Organize a place for barbecue near the house or in the country. Almost all homeowners think about it. The question is how to do it. If you like capital buildings, your choice is a brick or stone gazebo. They are built according to the same projects, the only difference is in the method of laying. According to the same rules, gazebos are also built from foam blocks or other building blocks. They cost less, but when building from such materials, finishing will be necessary inside and out. Most often, a brick gazebo is built: today it is available in a wide range with different textures and colors, has good technical characteristics, and does not require maintenance later.
When thinking about such a construction, you must understand that you will have to make a solid foundation. These are not wooden gazebos and not metal ones that can stand on bricks or even on the ground. If the gazebo is open – only the pillars on which the roof is installed, then there will be enough foundations for the pillars (columnar or pile, but tape can also be used). If railings are laid out of stone (at least part of the height), a strip foundation will be required, and reinforced (depth is 20-30 cm below the fertile layer, width is about 20 cm, two reinforcement strings are 12-14 mm). If one or two more walls are added, then you will have to make a monolithic reinforced slab, at least 150 mm thick, but you need to consider it depends on the soil. Mostly on how prone he is to heaving. And only after the foundation is ready, the construction of the brick (stone) gazebo itself begins.
If the gazebo is with a brick barbecue or barbecue, a separate foundation is needed for it. It is made incoherent with the foundation of the building (should not have points of contact). A monolithic reinforced slab is made under a brick brazier and nothing else: even a small one requires about 800 bricks, and if it is angular, the bill goes into the thousands.
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The building material is chosen based on the appearance of the remaining buildings on the site. This also determines the choice of roofing material. And the shape and structure can be anything.
Most often, stone and brick arbors are made in a rectangular shape: they are usually placed on the border of the site, so that they are located along. Very well square or rectangular designs become in a corner. To make the atmosphere more intimate, both sides that will face the neighboring plots are made solid.
Pure stone gazebos, and even closed ones, are rare. This is a summer kitchen, not a gazebo. If necessary, the insect barrier is made of mosquito nets; for a more comfortable environment, translucent curtains can be hung, which will be closed both from insects and from prying eyes. For winter recreation, glazing is sometimes installed. It turns out already a separate kitchen, if there is a barbecue or barbecue in the gazebo. Glazing is done in the usual way: wooden frames or double-glazed windows, polycarbonate is less often installed, but it is also quite suitable, and also has a lower thermal conductivity compared to single glazing.
Often combined with wood. Both brick and stone look good with them. They also make openwork metal railings, a combination with polycarbonate is less common.
How to make a wooden gazebo yourself, read here.
How to build with your own hands
Let’s describe a step-by-step algorithm for building a gazebo made of brick or stone:
- The site is being prepared. The fertile layer is removed, the pit is leveled.
- Foundation works are in progress. The type of foundation can be any, so it is not possible to describe in detail.
- Waterproofing is laid on the finished foundation. Previously used roofing material in two layers. It is still there, but it is better to take something from modern materials: modern roofing material will simply crumble in three or four years. You can use bituminous mastic (grease twice). This will cut off most of the moisture that the concrete will pull from the soil.
First of all, the columns are driven out and covered with a roof - Pillars are built of brick or stone. They can only be driven out a certain distance from the floor, or they can stretch all the way to the rafter system. In 95% of cases, wood is then attached to such columns: the continuation of the columns or the strapping for the rafter system. And if you can also lay waterproofing on top of the column, then you can’t do it on short pillars. It is not worth walling them up in a column: brick is a very hygroscopic material. During rains, it will draw moisture, if not from the soil, then from the air. The tree will get wet from it, which in winter will lead to the fact that the wood will simply tear. To avoid this, a corner is built into the pole, which should stick out of it. At the end of the beam or log, a cut of the appropriate shape is made, and the rack is mounted on the corner. Instead of a corner, there can be three studs, you can also come up with some kind of metal holder, only one that will not spoil the look.
- After the columns are driven out to the required height, the upper trim is made of timber.
- The rafter system is assembled. The rafter legs are attached to the beam of the upper harness.
- A crate is stuffed on the rafters. In order not to hem the ceiling, it is made solid, regardless of the type of roofing material. Open beams hemmed with edged boards or lining are even decorations.
The beam and solid sheathing from the inside of the gazebo look beautiful - Roofing is mounted on the crate.
- If the gazebo is intended for a barbecue or barbecue and it is supposed to be brick, it is built at this stage.
This brazier took more than one and a half thousand bricks - If provided for by the project, walls are placed and railings are erected.
In this project, the walls were made of foam concrete: it is light and will not create a large overload on one side, then it was lined with torn stone - The floor is laid.
- Gutters are being installed.
This is what happened as a result of all the efforts: a gazebo turned out to be capital
The floor can be made immediately on the finished foundation. Depends on what material. If it is a tile or a wild stone that is laid on a slab, you can put it right after the columns and walls are driven out. If it is a wooden flooring, then it is better to lay it last so as not to stain it. And one more thing: under the roof, he is already somehow protected from the rain.
One more clarification about wood: immediately after you brought it and walked it with a grinder (if necessary), it must be treated with an antiseptic. Only in this case it will not darken during construction work. The exception is preserved wood. It is processed in the factory with a similar composition in special chambers.
Whatever the shape of the brick gazebo, there are always brick columns or pillars. And you have to know how to post them. How to do it – see the video.
What else you may need is how to put a barbecue. Simple, without arches and other complex details, it is quite possible to fold even without extensive experience with bricks. An example is in the video.
Gazebo ideas in the photo gallery
While a brick gazebo is being developed, an idea is needed that will serve as the basis for the project. Below are some interesting options.