The Right Way to Ramp up your Home Ambience

Creating your own Patio fireplace may not be so difficult after all. Anybody can for sure have a really great feeling of warmth while sitting next to a patio fireplace while experiencing the cool winters.

Usually people have kept fireplaces in their houses. A strikingly pretty fireplace can completely change the ambience of your home. It presents a kind of a romantic feel to the room. Moreover the fireplace is an excellent way to change the look of your patio. At present, individuals go along with fireplaces that can make their patio look stunning. What is more is that, an open fireplace in the patio can get the house look stunningly different from the rest of the homes. A patio fireplace present in the backyard can have an individual relax to the nerves and let's him spend some good time during the evenings after coming home from work. Furthermore, one can also relish parties at night in her/his patio with the fireplace lit up live, bright and natural.

During camping trips too most people would like to have this same experience. A fireplace present in their patio leaves them to their old camping days. But, it is essential to make a fireplace, which fits with the theme of your patio. The lamp chimney of the open fireplace must extend itself to right above the ceiling of the house. Having a low chimney could turn out to be a big cause of pollution. A patio fireplace that is made of a rock can give it a very stony look. The fireplace patio with good amounts of fine detailing and planning can make it look totally modern. Some of these fireplaces also have a grill, that lets an individual to cook in his/her patio during an event, ceremony or even a party. Furthermore, these patio fireplaces also have in them a tuner to roast meat.

Steps to build a patio fireplace made of bricks

Ø  Select an area for the fireplace which should be free from plants and garbage. Location should be in such a way that, wind will not badly affect your fireplace. For that you can choose a place which is opposite to the direction of wind.

Ø  To build a fireplace first you need to hollow out a square hole in the ground. Wooden pieces should be placed at the edges of the square hole. Fill a little cement inside the hole and place reinforcing steel rod into the wet cement. Continue putting more wet cement into the hole. This will create a strong foundation for the fireplace. Make sure to incline the base from the backside of the fireplace to the front side. Leave this for two days to get dry and firm.

Ø  Make the bricks wet twenty hours before installing them, and put a coating of mortar in such a way that it fits with the actual face area of the brick. After the mortar is filled place the brick exactly on the top of the mortar.

Ø  Next step is to build walls. This can be started from the corner sides with brick and mortar. Knock each brick into the mortar with a rubber hammer. This will help to fix the brick firmly into the mortar. After building the walls till required height place a sheet for shading purpose on the top of fireplace. Layer of mortar and bricks should be placed on the top of the sheet. Allow the new fire place to get dried for a couple of days.