What cottage can do without a barbecue? This is a mandatory attribute of any suburban area. It is unlikely that there will be a man who doesn’t like to meet friends in the fresh air and taste aromatic juicy barbecue on a summer weekend. If you are tired of using small portable braziers, then it's time to build a brazier with a brick roof on your site. Such a construction will delight you and people close to you for many years.
If you have not yet decided which one you want to build a barbecue, then we hasten to inform you that it can be made of iron, stone and
refractory bricks. The latter option is used most often. The special brick used for the manufacture of stoves and fireplaces is not difficult to acquire. In addition, you will need cement, sand, rebar and gravel.
Before you start building a brazier with a roof, you need to choose a place suitable for construction. To do this, you will need to observe where the wind most often blows in your area. You need to know this in order to build your building where it will not interfere with the neighbors with smoke and smells of cooked food.
It is advisable that before the start of construction you have at least minimal experience in bricklaying. If you have never been able to carry out such work, then contact your friends - perhaps there is a craftsman among them who will gladly spend the weekend with you in the country, combining business with pleasure. In addition, before starting construction, you need to clearly imagine what the future creation will look like.
Brick braziers, photos of which can be viewed in numerous editions of the relevant subjects, are very diverse. Perhaps viewing photos will help you make the right choice. After you have finally decided on the type of construction, you can begin to work.
First, on a previously prepared place, make markings for the future foundation. This is done with pegs and a normal rope. Dig a trench thirty centimeters deep - that's enough for the foundation. Its dimensions depend on the size of the barbecue and on whether you will make a concrete platform in front of the barbecue. If you need it, it means that fifty to seventy centimeters should be added to the dimensions of the foundation, about fifteen centimeters back off and on the side. It must be remembered that the foundation should be ten centimeters above ground level. This can be achieved using formwork made up of boards mounted around the trench. When the foundation dries completely, the formwork is removed. Then proceed to the brickwork.
Braziers for a cottage with a roof should not be very large. Their width depends entirely on the length of your skewers, and the length is determined by the maximum number of prospective guests. The height depends on the height of the person involved in the preparation of the barbecue. As a rule, it is 90-120 cm. A smoke collector with a pipe is built above the barbecue, and a niche for a small supply of firewood is provided below.
To cook meat in any weather, you need a barbecue with a roof, which will be mounted on four concreted posts. Its size will depend on what you still want to place under the roof: light furniture, additional cabinets, etc.
For many years, a brick grill with a roof will gather around you people close to you, the joy of communicating with whom is worth a lot.