Brick sauna stove portal

Every bathhouse needs a stove to heat it. And the furnace requires a portal. This is a structure for placing cast iron, a kind of frame.

It must be made of durable and heat-resistant materials that can withstand the temperature of a hot oven for a long time.

Each person who starts building his own bathhouse decides for himself how to approach the arrangement of the frame. It can be made in the form of an ordinary wall, or you can approach its arrangement with a design concept.

Every bathhouse should have such a structure. We'll tell you how to make it yourself.

Materials and tools needed for work

Frames for sauna stoves most often come in two types:

• monolithic (entirely made of cement);
• brick (from bricks of different types).

The material is priced carefully, taking into account its quality. After all, the heating efficiency and durability of the structure depend on the selected component.

The main work that will have to be done during construction is brickwork and leveling the cement along the sides of the structure.

To start making a device, you need to have some tools available.

Before you start, you need to prepare everything you need.

• Master OK to level the walls.
• Hammer for laying bricks on the same level.
• Level for measuring and maintaining equal angles and sides of the frame.
• Roulette for measurements and calculations.
• Brick. To complete the work, you should use standard bricks. You can use both solid and fireclay bricks.

Reference. In addition to brick, you can use other fireproof materials: ceramic tiles, natural stone.

How to calculate the size and volume of a brick

Size

The side walls can be up to 30 cm wide. The height can be left the same or increased.

Generally the design can be either square or rectangular, when the height dimensions are greater than the width.

Calculation of brick volume

To calculate the amount of brick needed, you should perform several steps.

• Measure the height of one brick, divide by the area of ​​the walls forming the frame of the portal.
• The width of the side will depend on the type of brick you chose to make the portal.
• Another 15–20% of the material should be added to the resulting number (quantity), in case there are misfires (breakages) or shortages due to errors in calculations.

At the same time, you can calculate the costs of consumables. There is no point in saving on brick for the portal, because it is the main element of the interior, attracting attention.

How to fold a sauna portal

As with any large-scale construction, here a preliminary construction plan is required.

To ensure an exact match between the expected and the obtained results, it is necessary to measure all sides and adhere to the planned dimensions when laying the walls.

Preparation of the solution

Proportions for preparing a solution based on sand and clay.

• Clay - 2 parts.
• Sand - 1 part.
• Water - 0.5 parts.

Reference: for masonry from 45 to 50 pcs. 20 liters of the resulting solution are consumed.

Operating procedure

When performing work, the following sequence must be observed.

Laying the base

We start from the bottom rows - the brick base of the structure. It needs to be done carefully, because if the bottom layer is crooked, the entire portal will turn out uneven.

Construction of walls

Having marked a place for the door, they continue to work, erecting the side parts to the right and left of them. There is nothing complicated here, you need to be careful.

To ensure the quality of the resulting frame, bandage the seams.

Remove excess cement with a trowel so that there are no unnecessary reliefs on the wall.

A hammer is used to level the height of all bricks. Tap each brick so that the walls come out even along the stove.

Advice: Do not completely fill the seams between individual masonry elements with mortar. The remaining 7–8 mm will be useful for grouting.

Decorative completion

When the brick walls along the walls for the stove are ready, the design finishing should begin.

On the front side of the stove, where the firebox and woodshed are located, You can lay out various shapes. For example, as most people do, line up the front frame with the letter P. You can alternate bricks around the firebox: white with red, yellow with white, etc.

Recommendations for performing the work

• The creation of a furnace portal must be approached after careful preparation.
• Correct preliminary calculations will help achieve the desired result.
• In order not to complicate the work with alternating layouts, make a wall entirely of white brick, which is very easy to decorate using paint.
• If you do not have masonry skills, it is better to entrust the work to a professional.

But despite the simplicity of this device, the brick portal is the main element of decoration in the bathhouse. Nothing will decorate it better than a self-made portal, a photo of which you will be proud to show to your friends and acquaintances.