The chimney is designed to divert flue gases from the hearth during the fire. The brick chimney has an excellent draft and an attractive appearance.
Lay the chimney from the brick by your own hands is not too difficult, the main thing is to perform the masonry geometrically accurately, hermetically and in compliance with the fire safety technique.
Layout chimney
For the construction you will need:
- brick;
- Master OK;
- level;
- slopes;
- clay solution;
- solution tank;
- perforator for batching;
- Bulgarian;
- wall profile for apron;
- metal profile with screws for the hood.
- First put the lower vertical section of the chimney inside the room. For him, you need to prepare a clay solution with the addition of sand. Up to the ceiling, the chimney is laid out exactly. The smoothness of each layer of masonry is controlled by the level and slopes. The plumb line is applied to the ceiling, the edges of the chimney are leveled vertically along it.
- In ceilings of the ceiling, the chimney is expanded due to displacement of the brick layers 4 cm along the edges. This is necessary to ensure fire safety, so that the wooden elements of the ceiling are not flammable. The height of the groove should not be less than the thickness of the inter-boundary overlap.
- Further, the upper part of the chimney is laid out. The ordinary pipe is laid out in five bricks through the roof.
- A hole is made in the roof of the Bulgarian and further masonry is made from the outside. The pipe can be above the roof at a distance of one to three meters, depending on the angle of the roof slope.
- After laying the pipe it is necessary to make its waterproofing. To do this, the brick is made of a groove (notch) for the metal profile, it is attached to the perimeter adjacent to the roof.
- After this, you must melt the oven and check the draft in the chimney.
- After the pipe is folded, the brick is best protected from rain. For this, a metal hood is usually made.
- Chimney design can be protected by a hood, a metal cover that is worn on top of a brick and performs a design function. The pipe can remain outside and in the form of a beautiful brickwork.
As you can see, it's not difficult to make a brick chimney with your own hands. Properly made chimney has good traction, is the key to clean air and heat in the room.
