The construction of a brick fireplace outside is a huge undertaking. First, you need to have a piece of paper. You’ll need the dimension for you new outdoor fireplace in order to place an order for your brick. Once you’ve sketched your fireplace, you can call up your local building center so they’ll be able to tell you how many bricks you’ll need.
In your background, pick a spot where there isn’t a chance of a stray spark to start fire. Avoid placing the fireplace under trees as much as possible. You can consult experts on where to have the right spot. Then grab your shovel and get ready to dig. You have to remove all the grass from the base.
Once you were able to remove the grass, you need to compact the loose layer of the soil. You have two options in doing this; you can use a hand compactor or rent a powered compactor to do the job for you. At this point, all you can see is a big ugly barren in your backyard but don’t get upset on this, you can have the bricks delivered closer to your work site. If you don’t let the brick be deliver near to your work site, then it could take much longer to build your fireplace.
Before you throw the bricks on the ground, make sure you’re set with a masonry saw, trowels and mortar. First, lay a bottom layer of bricks on top of the compacted soil. Make user that use the trowel and mortar in between the bricks. This is essential in order to give your fireplace a nice sturdy starting point for the rest of the bricks and then cure the mortar overnight.
Start stacking the bricks along the edge of the base. What you are aiming here is a layer 4 bricks high. Just make sure to cut the bricks from row to row always and always apply a thin layer of mortar between rows as well. By then, you should see some development on your brick fireplace. Keep on staggering and mortaring those bricks side by side and at the back of the fireplace.
Sooner, you’ll have 3 walls about 3 ½ feet high. After this, get ready to build the roof. What you do is you cut a piece of sheet metal size to the fireplace walls. Then cut a small notch larger than 1 brick at the back of the sheet metal. Place the metal across the three walls of your brick fireplace with the notch facing the back. Put another layer of bricks across the top of the sheet metal but the notch should not be covered. The chimney should be the thickest part so you need to cut the bricks to size in order to stack them around the notch.
These instructions are the best way on how to build a brick fireplace. If you will encounter difficulties along the way, then it’s always nice to consult an expert regarding this.