Corner fireplace with your own hands

With the advent of electric fireplaces, the question of arranging a place for a cozy nook is much easier to solve. There is no need to erect walls of brick and pick up fireproof materials. A perfect solution in the interior is the corner fireplace, because it can just become the center of a separate recreation area in the room. In most cases, the construction of the portal for the fireplace is carried out with the help of plasterboard. The material is affordable and easy to use. If you are engaged in redesigning a corner fireplace with your own hands, you will first have to draw drawings of the future skeleton for hypocarton. However, it can not be said that this is a complex and inaccessible process for the newcomer.

Corner fireplace with your own hands based on the old portal

Sometimes you can build something new on the basis of the old design. In this case, when designing the drawings, you just need to mark out the frame of a new corner fireplace above. In our version, the height-to-ceiling design around the old portal only overlaps it.

  1. So, first we draw on the sheet of paper the dimensions of the structure, leaving only that part of the old portal that will be needed.
  2. Next, the finished frame is sewed with plasterboard. This is the standard method with the use of putty, finishing coat for painting.
  3. After the drying of the wall, we begin to form a new portal. The photo shows that for these purposes new elements of stucco from polyurethane or gypsum were used, and a new narrow visor was installed. In the future, all this will be covered with paint, which will give us a complete reliable imitation of stucco molding from gypsum.
  4. That part of the old portal, which remained visible, will be zadekorirovana artificial stone. "Plant" the finished elements of artificial stone will be on a special glue.
  5. After completely drying out all the new elements, the entire corner fireplace in the interior is painted with white paint, the walls in the tone used in the room.
  6. As a result, a simple and very quick reconstruction of the fireplace was obtained.

Corner fireplace with your own hands from scratch

Sometimes tenants of private houses deliberately refuse from gas fireplaces in favor of electric. And again we come to the aid of the drywall we love. If there is such a place from the old fireplace, it can be used for your own needs.

  1. As for the drawings, the design of the corner fireplace consists of triangles in the base, it's quite simple to build it with your own hands. At the top is a built-in triangle, the middle part forms a box for the built-in fireplace. To form the frame is used square and rectangular cross-section bar. Everything depends on the desired height and assumed loads: the more they are, the larger the cross-section of the beam. The same applies to the skin: if you plan not only beautifully painted the front side of the portal, and use a heavy finish like a stone, it's important to make sure the ability of the drywall to withstand such a load.
  2. On top, we cover the table top with a sheet of solid plywood. The frame is covered with plasterboard and installs a fireplace.
  3. The lower part under the portal we paint in the tone of the walls. Initially, the walls were decorated with masonry, it was decided to leave and simply repaint. The same happened with the bottom of the old portal.
  4. Further, improvements are being made: the cornice is fastened along the edge of the upper part of the portal, everything is painted in the right color. After the gas fireplace remained a pipe. It's not so easy to veil, but to use decor and bold ideas - very much.

As you can see, for a man who can cut a piece of a board and nail a nail, there is nothing complicated. The main difficulty lies in the competent selection of the size of the timber under the frame and the neat design of the finished structure.