Mangalna: how to make the right and beautiful?

Beautiful and convenient barbecue area will become the center of attraction for the whole family. Therefore, you should take the time and money to properly design this area on your site. But it is important to get acquainted in advance with how to do it correctly.

The choice of location for the mangal zone on the site requires compliance with certain conditions.

• Security as this is a source of open fire. The roaster should be located at a sufficient distance from the house or outbuildings to avoid fire. Brazier is located away from shrubs and trees.
• Wind protection The flames of the fire should be protected from strong gusts of wind. To do this, use the natural relief or buildings, that is, place a rest area on the windward side of the hill or the walls of the house.When choosing a place, one should take into account the interests of the neighbors, they should not be disturbed by the smoke from the fire and the noise of evening gatherings. Consider the presence of a barnyard or a poultry house on the farm, the smells of animal life may spoil the dinner is not fresh air.

• The convenience of use. A convenient, non-slip, fairly wide aisle with good visibility should be organized to the barbecue site, since the main use period is in the evening. Such criteria are met by a place in the immediate vicinity of the country house, while it is convenient to use the kitchen and the plumbing system of the house and look after the children in the playground in the yard. The mangal zone is often included in the complex with a bath, placing these two objects nearby. This provides access to water, and the sauna terrace serves as a covered place for dinner. Sometimes there is a separate location in the natural landscape of the estate, here you will need to lay good tracks and the organization of evening lighting.

• Aesthetic environment. It is desirable to locate the mangal area in a beautiful landscape environment; the people sitting on the platform should not rest on the fence or wall of the neighboring barn. You need to go through the site, look at it from different angles and determine the appropriate species point.

At the next stage, select the appropriate project. Design options for the site for kebabs come in several types. An outdoor type is a playground in a meadow or outdoor garden. Brazier set on the ground or a special support, have a number of benches and a table.

This is the easiest type of recreation area, which requires the least financial expenditure. To build such a platform is possible even for a beginner in the construction business. There are no special requirements for the size of such a recreation area, except for taking into account the size of the site and compliance with fire safety standards. A plus will be the use of the adjacent territory for active games. The disadvantage is the dependence on weather conditions.

The closed type involves the installation of barbecue and a dining table with seats for sitting under a single roof on supports. A wall is erected along the back side of the barbecue to protect it from the wind.Support for the closed platform are made of metal, brick or wood.

Dimensions are calculated according to the need to accommodate a certain number of people. The minimum width of 4 - 4.5 meters, this is enough for a free approach to the table with the seats of a company of 8-10 people and providing convenient access to the chafing dish.

Brazier and table for dining in the open air can be arranged in the patio. In this case, a recreation area adjoins one of the walls of the house, bath, or it can be arranged in the courtyard. The proximity to the house allows the use of communications kitchen and bathroom. The walls of the buildings reliably protect from the wind, the brazier is equipped with a chimney and a roof.

For fans of beautiful views suitable universal type. This is a collapsible design, which is installed in any suitable place of the site, if necessary, it is transferred to another place. So you can enjoy barbecues, viewing different landscapes according to your mood and weather conditions. The design of the mangalny platform is equipped with easy protection from fabric or a film against wind or rainfall.In hot weather, the tent awnings a place of rest; a beach umbrella can act as an awning.

Having decided on the type of site, you need to choose a project, you can order it in the architectural workshop or select ready-made drawings on construction sites. Manufacturers offer a huge variety of metal grills. Finished metal braziers are installed directly on the ground or on a platform lined with stone.

Brick outdoor stoves and barbecues have simple designs., available for self-built, but require the construction of the foundation. Do-it-yourself construction of a site for kebabs according to the drawings is a rather pleasant activity. Let us consider in detail the process of laying the foundation with their own hands.

By the size of the brazier, markings are made on the ground, 10-15 centimeters are added in width and length, soil is chosen to a depth of 60-70 centimeters: over the whole area - for the device of the foundation in the form of a slab or along the perimeter - for the device of the strip foundation.

It should be noted that the strip foundation withstands worse temperature fluctuations and swelling of the soil in the spring-winter period, so it is better to make a concrete slab under the entire base.The bottom of the trench is rammed using a manual rammer or an electric plate.

The formwork is made, the slab foundation is poured with concrete from cement of grade not lower than M200, 10 centimeters high. The belt height is 20-30 cm. It is possible to lay reinforcing rods for the slab in the form of a cage, and for the ribbon one - into two rods. To harden, leave for one to two weeks, then lay 2 layers of waterproofing with roofing paper or roofing felt, coat with liquid waterproofing mastic and proceed to laying the brazier.

The simplest standard grill has the shape of the letter “P” in the plan and is 90 cm wide, 100 cm high and 90 cm deep. Of the materials, you will need a full-bodied ceramic brick or chamotte brick SHA-8. For the first five rows of masonry, a sand-cement mortar is required 3: 1, for subsequent rows - clay-sand.

At the request of the owner add side tables made of bricks for cooking kebabs. A chimney can be equipped with a chimney, which will require some bricklaying experience. The stove can be equipped with an oven or grate for cooking various dishes in the summer kitchen or drying fruits and mushrooms.In the chimney, craftsmen assemble devices for smoking meat or fish. The style of the brazier is selected according to the overall design of the suburban area or gives this area a special colorful design.

Brazier and picnic area can be located directly on the grass, but then you have to depend on the vagaries of the weather. Grass can be damp, or cold rain can prevent you from dining out in the fresh air. To make your vacation comfortable, it is better to pave the rest area. Paving is made of paving slabs, clinker bricks, natural stone, pebbles or other natural materials. It should be noted that the tracks and the ground must be finished with the same material.

Hard coating will not be afraid of damp, barbecue and garden furniture will stand steadily on the surface. The coating must be chosen non-slip to avoid injury after rain or frost. The finishing material is chosen to be frost-resistant and not amenable to chipping when cleaning, if it is intended to use a recreation area in winter time.

The arrangement of the paving site is prepared as follows:

• On the ground, make markup on the selected shape and size.
• Along the marking lines over the entire area, the soil is taken out at a distance of 20-30 cm, tamped down and covered with a layer of sand of 5-10 centimeters.
• Then there is a layer of gravel 5-10 centimeters and again a layer of sand or sand with cement, on which a stone or brick is already laid. All layers are regularly checked by construction level.
• Paving slabs or stone can be laid on concrete, instead of an upper layer of sand, formwork is constructed, beacons are installed according to the level, by beacons, and they are poured with a cement-sand mixture, waiting for 10-14 days to complete drying.
• After that, finishing material is laid on the concrete base with the help of cement mortar, observing the slope for water drainage.

Manufacturers offer a large assortment of lumber and artificial analogues for garden parquet and decking. Wood coating has a shorter service life, but many people like the warm texture of this material. In this embodiment, the boards are laid on logs, which can be made of wood, metal or concrete. Lags have a support on the strip foundation in the form of the platform or are based on a concrete base. All details of the design are treated with antiseptic from corrosion and decay.

For the construction of the structure under the roof install pillars, which are made of timber, brick, metal. Here you need to take into account the weight of the roof, whether it will be the capital roof of metal, asbestos cement sheets and andulin, which will require reinforced supports. Budget summer arbors have a light and practical coating of film, fabric or polycarbonate. For brick pillars, a point foundation is prepared, on which columns are erected to the desired level. Metal pillars are reinforced with small pebbles in the well, which is poured with cement.

The rafters are fastened to the pillars, which should have a fine finish from the bottom, as in buildings of this kind there is rarely a hemmed ceiling. Constructive beams are specially beaten to create a chalet style in the recreation area. For equipment warm site with one or two adjacent sides, you can close the stone or brick wall.

Capital stone facilities for barbecues are not so frequent in suburban areasMost of them are confined to the roof and side awnings of fabric or film, which can be fixed on poles or opened wide depending on the weather. Glazed panoramic seating allows you to use the room in any weather due to the sliding structures, light weight and good insulating qualities of the double-glazed windows. Glass in such systems successfully replaces polycarbonate of various colors. The focus is on the thermal insulation of the roofing material from the chimney.

The barbecue area is divided into two main areas - the cooking zone and the dining area. Brazier should be installed no closer than 2 meters from the dining table, it is best to install the brazier in a corner or at the far side of the site. The dining area should not block the approach to the fire, therefore the table and seating areas are located in the front part of the gazebo. Mangalny platform is conveniently placed on the patio, which creates natural protection from the wind from the walls of buildings. The table can be put on the veranda or build a canopy with a support on one of the walls of the house, the brazier is left in the open air or placed some distance away from the canopy near the house.

Recreation area on the summer cottage in the open air can be formed around the central brazier. In this case, great attention is paid to the design of the barbecue, as tables with sofas are placed around the summer stove. Along the perimeter of the recreation area, it is not bad to land a hedge that will give comfort and protect it from prying eyes. Barrier from the wind can be a decorative fence or woodpile. Beautiful option - placing a recreation area on the shore of a natural or artificial pond.

Garden furniture will help to make a playground beautiful. Furniture can be made by hand in a traditional rural style that will harmoniously look in a natural landscape. The barbecue on the patio in a modern building in the style of high-tech or minimalism will require the appropriate style of furniture simple cubic shapes. In open areas it is more convenient to use plastic furniture, this furniture has a different design and a wide price range, is resistant to atmospheric moisture, it is easy to keep it clean or rearranged in the right place.

Comfortable rest in the evening will require to make the lighting above the dining table, broiler and around the perimeter of the site. Lighting devices are connected to the electrical network or run on solar batteries. LED lamps and a backlit flower beds around the recreation area look very impressive. LEDs allow you to create multi-colored light compositions in the landscape of a garden.

Great importance is the decor of the recreation area. Plant a bed of fragrant flowers or lilac with a jug of a bush nearby, so that the evening air fills with a pleasant smell. Around the supports of a covered gazebo have beautiful flowering vines: clematis, honeysuckle, climbing roses. It is very pleasant to sit in the shade of a grape vine and feast on the fruits. Picturesquely arranged flowerpots with flowers or garden sculptures will decorate the barbecue area, the objects of peasant life will give the traditional rural flavor of the mangaloi zone.

Also as examples the following types of design can be considered:

• Colonial style outdoor terrace with barbecue grill.

• Minimalism in the design of the barbecue area is suitable for small areas.

• Round platform for rest from a natural stone.

• Oriental design panoramic summer kitchen in the country.

• Laconic recreation area in the country under the open sky.

How to make a brazier and a furnace from a brick under a cauldron, see the following video.