Review author: Terrari School of Design
A recreation area at a summer cottage is a popular pastime. It is equipped depending on its purpose: stoves are installed, water and light are provided. A barbecue is an integral part of a holiday.
Food prepared using it has a special taste; the variety of dishes makes it possible to feed guests and household members with the most sophisticated culinary preferences.
Advantages of a gazebo with barbecue
Weather conditions often interfere with our plans. We cannot order sunny and dry weather for a specific day. To gain independence from rain, wind, and heat, gazebos are built.
In the summer, they are used as summer kitchens, where you can store the utensils necessary for cooking, have breakfast, lunch and receive guests:
- rest becomes more comfortable;
- a feast in the fresh air is more exciting than gatherings at home;
- food seems tastier, appetite is better;
- conditions allow shelter from bad weather;
- the interior will tell about the character of the owner and his status;
- reflects any flight of your imagination.
Floor and roof
The covering is attached to the logs installed at the previous stage. The boards can be covered with any suitable material. The main thing is to ensure timely drainage of rainwater. A small gap will be enough.
The roof is covered with metal tiles. It is often replaced with plywood treated with moisture-resistant compounds. This part of the gazebo should have a slope that allows snow to melt away. A gable roof is the most successful solution to this problem.
Types of gazebos with barbecue
Diversity is dictated by time and the capabilities of the owners. The buildings and equipment of gazebo projects surprise with their diversity:
- Made of wood and stone. This is a practical and thorough version of the element of a country holiday. Both materials are environmentally friendly, they create a special atmosphere and it is in harmony with nature. Suitable for arranging a warm gazebo with a stove.
- Plastic and aluminum. Lightweight materials serve as shelter from bad weather. Perhaps this is the only advantage.
- Forged structures. They talk about the solidity and thoroughness of the owners. The buildings are highly durable and have a long service life.
A gazebo with a barbecue or grill should not only harmonize with the design of the site, but also meet functional requirements - cooking and eating. Open options are characterized by unlimited space; they design a dining area, a kitchen, or hang a hammock.
Closed options carry a more significant semantic load. They require interior finishing. An independent building can accommodate, in addition to a barbecue, a comfortable bed, a table, a kitchen corner, a TV - everything that has enough space and capabilities. It is expected that in such a place you will spend a lot of time with pleasure.
Semi-closed options are designed for the off-season. Lightweight metal structures are used for them, and the fire is located inside. In the summer, barbecues are held here, and as autumn approaches, there are get-togethers with still warm evenings.
BBQ area
There are several types of barbecue. Collapsible structures are used by people who do not like to sit still. It will come in handy while relaxing away from home.
A brazier made from thin steel sheets does not hold the desired temperature long enough.
Cast iron grills are popular among gourmets. Thanks to optimally selected dimensions (depth, wall thickness), the meat will not dry out. The only drawback of cast iron construction is its rather high cost.
The tabletop barbecue does not take up much space. The grate is heated by gas. There are no problems with cooking meat and other dishes.
If a large number of guests are planned, such a unit will not be enough. When purchasing a compact barbecue, you should pay attention to its compatibility with gas equipment.
An ideal option for a summerhouse is a stone stove. It can be installed inside or next to a structure. The foundation can be a columnar or strip foundation. The stove holds heat well and lasts a long time. It is small in size and easy to manufacture.
The list can be supplemented with a cast iron fryer and a mini barbecue oven. When installing any of the above barbecues, they are guided by safety standards. Prepared coals and firewood are usually used as fuel.
Materials for gazebos
- A wooden building requires a light foundation. When planning it with a barbecue, a special fencing of the cooking device is made to prevent fire prevention measures. Additionally, barbecues with a chimney for the gazebo are installed.
- Stone options have an advantage over wood; they are less fire hazardous; sometimes the fire is left open or a barbecue is installed. But this quality does not exclude compliance with fire prevention measures.
- Metal ones are perhaps the most spectacular. The use of forging gives them additional charm; they do not look bulky. Of the minuses, the aesthetic appearance implies an open type of construction, without walls. This is the most durable material; forged elements are coated with special solutions and delight with their appearance and practicality for a long time.
Step-by-step construction of a wooden structure
To create an open and closed gazebo you will need the following materials:
- bars;
- boards;
- concrete;
- bitumen mastic;
- self-tapping screws;
- metal corners;
- metal tiles;
- decorative elements.
Before starting work, you need to think through all the details. Drawing up a drawing and estimate is a mandatory step, ignoring which can lead to unnecessary costs.
Choosing a grill
With a huge range of offers, making a choice is not easy. You need to first decide on the type of construction - whether you will have an open or covered gazebo on your site. Next, you should consider which model will optimally fit into the project and what technical characteristics are taken into account.
There are light barbecues that can be moved if necessary; they are suitable for summer recreation options. If the weather is good, they take it outside or take it with them to the lake.
Built-in barbecues differ in equipment. Can be used as a stove or fireplace. Suitable for a large family or company.
Barbecues with chimneys are primarily used in semi-closed and open types of gazebos. This is due to the free release of smoke and soot.
Decor
Not so long ago, gazebos with barbecues were nondescript buildings that performed a purely utilitarian function. Modern projects adhere to a certain style. Depending on the location, the design of the gazebo with barbecue is carried out in accordance with the architectural style of the house or the surrounding landscape. At the same time, they prefer to make buildings with a barbecue area solid and complement them with appropriate accessories.
Forged woodshed Source vid-stroy.ru
Useful tips
To understand how to make a simple option with your own hands or design an individual solution, think about the functionality and practicality of a recreational building:
- Treat a wooden building with a fire retardant. Today this is one of the effective means of preventing fire. Do not equip grills and barbecues with open fire - follow preventive safety measures.
- Consider the location of the woodpile - it should be in a convenient and accessible place. The amount of firewood it holds meets your needs with a small margin.
- Location plays an important role. If it is possible to locate the most attractive place on the site with a view of the water, forest - do just that, allow yourself and those around you to enjoy while relaxing.
- Don't limit your imagination in design. Any dreams will find a worthy application, and you can feel like a real designer.
- When planning, use the area rationally - less space is required for cooking, increase the seating area.
- You can install water and equip a bathroom. This is an additional comfort that is never superfluous.
- Zone correctly: roasters, barbecues, barbecues - place them nearby.
If you have no experience in construction, but have a strong desire, you can start practicing with easy open options. If it is possible to purchase individual structural elements (doors, sliding panels, etc.), it is worth taking on the construction of a semi-closed type. Communications, electricity - these functions are best left to specialists.
Whether you build it yourself or hire workers – it doesn’t matter. The main thing is that in the end you will get a great option to spend your holiday in the fresh air, with good company and delicious food.
Which hearth to choose for outdoor cooking
Each family gives preference to one dish or another: some love barbecue, others prefer grilled vegetables and meat, and still others equip the gazebo with a stove with a large cauldron for aromatic pilaf.
Devices for cooking outdoors are divided into the following types:
- Barbecue grill on skewers.
- Oven for fried and boiled dishes.
- Barbecue is a type of barbecue. Vegetables or meat are cooked on the grill.
- Grill is a roasting pan with a lid. A distinctive feature is that the products are fried on all sides at the same time, and thanks to the lid, a constant temperature is maintained inside.
- A gazebo equipped with a fireplace is intended more for heating than for cooking.
Photo: forged barbecue - for those who want to save on bricks.
Photo of a gazebo with barbecue
Video description
About ideas for summerhouses in the following video:
Modern
The second most popular way to design gazebos with barbecues. The projects are distinguished by their laconic form and design; wood, stone, and metal are used for construction in different proportions. Projects with a flat roof and a large glazing area are not uncommon. Classic buildings are made in pastel colors; materials with interesting textures, forging and carving elements are used as decoration.
Dining area Source architizer-prod.imgix.net
Do it yourself
What do we do
For our instructions, we took not the simplest, but also not the most complex version of a gazebo for a country house. The size of the building is 3x3 meters, the cost is no more than 50 thousand rubles.
On the right is a construction plan on a computer. On the left is what you should get in reality.
Procedure:
- we will install the foundation for columnar structures;
- we will assemble the frame of the gazebo from double boards;
- we will protect the tree from rotting and the sun;
- we will lay porcelain tiles on a wooden floor;
- let's make a table;
- we will make a hood and a pipe;
- We will lay a metal roof.
Next we will look at everything in great detail.
Foundation
Before starting work, you need to get rid of interfering structures and objects and mow the lawn.
A lightweight structure such as a gazebo or bathhouse can be installed on foundation blocks.
For marking you will need a tape measure, rope and pegs. It is convenient to place a gazebo 4 meters from the house so that the recreation area is not far away.
Brick absorbs moisture from the ground, so it is not suitable for a columnar foundation, and sawing concrete blocks is labor-intensive. The base can be made from paving slabs.
First you need to prepare the soil. The black soil under the foundation blocks is removed and a sand cushion is prepared.
The base of the foundation will be 10 cm higher from the finished top of the blind area.
It is better to dig holes with a bayonet shovel, because it cuts the soil easier.
Dig holes to a depth of about 30 cm. Organic matter is mobile when wet and frozen, so it is replaced by a sand cushion. Compact the holes with your feet and fill them with sand.
Immediately level the ground so that there is no puddle under the gazebo, especially if the height difference is considerable. If you want to prevent grass from growing under the structure, you need to cover everything with geotextiles and fill it with sand, leveling it with the rule of beacons made of metal profiles. Roll out the second layer of geotextile with an overlap.
Roll out the second layer of geotextile with an overlap
The leveled sand still needs to be compacted. If you don’t have a vibrating plate, you can water it with water. For a good result, there must be really a lot of water.
A good idea is to use a deep concrete vibrator. It greatly improves mobility.
While it dries, assemble the columns with Ceresit CM 11 tile adhesive. Tiles are 40 and 30 cm. It is better to dilute the glue thicker so that it does not squeeze out under their weight.
It is better to dilute the glue thicker
Check the seams and remove excess glue - the gazebo posts should be beautiful.
Wooden frame
We move on to the frame that will stand on the foundation.
To assemble it, in addition to boards (145x45), you will need a pair of 12-point studs, metal corners and supports.
File all the details. Where possible, get rid of knots so as not to weaken the structure. Layout of parts for convenience in the finished version:
Separately:
Cut the board on one side and then mark it.
Write down the length at the end so that later it is easy to find the right part during assembly. Place workpieces with oblique angles according to the pattern: this way there is less chance of making a mistake and cutting incorrectly. In general, a trimmer is a very convenient and precise tool when working with wood.
All boards are three meters long. If the workpieces allow, it should be sawed off so that the knots fall into waste.
Lay out the left side, make marks, align them and assemble the parts with clamps.
Drill through 3 boards at once a hole for a pin 12 cm long, 15 cm long. Use it to connect all the floors. The work will only take a couple of hours.
Although the boards are planed, they still need to be chamfered and sanded. Install a manual router into a workbench: it’s faster and more convenient to process workpieces this way.
Install a hand router into a workbench
It is more convenient to process long, heavy boards using a manual router. For sanding, sandpaper of 80 and 120 will be just right. If you sand only 120, it will take more time and the sandpaper will clog faster.
It is better to process the boards with a vibrating sander the first time, and an eccentric sander the second time. For an ideal result, you need to additionally twist the chamfer manually using sandpaper. To ensure that the nuts and washers do not stick out too much, but are slightly recessed, that is, the holes become neat, you can use a jig.
Next, you should choose the color of the wood coating.
It is important to remember: colors do not look the same in different lighting.
First of all, a primer is applied to dry wood with a soft brush made of natural and artificial bristles along the grain. The composition will be absorbed into the wood and protect it from rotting. The ends are processed twice because they absorb moisture more strongly. The work is not difficult - anyone can do it. The main thing is to carefully process every detail.
When the antiseptic has dried, remove the dust and coat the wood with glaze. After drying, the color should become the same as on the sampler, but before applying it is better to do a test splash (a dab on another surface that you don’t mind ruining).
Expert opinion
Valery Garmash
Chef of the Grill House restaurant, griller
There are special devices that determine color based on a sample. Consultants in construction stores use them - you just need to show them an example of the desired color.
The glaze is applied with smooth movements along the fibers. First apply the material in excess to paint everything well, then collect the excess with a brush and water. As a result, the layer should be thin and there should be no smudges.
For convenience, you can pour the glaze into a small primer jar. When the brush collects excess glaze, the surface becomes matte. The ends are also carefully painted to protect the wood well. Before everything is dry, apply paint to the leaning areas.
The water-based composition dries quickly, is odorless and protects the tree for 9 years. The most important thing is to remember to run the brush along the fibers at the end. It will turn out beautiful. The color of the azure changes after drying.
Metal
Usually rolled steel is used, less often - aluminum, and very rarely gazebos are made by forging. Rolled aluminum is used for very small pavilions, and a forged gazebo has only one advantage - beauty. Therefore, let's consider rolled steel.
From metal, like from wood, you can make both a small and a large building. And the steel frame can be easily disguised as “noble” materials: hidden under wooden cladding or covered with decorative brick. Such finishing will not bear a load, only decorative functions.
Advantages:
- Strength, especially to shock loads;
- Does not burn;
- Light pavilions do not require a foundation;
- Satisfactory durability, good with timely care.
Flaws:
- Conducts heat well: it is bad both when it is hot and when it is cold;
- To maintain an attractive appearance, it requires regular cleaning and painting.
A combined option can be used: the wall near the brazier is made of brick, the roof and interior are made of wood, and a steel profile is used for piping.
