Before installing the fireplace and chimney, the masters should personally make a qualified inspection of the place in which you decided to place your fireplace. The master at a visual inspection should:
– make an assessment of the foundation of the future fireplace.- study the binding of the fireplace to the chimney exhaust or determine the gasket of a new chimney.- Check the structural nodes of the house, for the further solution of the correct organization for the system of displaying smoke from the fireplace.
This is done to plan rational work on the installation of the fireplace and its binding to the chimney. These actions include:
– Based on the wishes of the customer, to analyze and choose the technology of installation work for installing the fireplace.- Consultation of the Customer when choosing materials that must correspond to the selected technology.- Assistance in selecting a fireplace design.- Offer to the customer of decisions on the design of the fireplace.- The decision to link design and design solutions. It is not difficult to notice that the installation of fireplaces and chimneys requires specific skills and tools, it is better not to engage in such work on your own.
The location of the fireplace and its fire safety. For the safe use of the fireplace, it is not enough only its correct installation. It should be remembered that a fireplace, composed of brick and finished, for example, marble tiles, or other material, usually has a large weight. Therefore, for him you need a powerful base.
In addition, for fire safety, around the fireplace, within 25 cm, a blind area of marble or granite tiles should be laid. And from the side of its front part there should be a fireproof site about 50 cm wide decorative plate of sheet steel or marble.
On the outer side of the firebox about five centimeters from the edge, a grill should be installed, which will not let the burning logs from the fireplace fall. These are the basic requirements, the observance of which requires the installation of a fireplace furnace.
Some nuances of installing a fireplace and chimney.- With a wooden ceiling around the chimney, a strip of about 30 cm wide of fire -resistant material should be located.
– When designing walls made of easily burned materials, the distance between the wall and the fireplace should be at least sixty centimeters. If these materials are hidden under plaster, then this distance can be reduced to 25-30 centimeters.
Attention should be paid to the space formed between the fireplace and the wooden wall, it is advisable to ventilate it with air blowing, and the heat insulation of the firebox should have a double thickness.