The first spring smells of kebabs roasting in the fire from neighbors in the countryside obsessively fit into the nostrils and excite the brain. I want to create a street hearth, but do not know from what and how? Let's say there are many options. Choose the optimal and affordable option will help a sideways glance at the dusty washing machine.
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Options for creating a street focus
It is known that the hearth illuminated by the languages of the flame embodies the warmth of family comfort. But the enchanting and relaxing atmosphere of the fire of the hearth in urban conditions is unavailable.
For summer rest at a fire it is necessary to build a platform with a wood-burning hearth with various variants of the device from metal, a stone and a brick. The methods of constructing a stone fireplace outpouring can have aboveground and underground structures buried in the ground, round shaped shapes, in the form of spheres or hemispheres made of metal and stone.
We do not argue that the creation of a comfortable hearth zone at the dacha is facilitated by the original shape and style of street fires made of metal or stone fireplaces, BBQ and Firecup stoves from brick and barbecue.
Naturally, all this will be associated with skills of laborious brickwork from drawings and sketches.
But no less original way of creating a street focus for a fire is the use of a metal barrel or a drum of a non-working washing machine. Are you surprised at this application of thin-sheet steel drum? But the choice is confirmed by the practice of creating a hotbed for a fire and its application.
metal hearth
The metal hearth of Metal Firecup is incredibly practical. It can be used as a mobile fireplace and installed in almost any suitable place. However, when assembling a metal hearth with your own hands, you will need skills to work with metal, bend bars and sheets, be able to cut metal and use a welding machine to form the desired structure.
Metal outdoor fires have an original look and reliability of the construction for long-term use. The only thing that confuses this is the search for suitable material for the furnace and the preparation of the attachment points.
In the course are metal rims and rims from SUVs, barrels shortened by a Bulgarian and many other interesting options, the "advanced search" of which begins somewhere outside the city.
Whether it's a case, a finished metal product, in volume of 5-7 kg, or even more, like the drum of a used washing machine.
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A drum of a washing machine with a volume of 3 to 5 kg can be used as a wood burning chamber with a diameter of up to 80 cm, a height of 60-80 cm and a furnace diameter of 50 cm with a height of 50 cm (if you cut off the upper part of the drum with a bulgarian).
Want a solid outdoor fireplace with a large diameter furnace? In this case, the drum is recommended to choose a large volume or borrow from neighbors.
Street focus from the washing machine with own hand
the drum was bad, the drummer-god
Any European in the soul secretly envies our compatriots.
"Oh, Mayn Goth!", The European thinks. "Why such practicality and pragmatism? Our people would never have thought of constructing a street fireplace from a drum of styralka. "
Let's pay tribute to the hardworking hands and wit of our masters and examine the drum of the washing machine. High-quality drum steel with neat perforations around the perimeter did not spoil regular washing and scratching with rivets and buttons of jeans from the inside or bones from the bra that fall right into the drum.
This means that the material has undergone lengthy endurance tests, even if rubberized car mats, pillows and shoes were washed in the machine. So why the drum will be gathering dust for the next hundred years? In the case!
dismantle and remove the drum
Most models of washing machines are assembled according to one principle, so this algorithm will help to disassemble the tank. Prepare a tool for working with metal.
To extract the drum from the bowels of the washing machine with front loading and how to remove the drum on the washing machine, you will have to perform a number of operations:
• Remove the door and all obstructing panels and covers (top and rear)
• Disconnect the water supply hoses and disconnect all wires, connections (to the drain pump, water sensor) and the pressure switch
• Remove the drive pulley, the bolt, the holding pulley, the belt, the wheel and disconnect the motor motor wires
• Remove the counterweights (upper and lower), the clamps and the screw, the tightening rim
• Disconnect the dampers and springs holding the drum with the drum
• Remove the plastic tank cap with the tenon together with the drum
• put back the bolt holding the pulley, screw it to the stop and knock out the drum with a light tapping from the shaft.
After all the actions in the end, you will have in your hands the same steel drum that can serve, with the skillful use of course, as a fireplace or a support for the brazier.
Helpful Tips
Let's say that there are several types of tanks and drums of the washing machine: stainless steel, enamelled, plastic and combined. The most durable and long lasting is the drum made of stainless steel, the industrial production of which uses the latest technologies of stamping and welding.
Experts joke that the drum of stainless steel will outlast everyone, including a dozen cars from the manufacturer. However, it is problematic to get a tank out of soldered indiscriminate tanks.
where you can put the hearth
The drum hearth can be placed permanently on the prepared foundation or build a portable brazier or barbecue.
It remains to weld a stable tripod, make the door if necessary, and place the focus on the prepared area directly on the ground.
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To create a stationary street focus, a pad is prepared from the drum, in the base of which a round reinforced concrete plate with a thickness of 150 mm is laid or cross-shaped bars of reinforcement are laid, previously tied with a binding wire. The wire frame will provide the hearth with protection against sagging under its own weight. In addition, it is necessary to provide a slope of the slab or skeleton about 3 degrees for unobstructed drain of water after the rain.
How to make a stand under the brazier from the drum of a washing machine and a bicycle rim is shown here.
You can not buy a real and original hearth in a store or salon. At best, you will be offered expensive semi-finished products, which will have to be adjusted and fixed for a long time. Taking advantage of our option, the hit of the "Drum-hearth" season, collected personally, you will ensure the long and tasty life of the upcoming summer season.
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