In the apartment, the presence of a fireplace remains almost an unrealizable desire. But with skillful hands and imagination, a dream can turn into reality. The false fireplace will bring beauty and cozy atmosphere to your interior. You will be able to design and make your own own false fireplace with your own hands from suitable materials. Even if such a fireplace does not perform the functions of the present, it will become an additional decorative design. Well and that the false fireplace at least partly resembled the present, it is possible to install an electric fireplace in it.
Before starting work, you need to determine the location, size and shape of the future fireplace . Usually it is located in the center of the wall, but if you want to save space - you can arrange a corner falsge-fireplace, and if you plan to place any technique on it, you can make the mantelpiece wider, and all this you can do with your own hands. There are many options, and, based on your capabilities, you will always find the right one for yourself.
What materials are suitable for the construction of a false fireplace and how to make it yourself?
In the first place for the construction of a false fireplace is, of course, gypsum board, this material is suitable for a variety of different installations in the apartment. For finishing fit tiles or bricks, they will give a false-fireplace look of the present and help create a warmer atmosphere in your home.
For various decorations of the fireplace, such as columns or platbands, polyurethane is used. There are many different finishing materials from glass, stone, polystyrene, gypsum or wood for decorating the fireplace.
Now we will hold a small master class on the installation of a fireplace
Necessary tools and materials:
- sheets of plasterboard (if tiling is planned, the plasterboard needs a waterproof one);
- Guide and rack profiles to create a fireplace frame;
- Self-tapping screws for metal with a length of 15-16 mm for collecting the frame;
- self-tapping screws for gypsum board with countersunk head;
- Dowels for fixing the fireplace to the wall;
- the composition of the materials for the finishing works is determined by your choice: if the fireplace is painted or wallpapered, then putty and primer are needed, and if it is supposed to be tiled, then tile glue and suture grout;
- scissors for metal;
- screwdriver;
- drill;
- roulette;
- building level;
- wallpaper knife.
In order to know how many materials you need to create a false fireplace with your own hands, you must first draw up the drawings.
Step-by-Step Steps in Work
We collect the frame of the fireplace:
- We make markings on the walls and floor and attach the prepared profiles to the drawn lines.
- We install the rack-mount profile with the guides and attach it with self-tapping screws.
Remember, first we mount the skeleton of the base of the falsh-fireplace, and then we attach the horizontal surface and the long posts to the whole structure of the rigidity with crosspieces.
Facing work - nuances that you need to know
After the done preparatory work, carefully cut out each detail of the cladding with a wallpaper knife or jig saw. We screw the screws in such a way that the hats are slightly drowned.
We fix the prepared details from gypsum cardboard to the frame, at the same time do not forget about the fragility of this material and seal the seams, attach the shelf.
False fireplace decoration
First of all, it is necessary that the fireplace finish match the surrounding interior.
