Outdoor kitchen and masonry grill

How it is built

The carcass is laid in concrete blocks or assembled from a steel frame and cement boards, on a concrete slab or on existing paving. On top is a granite, concrete, ceramic or stainless countertop with a sink and cabinet doors.

The grill module is a masonry firebox lined with firebricks, with grates and an ash drawer (with or without a hood and chimney), or a built-in charcoal or gas grill. The bill of materials includes blocks, mortar, firebricks, flue liner, the countertop minus cut-outs, finish and labour.

L-shaped and standalone grill

In an L-shaped kitchen the return run starts at the west end and the sink moves to its far end. A standalone masonry grill is the same construction with only the grill module: type "masonry barbecue with a 2.4 m chimney" and the system suggests a 1.6 m module without a sink.

Safety and regulations

- Solid-fuel barbecues may be used no closer than 6 m to buildings (General Fire Safety Rules, item 25), and on terraces only if the manufacturer allows it (item 74).

- We found no distance for gas grills in the rules, so the system does not make up a number and points to the manufacturer's instructions.

- A grill with a chimney is usually a group I simple engineering structure (K = S × H³, e.g. ≈ 16–23); without a chimney K < 10 and it is not a structure (STR 1.01.03:2017).

- A roofless structure closer than 1 m to the plot boundary needs the neighbour's consent (STR 1.05.01:2017 Annex 7 item 3).

- Module widths, firebox and chimney dimensions and the 900 mm counter height are product assumptions: there is no standard. Have a craftsman check the firebox.