for cooking and begin the process. The only thing you should be careful about when using this type of fireplace is not to miss the moment of burning parts of the log, as you can turn everything out of the container onto the ground.

Another handy option for making a fireplace or barbecue would be to construct it from a gas cylinder. The best ones are those that are installed in cars. To construct a fireplace, you just need to cut it and weld the legs to it. small size. Then you can fantasize with a grille that can be attached to it without any problems, and also put a lid on the hinges. You can use such a cut balloon as a base for lining with stone, as is the case with a ready-made hearth or flower bed.

Conclusion

There are a lot of options for building a fireplace. You can take the principle of constructing any of the above and come up with your own combination of materials, masonry, place for a fire and devices for frying meat. The main thing is not to be afraid to experiment, and a pre-planned algorithm of actions will protect you from mistakes.

A fireplace can rightfully be called a symbol of a home in a country house. IN Lately The hearth in the dacha has become not only a place where you can prepare the next gastronomic masterpiece and have a great free time over a pleasant meal with family and friends, it is also an original element of landscape design.

Above ground location of the fire pit in the country house

Before setting up a fire pit, you need to carefully consider the area where it will be located. The source should be located away from garden trees, country house and others outbuildings. Optimal distance the distance to the house and buildings should be at least 3 meters, and at least 4 meters to the crowns of the nearest trees. Also, you should not design a place for a fire in a lowland or on a hill. It's better to choose a middle ground.

After the location for the dacha fireplace has been determined, the site should be prepared: remove debris, plant roots, level the surface of the site and mark the location for the fireplace itself. As a rule, the hearth is made in a round shape, with a diameter of about a meter. It is necessary to remove a layer of turf from the intended area. This is necessary so that later the entire site can be laid out with paving slabs or stones. In the center of the site, the location of the hearth itself is marked. To decorate the fire pit, you can use an iron rim. In the place where it is planned to install the metal rim, remove a small layer of soil, level the bottom of the resulting depression and install the rim.

If the structure has very thin walls, it will not be able to provide the necessary strength during operation. Therefore, concrete blocks or stones are laid in several rows along the entire area of ​​the outer wall. Also suitable for this paving slabs or granite cobblestone. For masonry it is better to use a special masonry mortar. For masonry natural stone A clay solution is more suitable.

To prevent the fire pit from turning into a pond after heavy rain, it is necessary to cut out a roof for it. A suitable cut can be used as material sheet metal.

Above ground fireplace structure

Recessed fire pit

You can also create a place for a fire in your dacha using a small dug pit. The depth of the dug pit should be approximately 30-40cm. The bottom of the dug pit is covered with a layer of fine gravel. In order for the hearth to last longer, the inside of the pit must be surrounded with a piece of sheet metal. The ring can also be built using separate blocks. The first layer of blocks is laid on gravel. The correct installation is checked by the building level. All irregularities are eliminated using a rubber hammer. A special glue for laying hearths and fireplaces is applied to the upper surface of the first row, then the second row of blocks can be laid. Ready design covered with fine gravel and decorated top part hearth, matching the decor of the landscape design, stone.

Recessed fire pit

Design of the area near the fireplace

In order to decorate the area near the fireplace, you can use pebbles, gravel or tiles for garden paths. If you expand the area near the fireplace, you will get an excellent area for a good rest. An interesting option are flat slabs irregular geometric shapes, which are laid out in a bizarre pattern. These wide slabs can easily accommodate chairs, benches, or other various garden furniture. Ideal option To create a place for a fire in the country house, there will be a circular bench with backs. To give such a playground comfort and coziness, the playground can be decorated with rugs and placed on the bench decorative pillows and blankets.

The same material that was used to decorate the hearth can be used to make a supporting wall; it will also serve as a backrest for the bench. In order to avoid having to go far for firewood, a special firewood shed is installed next to the fireplace, which is decorated in the same style as the hearth.

You can put it at the fire pit garden path, along which to install small Street lights. This will make the area cozy in the evening and create a special romantic atmosphere.

Often the area around the fire is made in the shape of the sun, and improvised sun rays are painted on the lining.
It would be interesting to look at a summer cottage with a hearth made in the form of a lunar crater or fireplace, next to which you can install a small figurine of a guardian cricket.

An interesting idea for decorating a fire pit in a country house

Decorating a place near a fire in the country is not so difficult. The main conditions for work are the availability of all necessary building materials, clear calculations, free time, imagination and a little creativity.

Fireplace in the country: what will we sit on?

Place by the fire: what should we sit on?

You have a place for a fire, but what next? Stand and watch it burn? No matter how it is, you did it in order to cook barbecue, fry bread, bake potatoes and just relax in the evening, and doing this while sitting is clearly more convenient than standing. How to arrange a place to sit around a fire and what can be used for this?

To begin with, you can take any chairs that can be used outdoors. These can be either simple camp chairs with which you go into the forest, or a wooden or metal country chair. Street furniture- the same chairs or large benches on which it is so comfortable to sit together. Rattan seats are also suitable.

Simple chairs to sit near the fire on the site

If you are a fan of the classics, why not build the usual pentagon from logs, as is often done in the forest? But here you can sand the logs and even varnish them and even attach a backrest to make it more comfortable to sit on.

A classic pentagon made of logs around a fireplace in a country house

And a stationary option - you can make seats around the fireplace in your summer cottage with your own hands from stone - from brick or any other stones that you have at your disposal. Tip: lay out the benches not in a square, but in a semicircle, as this looks more aesthetically attractive. And to keep the seat soft and not cold, place the sofa cushions on the seat itself and attach it to the back, if you have one there.

Semicircular stone bench near the fire

Do-it-yourself brick fireplace in your dacha

And finally, two ways to make a fireplace in your summer cottage with your own hands. To begin with, the most popular option for a fire pit is made of bricks. What do we need? bricks and cement.

There are several ways to build a fire pit out of bricks. The first option is the same way as a house is built, that is, stacking bricks one next to the other, shifting each next row by half a brick - just lay out the walls of the fire pit at the required height. Some build directly from the ground, some first dig a hole in the ground, and as a result the fire pit is sunk into the ground. In this case, it can be flush with the ground, here it is better to lay out additional stones or tiles around the area at least a meter in diameter, or with the walls up - in this case the coals will not fall down. But here it is worth providing holes for air intake in the fire.

We build a fire house from bricks

The second way is to lay the bricks in a circle, installing them vertically or horizontally. If you want to make a low fireplace, one row of bricks laid out in a circle with vertical installation. If you want to make a large round hearth, you need to lay the bricks horizontally and do not forget about the holes through which air will enter the fire - in this case it will burn much better.

Do-it-yourself brick fireplace in your dacha

You can also show your imagination and create some unusual hearth, not round or square, but absolutely not symmetrical in shape. Moreover, here you can use not only bricks, but also any other stones - best natural, unprocessed.

Let's do non-standard place for a fire on the site

Hearth at the dacha under a cauldron

If you like to cook something in a cauldron over a fire, for example, real pilaf, stewed vegetables or meat, then before you start building the fireplace, you need to figure out how to then put the cauldron on it. The first option is to make a small fireplace out of stones, on which a large cauldron can be placed on top. If you need a larger place for the fire, make metal structure, which can be placed in the fire, and a cauldron can be placed on top of it. Or you can make a fireplace out of an old one car disk. How to do this - read below, and the cauldron will stand on top without any problems.

Making a hearth in the country house for a barbecue

Fire pit: barbecue made from an old car rim

If you don't want to lay bricks, you can use a simple and proven method for making a fire pit yourself, which I mentioned earlier - using an old car wheel (stamped, not cast!). It's perfect for this - round shape, high walls, air intake holes and easy to install. You can either bury it in the ground, making a fire pit flush with the ground, or you can place it and cover it with bricks on top to give it a more attractive look.

Making a hearth from a car rim

By the way, from the same disk you can make not only a fireplace, but also a barbecue - on steel legs to make it easier to monitor the kebabs being prepared, a grill (by adding a grate of the required size on top), a barbecue and much more.

And if, instead of a car disk, you find some other metal bowl or other container in your garage or basement, you can easily use it to make a fireplace in your summer cottage. By the way, an old steel basin will also work for this - who else still has one of these from Soviet times?

We make a fireplace in an area from a metal bowl

Fireplace: hearth in the country house photo ideas

So, we figured out how to make a fireplace with our own hands, what materials to use for this, how to arrange the area around it and what seats are suitable for such a relaxation. Let's now look at the photo - how other people did it, in order to borrow from there some of the ideas we liked best, which are worth implementing on your own site.