If you want to ensure pleasant warmth in your outdoor area even on fresh days or evenings, terrace stoves and terrace fireplaces are an excellent choice. Apart from your warming property, you only ensure a pleasant atmosphere with your look, which is reinforced with the flickering fire. Outdoor fireplaces can be used in absolutely any style, but particularly modern variants create a contrasting look-warm fire, covered in cool colors, shapes and materials. Today we present some particularly aesthetic variants and this is the terrace or garden fireplace with chimney. We also explain why it is better to buy a fireplace instead of building it yourself.
Garden fireplace with chimney - building yourself or buying yourself?
DIY enthusiasts are becoming more and more common these days. Therefore, it would not surprise us if you also want to build your terrace fireplace yourself. This may also seem plausible in terms of costs, especially if you have a knack for manual and other projects anyway. However, there are some things that speak against it, especially when you consider a garden fireplace with chimney. We explain why it is more worth buying a finished one in the long term instead of theTo build garden fireplace yourself:
Low heat efficiency
An important plus point of the purchased models is that they are provided with a steel cover. However, this mostly lacks in self -made variants. This can be an advantage for the interior, as this will heat the bricks and continue to hand in the heat after the fire has been expired. Outside, however, this is a waste of heat, because this is simply lost.
The wrong chimney size has an impact on the deduction
As you know, chimneys have the task of deriving the smoke. Otherwise your seating area would be surrounded. So that this can work well and effectively, the ratio between chimney size and combustion chamber is essential. If it is too small, it cannot absorb enough smoke, which can cause the smoke to escape from the fireplace to the seating area. If it is too wide, it absorbs more air than necessary, which also causes heat to be lost.
Which chimney was built for the stove is of great importance. With a professional garden fireplace with chimney, the ratio is ideally calculated, so there should be no problems of this kind. Another option would beFireplaces without chimneys.
A train that is too strong increases the heating costs
If the chimney for the garden fireplace pulls too much upwards at a low height, this means that fire is also "spit". The flames are then visible at the top of the chimney opening. Certainly this may look quite interesting and cool at first, but it is a sign of a not correct building. The result is that the wood burns faster and you have to heat up more often. So your terrace oven is anything but efficient and economical. And apart from the fact that you have to expect more heating costs (up to 3-5 times more wood could be necessary), you will also spend more time to obtain new wood instead of enjoying the fire in peace.
Wrong materials for the garden fireplace with chimney do not last long
A purchased and high -quality fireplace was made with exactly the right materials - those that can withstand the strong heat and weather conditions without any problems. If you build yourself, you will probably not use such materials that will lead to crack sooner or later. And that looks neglected over time and anything but beautiful and has to be renewed again and again - a greater amount of time combined with repeated costs.
Less effort than in construction
Certainly you have already considered this point if you decided to build a garden fireplace with chimney yourself. But think about it again! If you buy a finished one, all you have to do is prepare a foundation from concrete. If the fireplace is on the terrace, the normal terrace underground may even be sufficient. In this way you can prepare much faster for the season and maybe organize a barbecue party with your buddies for men's day.
The typical look of the modern fireplace is more difficult to achieve
We know - beauty is in the eye of the viewer. But if you want to achieve such an elegant and simple look as in our sample pictures, a ready -made model will probably be a better choice. If you just want to have bricked the garden fireplace, you could definitely lend a hand yourself. However, this simple style could be a greater challenge, depending on what kind of material from the fireplace. The optics play an important role here. The terrace fireplace should also look attractive if a fire is not flickering in it.
The purchased garden fireplace with chimney is safer
Safety is of course the top priority and this is best guaranteed for a high -quality and purchased model. Fireplaces and stoves of all kinds are always tested under a wide variety of influences and in different environments. The professional garden fireplace with chimney must withstand all these tests before it can be sold. Would that be the case if you build a garden or terrace fireplace yourself? That is probably unlikely.
Metal and stone fireplace
Modern fireplace for the terrace in gray
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Minimalist model in front of a hedge
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Outdoor kitchen with integrated terrace fireplace
