Brick BBQ with cupboards - DPM?

[Ivor Windybottom]

If you don't use mortar under the worktop then in reality it will be supported on 3 or 4 points that happen to be slightly higher than the rest. The first time anyone drunkedly stands on it, it will crack.

Harry's idea with the rods is spot on.

 

[noseall]

A tip please...

When I get to the top of the brick supports for the granite worktop, should I put this directly onto the last course of bricks (that has been levelled) rather than using another layer of mortar? I'm just thinking the the sheer weight of the worktop (it will take three or four of us to lift it into place) will probably squeeze out most of the mortar and make it very difficult to do any levelling at that stage - don't really want to be taking it off and replacing it 3 or 4 times to try and get it level? Thinking of a direct placement onto level bricks and then some exterior grade silicone all the way round or something along those lines? It's so heavy I can't see it shifting anywhere...

Thoughts?

Bed it on mortar.

 

[chilluk]

What about using another old fridge as your cupboard - it's insulated and air tight - you could put a nice rustic door in front of it, or even directly onto it if you could get a built in appliance. If you are leaving crockery and cutlery outside, would you want to use it direct from an outdoor cupboard that might have had bugs or mice wandering about (and worse) over it? Like when people have outside bars and hang the glasses upside down on them - no thanks I'll go and fetch a clean one from inside!

 

[noseall]

What about using another old fridge as your cupboard - it's insulated and air tight - you could put a nice rustic door in front of it, or even directly onto it if you could get a built in appliance. If you are leaving crockery and cutlery outside, would you want to use it direct from an outdoor cupboard that might have had bugs or mice wandering about (and worse) over it? Like when people have outside bars and hang the glasses upside down on them - no thanks I'll go and fetch a clean one from inside!

I've already had that thought. I'd just be conscious of the airtightness being a blessing and a curse.

 

[Blokky27]

I've already had that thought. I'd just be conscious of the airtightness being a blessing and a curse.

@chilluk that's a fair shout.
@noseall could you expand on the airtightness being a blessing and a curse?

 

[noseall]

@chilluk that's a air shout.
@noseall could you expand on the airtightness being a blessing and a curse?

I'm sure it will be ok for most items. I'd be conscious of anything with a moisture content to it becoming a bit whiffy.

 

[Ivor Windybottom]

Any dry space outside will become a spider nest and/or a dormitory for hibernating insects.

 

[Blokky27]

Any dry space outside will become a spider nest and/or a dormitory for hibernating insects.

Haha - sounds like I can’t win, dry or damp!

 

[noseall]

Haha - sounds like I can’t win, dry or damp!

You can win, but your expectations of a (UK) outdoors cupboard, needs to be realistic. Often these things are dreamt up in magazines that have their origins on the Med. Same as white rendered walls - fine on Cyprus, not so much in Castle Bromwich.

We have rain and cold temp's for a large part of the year, which bu99ers up a lot of or outdoorsy ideas.