False fireplace with own hands

Every person wants to see a real, lively cosiness in his house. People who live outside the city can afford a real fireplace. Sit in the evenings with the family and watch the gradual disappearance of firewood, listen to a pleasant crunch and feel the heat of all the fibers of your body. And what about the residents of the city, so they can hardly make a real fireplace in the apartment. But do not worry, today you will learn how to make a false fireplace with your own hands.

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What is this all about?

A false fireplace is a fireplace with a visual component the same as the present. Yes, you do not really feel the fire, and you do not hear the cracking, but the comfort in the house will definitely appear.

In a city, such conditions usually stop:

• no chimneys;
• overlap, not designed for such loads - this is only a small list.

Important! Of course, you can buy an electric fireplace. Its installation does not take much effort and time, but you will agree, it is better and more pleasant to do something with your own hands, only your imagination will play a role here. No restrictions in the form of color, decoration and other things you will not see. Yes, and open fire in the apartment - it's not safe, because a high risk of fire and fire.

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Advantages of

The following is a list of advantages of decorative fireplaces:

• Financial component. You will not need so much money to create your own fireplace.
• Availability of materials that your heart desires.
• Possibility from time to time to change the decor, for example, for a holiday to change its theme and all.
• Use in the decoration of inexpensive, but original and beautiful materials.

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Types of fireplaces

These fireplaces are divided into three groups:

1. Artificial false fireplaces that completely mimic the real, observing both the dimensions and design principles. Inside the furnace you can install a bio fireplace burner, which, in turn, will give an almost exact effect of the burning hearth.

Important! This is a rather expensive option, but it looks most plausible.

1. Conditional. Such false fireplaces have a portal protruding from the wall. They can be arranged and changed to suit their taste, look and desire. In the furnace hole often put firewood or put there candles.
2. Symbolic falsh-fireplaces - are made on the basis of any materials. Their originality and difference is that it can even be a drawing containing some elements of the decor.

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Construction materials

To make a fake fireplace yourself, some of the materials can be found at home:

• gypsum board;
• plywood;
• polystyrene foam;
• cardboard;
• chipboard;
• wood;
• brick;
• polyurethane.

Important! To create scenery you can use furniture - old, unnecessary, which you feel sorry to throw away and it is high time to replace.

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We make fireplaces

Different types of fireplaces and how to make a decorative fireplace by our own hands will be described:

Option 1 - from the

1. box Here we will need: a lot of glue, a box from under the TV, decor elements that, in turn, can be made of polystyrene or buy polyurethane foam decorative details.
2. First, set the shape of your fireplace, twist and turn it as your heart desires, then paint over the same as you want.
3. And then we equip your fireplace.

Important! The problem with this option is that it is too lanky with the others.

Option 2 - from plasterboard

From gypsum cardboard today in various ways transform the interior. It is suitable not only for the arrangement of niches and installation of partitions. From such material it is easy to make a false-fireplace with your own hands for an apartment.

The following tools are required:

• Drywall sheets 12.5 mm thick. If there is a plan for subsequent tiling with ceramic tiles, the material should be waterproof.
• Galvanized UD profile. It is intended for installation of GCR on walls.
• CD-profile. It differs from the previous one in width.
• Wall plugs for fixing to the wall.
• Self-tapping screws.
• Screwdriver.
• Shears for metal.
• Electric fret saw.

We begin to make a false fireplace with our own hands:

1. Portal of GKL and corner fireplace must be installed starting from the wall to which it will be fixed.
2. Drawing, which you had on paper, we transfer to the wall in a scale of 1: 1, observing the absolute sizes and angles.
3. After, after attaching the previously cut UD-profiles, one by one, fasten to the wall with dowels.
4. Assembling the frame. Take a narrower UD-profile for racks and crossbeams, fasten with jumpers on the screws. During this, monitor the horizontal and vertical measuring instruments.
5. At this stage, the construction is lined with GKL, the front and the ceiling of the niche too.
6. Next we make the bottom of the niche from the CD-profile, where a fireplace with the function of heating the air will be installed.

Important! The facing of the fireplaces from the GKL is done in the same way as the facing of the walls. When all the skin is finished, an electric heater is inserted and connected to the mains.

Option 3 - old furniture in the case of

One of the few options to make a false-fireplace, which is almost no cost. If you have an unnecessary cabinet or sideboard, do not immediately throw it away. With the help of it you will make a beautiful, artificial fireplace.

Here is the list of the things you need:

• plywood sheets;
• wood grinder;
• electric jigsaw;
• screwdriver;
• acrylic paint;
• putty;
• LED strip light;
• stucco, decorative elements, gypsum finishing stone.

Let's get down to creating a decorative false fireplace with our own hands:

1. At the old cabinet, remove the doors and the lower cabinet, if any.
2. On the sides at the very beginning we fasten two bars.
3. From above and below attach two beams to shape the fireplace.
4. Cut from the doors of the side cabinet, which is now at the bottom - this will be a hole for the "ash".Here you can store firewood - the best birch, as in a real fireplace.
5. Most likely, your fireplace will need a pedestal, try to take two backs from the bed, with the legs unbent.
6. C technical part of the design is ready, treat the product with a grinder to a small roughness.
7. Prime the walls, coat and level the surface.
8. After the putty dries, sand the irregularities with pebbles.
9. Paint the cabinet with acrylic paint, decorate the corners with brick or artificial stone.
10. Stick on different decorations, install a mantelpiece.
11. We are engaged in decorating the firebox. On the site we paste the tape - the best one is yellow or orange. They will play the role of fire well. At the bottom, pour seashells, pebbles, sand or pebbles.

The falsh-fireplace with its own hands is ready.

Decorative stone

Here it will be described in stages, how to make a fireplace with your own hands from a decorative stone:

1. Clean the base from any obstructions in good faith. Perhaps you will fix the stone to the brickwork, then in advance deepen the seams between the building elements with the same spatula.
2. Fix the masonry net on the entire lining base.
3. Customize the stones in shape, color and other characteristics, without applying to the surface - it's more convenient to do on the floor or other smooth surface. Simply transfer the entire projection of the fireplace to the surface.
4. Now let's fix the started facing. It would be a good idea to start installation with thick tiles - this will provide you with a high-quality and durable coating. They will be your guide in how much glue will be required on the small parts of the cladding.
5. First tile start to glue from the bottom corner, completely laying out the corner, go to the device of the upper, horizontal strip.
6. Wait until it dries completely and wipe the seams.

Important! The drying time of the glue and grout selected by you is known on the packaging or from the seller. Make sure that the grout does not leave any traces on an inconspicuous area.

In our time, with our capabilities there is nothing enormously complex. Making a decorative fireplace with your own hands is no longer a problem. A small amount of time, tools and patience will help you make your home fireplace. Some methods have practically no financial costs. Falsh-fireplace with their own hands - it's beautiful, inexpensive and profitable. Do not be afraid, everything is actually easier than it seems, as they say - "the devil is not so terrible as he is painted."