Grill house: do-it-yourself barbecue gazebo

How to accommodate guests and family during the cold season with minimal risk of freezing? What kind of garden structures can be created on the site so that family traditions of outdoor barbecue cooking do not suffer and do not disappear into oblivion? There are answers to these questions. And they are hidden in the original Finnish grill house Grillikota.

The main difference between such a building and a classic insulated gazebo is that a barbecue grill, an open fireplace, in a word, a hearth for cooking and heating the room is built inside it.

The idea of ​​a grill house comes from Scandinavia. It completely resembles a Lapland igloo with its shape and sometimes filling.

The main features of the so-called "Finnish gazebos" can be defined by the following points:

• versatility of construction for any time of the year;
• the possibility of cooking indoors;
• the magic shape of a regular hexagon;
• a small and cozy room with a door and a pair of windows (in rare cases, such a gazebo is equipped with large windows);
• base - a solid reinforced concrete foundation, strong piles, in a lightweight summer version - a wooden patio;
• a hearth oven for cooking various types of dishes: from traditional barbecue and grilled vegetables to smoking fish and meat at home.

The types of grill houses differ from each other in size (6 m2, 9 m2, 11 m2, 16.5 m2) and the materials from which they are built.

The classic version of the Finnish gazebo, which not only makes the complex environmentally friendly, but also retains and gives off heat well. When building a grill house made of wood, it is necessary to take into account the fact that a sharp change in temperature can spoil it. Therefore, the outer cladding, as a rule, is made of moisture-resistant materials (for example, OSB sheets), and the frame and base are treated with special solutions.

These barbecue houses on garden plots look very sophisticated and elegant. A metal gazebo will look very good with large windows or polycarbonate walls. Also, do not forget about treating the metal with anti-corrosion agents so that the grill house will last as long as possible.

An excellent material for creating fundamental buildings. Such a winter gazebo will always come in handy and can serve you not only as a place to relax with the possibility of instant cooking on the spot. It is also perfect for accommodating guests at any time of the year, using it as a home mini-office and even a closed playground for children.

Practically insensitive to changing seasons and temperatures, moisture resistant, and fire safety is at the highest level. The cost of these building materials is very economical. Another advantage of using foam and aerated concrete to build a grill house is its lightness. It will allow you to do without a heavy reinforced concrete foundation.

A barbecue gazebo in Russia often has an open shape. But fundamental buildings with a summer kitchen are extremely popular. Such joint buildings are designed to reduce the air temperature in the main house in the summer heat. A Finnish grill house for a summer residence has a large number of options: with a hearth, with a barbecue, with a barbecue or with a whole universal stove in the center of the building. If necessary, such a gazebo can be easily combined with a bath or sauna in the same building. In this case, the gazebo serves as a kind of dressing room with additional functionality.

For a children's indoor playground or an additional recreation area, remote from the cooking area, you can equip a Finnish house with an extension. In this case, of course, it will lose its authenticity, but it will be more practical and roomy.

The homeland of the gazebos of grill houses - Finland - has prepared a big surprise for everyone who wants to get their own covered patio with a stove inside.

When buying ready-made grill houses, you should pay attention to two main options: standard economy option and extended premium. Despite the fact that the first is the most economical and cheapest (its price usually reaches a maximum of 200-300 thousand rubles), its quality leaves no questions. In this regard, the Finns are a very responsible people.

Economy gazebos, as a rule, are small in area, designed for a small number of people (no more than 6). Usually these are classic wooden buildings with the simplest uncomplicated hearth. The economical design range contains inexpensive, but very beautiful finishing elements, but all models are similar to each other both externally and internally. You will have to assemble such a house yourself, but it is not at all difficult. Detailed assembly instructions in Russian will help you assemble a gazebo with a hearth as quickly and accurately as possible.

Reviews of Finnish extended premium grill houses are very controversial. Some note the large area of ​​the finished gazebo and the non-standard shape (sometimes large buildings are made in the shape of an octagon). Others react negatively to all the same standard techniques and designs for an inconceivable price (500-700 thousand rubles).

If you nevertheless decide to purchase a ready-made barbecue house, we suggest watching the following video, in which you can see how to assemble it correctly.

Before you start making a Finnish grill house on your own, you need to study all the main components of this type of structure, as well as acquire all the necessary materials and tools. The choice of the target destination will also be important. What will it be: an open summer gazebo / veranda for relaxation, or maybe a solid stone house for all-season gatherings? Having answered these questions, you can start designing.

Like any architectural project, a summer cottage grill-gazebo requires a careful concept development. First of all, it is necessary to determine the location of the building, its area. So, to create a Finnish gazebo with your own hands, you need to make drawings based on preliminary calculations. Here is a rough sketch of the simplest building:

From this it can be seen that the calculations should be made both on the flat surface of the area where the grill house will be located, and in three-dimensional space. A standard grill house has a height of three to three and a half meters (including the roof). One side of the base (hexagon) can be 3.5-4 meters.

And in the next video you can take the drawings of an octagonal grill house.

Modern Finnish gazebos are made of grooved pine boards - minibars. Despite its air and wind permeability, such material will retain heat in a gazebo with a center grill-stove in any weather and at any air temperature.

For the construction of the grill house, multilayer wall panels are used. Outside, the walls consist of glued or profiled timber; for interior decoration, lining or any other simple material made of wood is more suitable. A special non-combustible insulation is laid between these layers.

The classic look of a grill house implies the location of the oven in the center of the room. Before installing it, it is necessary to thoroughly prepare the foundation and base for the stove.

Often, the foundation is a concrete platform on top of which a plinth is installed. This is necessary to place a gazebo in the floor for arranging a blower - a pipe that will take air from the outside and supply it inside the hearth, while creating traction and freeing the room from carbon monoxide.

If the grill house is planned to be built on reinforced concrete piles, there is no need for a blower pipe, since the room will be naturally ventilated through the floor.

Above the stove, there must be an exhaust hood and a chimney, the pipe of which goes out through the roof. Of course, the ideal option for such a house is the so-called sandwich chimney. Visually, it can be viewed by paying attention to the gaps in the roof dome of the grill-gazebo through which the heated air will escape from the room.

Let's take a look at several basic steps that allow you to build your dream grill house as accurately as possible.

• Markup allows you to choose a place for the building where the foundation will be laid out. First, the topsoil with vegetation is removed. Then the site is covered with sand, crushed stone and gravel, which must be tamped. If necessary, a blower pipe is laid. The site is again filled with the previous ingredients. The screed is poured.
• Installing the frame the grill house provides a solid foundation for the future structure. Since the gazebo has the shape of a hexagon, it is necessary to install six vertical bars in each corner of the geometric figure. These bars are connected in three places: at the base, in the middle and at the top. The frame is considered correctly installed when the angle between the fastened vertical bars is 60 degrees.
• Roof fabrication and installation. It consists of two main parts: the frame and the rafters. The first has six beams, each of which has two rafters.
• Grill house cladding the outside should be made of moisture-resistant OSB material. After installing the frame and cladding, you can tackle the doors and windows.
• Installation of the hearth in the center of the room is the final stage in the creation of a grill house. The installation of the furnace is simple, but strictly according to the instructions for it. Do not forget about installing the hood and chimney.

The equipment that you may need when building a grill house on your site does not have any special features.

The main things that may come in handy:

• hand tools (ax, screwdriver, shovel, chisel, square, hacksaw, hammer);
• consumables (nails, bolts and nuts, screws, metal corners);
• power tools (chainsaw, drill, screwdriver, jigsaw).

Since the idea of ​​creating grill houses came to us from cold Lapland, the main idea was to recreate the warmth of the room, not only through the central location of the hearth stove.

Wide wooden couch benches are an excellent solution for guests staying up late. The standard grill house can accommodate up to 3 people. Very often, seating places are decorated with bedspreads and pillows with natural motives, animal skins.

The Finnish grill oven itself looks very impressive, with an overlap of antiquity and nationality. However, it serves rather a decorative function.

All the charm of the grill house is that the owner of the room can independently choose both the external picture and the internal content of his guest house.

A classic grill house, sheathed with OSB, painted in brick color. Windows are present on each wall of the gazebo, so that a large amount of sunlight penetrates into the room. The roof is covered with soft dark gray tiles.

Spacious premium grill house with an area of ​​17 square meters. Classic Finnish door with a window and large panoramic windows.

A Scandinavian style gazebo attached to the bathhouse. It has only two windows and is ideal for winter family and friendly evenings.