Had a BBQ the other weekend with a bunch of friends. It started getting dark out and multiple people brought up the fact I don't have anywhere to have a fire in my backyard. Since I love camping and sitting around a fire, as most people do, thought it was a great idea and took it upon myself to build a fire pit.

Project was a little over $200 but could be done cheaper with cheaper materials. Everything can be purchased from your local Lowe's (I went to Homedepot first and their stone selection was horrible for angle cut stones)

4' diameter pit, middle dug out an additional 6" and filled with Pea Gravel and then Mexican Beach Stone for drainage. Exterior slab of concrete for base platform for bricks.



Edges dug out 6" and filled with gravel to prevent weeds and grass fires.


Stones set in place so it is moveable if I ever want to relocate it. Top stone hand chiseled and glued with masonry glue.


Interior sprayed with heat resistant paint

 

Nice work man!

 

That looks like a proper bull ____ pit!

 

Nice work, I'd like to do one myself.

 

that looks good!

 

Wow that's really nice. Any reasoning behind going with something fancy like that over just stacked bricks or rocks or the classic tractor wheel ring?

 

Looks good, the wife and I were thinking about doing this, but we have 2 tree's in our backyard and like a pretty big landscape of bushes. Would be nice to have one of those nights to make smores or something.

 

Very nice!

- NCSU

 

Looks good, but I think I would have cemented the bricks down, or at least together. When drunk people start throwing/kicking logs in I think those bricks and fancy rocks on top will fall over/in. Looks very nice though.

 

I completely agree and thought about this. I want the ability to move the pit and fill the hole in if I decide to relocate it in the future. I went this route over a simple hole in the ground etc because I am still landscaping the house and plan on incorporating a walking path from a future deck that will be built on the back of the house to the fire pit as well as seating.

The stones are angle cut and fit tightly together, unless you push hard from the inside of the pit towards the exterior walls its not going anywhere. The top decorative rock is glued into place with concrete adhesive so they won't budge.

 

Nice. I like it, just not enough to make mine nicer than a hole with rock around it

 

Not bad....i wouldve gone a couple of feet bigger......but it looks nice!

 

Looks awesome.

 

Looks nice! I wouldn't want to burn anything in it, I'd have to build another one for burning

 

Excellent work! I think you'll have many pleasant nights around it.

- Jack