How to impose metal furnace brick - step by step instructions

heart of any bath - a bath furnace.Metal furnace widespread for Russian bath, and this is not surprising.They have a number of advantages: fast heating and economy, attractive appearance, easy installation and affordable price.However, the true connoisseurs of the bath say one drawback - the furnace has a low inertia.It heats up quickly, but just as quickly and cools down, due to which you want to permanently enclose the wood.Kamenka in such a furnace warms long and time to overheat the metal walls, which leads to reduction of lifetime.

In order to improve heat distribution in the steam room and extend the use of the stove, experienced bath attendants are advised to impose a metal brick oven.

choice of materials

To work plate of the furnace refractory bricks need full-bodied, it is called - the furnace.On sale there are different types of bricks, both with smooth and with a decorative surface, and his choice - a matter of taste.As

solution following compositions can be used for laying:

• clay with sand, taken in 1: 1 ratio with the addition of 100 grams of salt solution to the bucket;
• Cement mortar with the addition of chamotte clay or adhesive for porcelain tiles.

solution is mixed in small portions, excluding its premature setting.

To strengthen the masonry can be used reinforcing mesh, it must be pre-cut to the appropriate size strips.Reinforcement is necessary in the event that the foundation on which the furnace is made without regard to the brickwork.

Getting Started

First of all, you need to prepare the necessary tools: containers for mixing the solution and water, trowel and grout.

Before you start laying need to make sure that the foundation furnace survive an additional burden, if in doubt best to strengthen it at once, so you do not alter.

bricks before laying need for long drop into the water - it will improve its engagement with the masonry mortar.

Laying series

When laying the first row is necessary to measure the indentation from the furnace walls to the brick.The documentation of the stove should be specified minimum clearances needed for circulating heated air and heat exchange.Tentatively, the gap must be between 5 and 10 cm.

masonry is carried out in a half-brick in a checkerboard pattern.Pre-soaked brick shake off the excess water, the solution is applied to all surfaces with which it is applied to the previous row and leveled by lightly tapping the handle trowel or wooden hammer.

Reinforcing mesh laid over each row of the grid in the corners of the strip for the additional strengthening is possible to pull off a soft wire.The grid should not protrude beyond the edge of the stack - this will break the look.Sutures are immediately necessary to overwrite the same solution.It does not matter if brick masonry looks after the contaminated solution - in the process of finishing it will be like new.

In order to ensure unhindered air circulation around the stove, in the masonry is necessary to make holes.Execute can be in many ways, the easiest way to put one of a number of bricks is not along, and across, as shown below.On each side of the masonry needs to be done on the four holes: at the bottom - for inflow of colder air, and at the top - to exit heated.

masonry carried to the top of the furnace.The top row can be made decorative by brick with textured surface.

Drying and finishing

After laying brick walls must be dried.Grasp solution lasts from several hours to several days, so the start to the finish processing can be no earlier than the next day.

treatment is to remove excess solution with a brick and giving smooth brick red hue.Remove the solution best drill with the brush attachment.This work is dusty, so it is best to use a respirator.After cleaning in the brick can be stained and browning to align the color, you need to treat it with a stiff brush dipped in a solution of soap and then rinse with water.Brick "coat" will get even color and beautiful texture, and oven - new features.

first furnace should be carried out carefully, not perekalivaya oven, allowing the solution to acquire the final strength.

Benefits stove, lined with brick

After the first firing, you will feel a significant difference - the heat in the bath will be more soft, smooth and stay will be longer, up to several hours after the last bookmark firewood.This is easily explained - brick accumulates the heat transferred from the metal walls of the furnace, and gives it gradually.

stones will warm more, because the hot air will stay around the stove much longer.When watering them with water and moist hot steam will delight bathers of its richness.

air in the steam room will be more soft and wet due to the fact that the red-hot furnace walls will not drain it.Wet steam - is the distinguishing feature of the Russian bath, it is a beneficial effect on the body, it heals the body and the spirit.

Stove will be much safer to use - touching the hot metal can cause severe burns, and brick to such temperatures is not heated.

And, finally, the appearance of new, beautifully laid brick pleasing to the eye and good mood in the steam room - one of the mandatory conditions of light steam!