Do-it-yourself barbecue for a summer residence (41 photos): the choice of design and place for construction. Foundation laying, wall laying, chimney and auxiliary structures

The debate about who is the ancestor of the barbecue does not subside to this day. In fact, almost every nation has a culture of cooking on an open fire or coals. Although the word barbecue itself is of English origin and means an open fire, the stoves on which food is cooked have a lot of varieties and design solutions.

Design choice

Several factors influence the design of the furnace. A barbecue area in the country house with your own hands can be equipped, but this requires a suitable place. If the territory is limited, and you plan to fry the meat on major holidays, then it is quite enough to buy or make a metal one. This is the simplest and most affordable solution.

It is much more difficult to fold a barbecue in a brick cottage with your own hands, plus the price of construction will be higher than in a portable version. But this design is more functional and durable. Also, do not forget about the aesthetic side of the issue, brick or stone stoves, with the right approach, can become a pearl in the design of your site.

As for ovens that are exotic for our country, such as the eastern tandoor, it is better to entrust the arrangement of such structures to professionals. The same can be said about the stove complex, when, in addition to a brazier with a grill, it is planned to build a smoking compartment, a wood-burning stove with an oven, a washing department, a table and a storehouse for firewood.

The video in this article shows how to make a simple brazier.

Choosing a place for construction

Theoretically, 1.5 m² is enough for the simplest barbecue or grill, but cooking on fire is a special ritual and the surroundings that accompany this action should also be appropriate.

As a rule, a do-it-yourself barbecue area in the country is set up in places that are not accessible to prying eyes. It can be a free-standing gazebo or a canopy, partially bordering on summer cottages.

Planning such a complex in the far corner of the garden would not be the right decision. Of course, from a fire safety point of view, this would be ideal, but think about how many times you will have to cross the site while you prepare a feast, and after that it will still need to be cleaned.

To ensure fire safety, a distance of about 5 m from the fire is sufficient. Most often, this place to relax is located under a canopy near the kitchen. With this approach, it is much easier to bring water from the house and draw a conclusion into the drain hole.

Important: the entire furnace complex is being built separately, it should not border on any utility or residential buildings, this is fraught with a fire.

When starting to build a barbecue in a brick cottage with your own hands, pay attention to studying the wind rose on your site. The stove is installed on the lee side, because neither you nor your guests or neighbors will like to breathe smoke from the brazier at all.

Undoubtedly, the central place in such a complex. But for convenience, it would be useful to equip a small storage for firewood, some compartments for dishes, a place to store skewers or grill grates. It would be nice to bring water and equip a cutting table.

Let's talk about construction

When choosing the design of the complex, it is better to give preference to more open options. There are enough closed spaces in the city and when you get out to the dacha, you want volume and closeness to nature. It should be noted right away that, having no experience in construction, building a good indoor pavilion with your own hands is quite problematic. But the brick barbecue itself is quite within your power.

Unlike the classic barbecue, the barbecue is a multifunctional design. The hearth itself is practically no different from the barbecue, it also has a rectangular shape and guides for skewers.

But stops for grilling are mounted above, sometimes with a spit, a smoking cabinet can be located above them, in addition, an oven and a number of related compartments can be attached, starting with shelves for dishes and ending with a mini-bar. Of course, the number of compartments is selected individually. Such a design cannot be called easy and for its installation it is necessary to lay the foundation.

Foundation laying

After a worthy place has been chosen and a general sketch of the structure has already been sketched, you can start laying the foundation. The length and width of the barbecue is calculated individually, depending on the size of the firebox and the presence of related structures.

Important: the foundation slab or block must exceed the dimensions of the brickwork, along the perimeter by half a brick.

You can lay the supporting structure in 3 different ways.

Choosing the appropriate method should be based on data on the composition of the soil, the presence of quicksand and the climate in the region.

1. The fastest option is to use a precast concrete slab. For this, the soil is selected, the depth is determined depending on the thickness of the slab. At the bottom, a sand and gravel cushion of 50 mm is made, and after tamping, a slab is laid. Although the option is quick, you will need a crane to lay the slab, plus there is a possibility of uneven shrinkage.

1. The next option is also a type of slab foundation, but is considered more reliable. The point is that the reinforced concrete slab is arranged on site. To do this, a pit is made with a depth of about 350 mm and a dense sand and gravel cushion is laid.
   After that, the formwork is mounted, the reinforcing cage is installed and concrete is poured. The solution is made with the proportions of concrete grade M200 - M300.
2. But the most common and reliable is considered to be the usual strip foundation. Unlike the construction of houses, here it is done not according to a closed contour, but according to the U-shaped principle. The laying is carried out to a depth of up to 50 cm. Next comes the standard instruction, 150 - 200 mm sand and gravel filling, on which the reinforced concrete base is poured.

Important: traditionally, concrete gains design strength within 28 days.
But according to technology, in the first 10 days it must be regularly moistened, otherwise the monolith may crack.
Experts advise to cover the foundation with plastic wrap before curing.

Wall masonry

For the construction of a barbecue in the country with their own hands, 2 types of bricks are used. The firebox and that part of the clack, which is in direct contact with high temperatures, is laid out from refractory bricks. It can be fireclay bricks or solid, pre-fired red bricks.

The rest of the structure is made of facing bricks or any block material, up to natural stone. We will consider brickwork, since its installation, in this case, requires less professional skills.

All bricks are soaked in water immediately before laying.

• When the foundation is settled and gained strength, it should be checked for horizontality, according to the level. Deviations are eliminated due to the thickness of the solution when laying the first 2 rows of the base. Before laying, the foundation is covered with waterproofing, it can be roofing material or other rolled material.

Tip: after laying the first 2 rows and clearly leveling horizontally, it is better to let the mortar set for 3 to 4 days.
This is not necessary, but there will be less chance of masonry warping in the future.

• Traditionally, the height of the furnace is at a distance of 0.7 - 1 m from the ground. After laying 2 rows of the base, another 5 rows of ordinary bricks are laid on them. Next, the firebox will go, so the brick must be refractory. From this point on, every 2 rows it is recommended to lay a reinforcing wire, copper is better, but ordinary wire rod with a cross section of 0.6 mm is also possible.
• The next, bonded row is laid out with refractory bricks across, so as to form an inner rim. The bottom of the firebox will be based on it, it can be made of the same refractory brick, but it is faster and easier to use cast iron grates.
• Further, from 2 rows of refractory bricks, the furnace bath itself is laid out and the bonded row of masonry is repeated again. Skewers with meat will fall on it. If it is difficult for you to lay bonded rows, then a wide metal strip 5-7 mm thick, which is laid between the rows, is suitable for guides under the skewer, but in this case another row of ordinary masonry is added.
• When the support for the skewers is ready, another row of bricks is laid, after which the bonding level of the masonry is repeated again. It is designed to support the grid under the grill.
• Empirically, it was brought that for comfortable cooking, the furnace window should be about 1 m wide and 70 cm high. Above the opening, another 2 - 3 levels are made and the pipe can be laid out.

Chimney and auxiliary structures

• The dimensions of the smoke intake are calculated according to GOST standards, which state that for 1 m³ of the firebox there should be 960 cm² of pipe area, plus the height of the chimney, with such data it should be about 12 m. the pipes for it will be 120 cm², which is 110x120 mm with a pipe height of one and a half meters.
• The chimney cone can be bought or welded from metal. But if you decide to lay it out of brick, then this must be done with a gradual narrowing. For the front and rear walls, a quarter of the width of the brick is taken. For the side walls, half of the length of the block is taken. So gradually bring to the desired section.
• Among the people, the laying of such structures is made on the basis of a clay-sand mortar. But we advise you to use a special fireclay composition for laying furnaces. It is sold in a dry finished form and there is an instruction on each package. Facing is traditionally laid on a cement-sand mortar, the best option is sand concrete grade M300.

• After the firebox is ready, you can proceed with the installation of auxiliary structures and beauty. As mentioned earlier, the stove is lined with facing bricks from above, at the same time a base is being built for a sink and a cutting table. The masonry must be tied into a single structure.
• It is easiest to make stops for mounting a washing bath from a corner measuring 45 - 50 mm, laying it directly into the structure. A table or other horizontal surfaces can be mounted from facing bricks by laying it on a metal corner. Or use an asbestos-cement slab, which is tiled for beauty.

The video in this article shows some of the subtleties in building a barbecue.

Conclusion

When the barbecue area in the country house is equipped with your own hands, the warmth of your hands remains in it, and for the rest of your life your children and grandchildren will remember that it was you who did it. At every feast or just watching the firewood burn, they will remember you with gratitude.