Barbecue, views of mangalas, how to build a barbecue with your own hands

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  • July 13th 2015
Barbecue, views of mangalas, how to build a barbecue with your own hands

On a warm summer day from a stuffy city, we all strive to be alone with nature. Unfortunately not all have a homestead near a forest, a lake or a river. But even if you just went on a picnic with friends or decided to organize a sortie on nature - find a beautiful meadow, arrange a place for BBQ, i.e. remove all fire hazardous wood waste and install a brazier - a delicious shish kebab, cooked in the fresh air, will give you real pleasure.

Which brazier to choose

When choosing a brazier, you need to decide which brazier you need.

If you have your own homestead or cottage, you can buy a quality brazier from steel.

Factory of metal structures   has established the production of modern steel braziers that will last you a long time, the price range from the minimum to the maximum. If you want to buy a mangal of collapsible type, for outings on nature - you can buy an inexpensive model.


But it will not last very long, as some models of portable braziers can serve no more than one or two times, and then bend and turn black - i.e. do not acquire a presentation.

We make a simple barbecue with our own hands

But you can also make an expensive mangal of a collapsible type yourself, but for this you need to have a welding and a small experience as a welder.

For work it is necessary to have steel sheets, at least 2 mm thick.

A box is cut from the steel sheet, the dimensions of which depend on the number of shish kebabs that you want to cook at the same time.

The height of the box is 20-25 cm.


At the bottom of the box, to blow the air you need to drill holes, with a diameter of 10-15 mm.

The legs of the future brazier can be made from reinforcement.

To mangal it was convenient to transport, make the box separately and the legs separately.

At the end of the legs, make small areas, pushing the legs into the ground, put a box on them and the brazier is ready.

Such a brazier will serve you for a long time and will be indispensable for trips to nature.

How to build a stationary barbecue with your own hands on a suburban area

At present, the owners of country houses, began to build a stationary barbecue.

It became fashionable not only because it is beautiful and is a small architectural form in landscape design, but also because people are striving for a healthy diet, and the dishes cooked on the grill are not only healthy, but also extremely tasty.

Metal braziers of high quality are covered with brick, stone or refractory tiles.

The resulting design of the brazier is able to decorate the yard and will serve the owner for a long time.

That, when operating the brazier, do not expose the nearby buildings to the risk of fire, as with any fire, sparks can fly off and get on wooden structures, the best option is to erect a special canopy over the brazier.

In this case, no atmospheric precipitation will interfere with the preparation of dishes under the open sky.

A canopy over the brazier can be made on supporting poles.

Posts can be made of brick, stone, and can be made of metal pipes of large diameter.

If you want to protect the brazier from gusts of wind and side rain - build a side wall.

To the wall was strong and stable, when creating a wall of bricks, the thickness of it should be no less than a half bricks.

To the brazier under the canopy did not smoke - equip the canopy with hood.

Tips for lovers to do everything with their own hands

If you decide to equip the brazier firmly and beautifully for a long time, the following tips will help you;

-Lay the box of the barbecue with a red refractory hollow brick. Refractory brick is able to withstand constant contact with fire;

- the protective wall is made of ordinary facing bricks;

- lay a waterproofing layer between the brazier and the facing; it will not allow moisture to accumulate during the thermal changes, in the seams of the brickwork;

It is good to install a brazier on a concrete foundation of monolithic type, up to 20-25 centimeters high. The foundation must be reinforced with a reinforcing cage;

- Support posts for the roof can be metal, but brick or stone will be more reliable and beautiful;

-Stationary brazier under a canopy must be provided with a chimney. As a chimney it is possible to use an asbestos-cement pipe with a diameter of at least 10 cm and a height of at least 200 cm. The pipe must be at least 50 cm above the canopy. A hood must be located above the exhaust pipe;

-if you want your brazier to fit organically into the nature, lick it with a natural stone.

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