Building A Fire Pit In Your Backyard

Build a fire pit in an afternoon.

Building a fire pit in your backyard.

You can even keep a stock pile of wood underneath. First things first satisfy yourself that building a fire pit wouldn t result in your getting burned with a fine. Bring the fire with you with a portable grocery cart fire pit. For your fire pit base.

Create the first tier of the fire pit by forming a circle alternating the large and mini bricks to create a pattern. Use marking paint tied to a string to draw a circle around the stake. Set one or more gel fuel canisters into the wet concrete to create the right sized space coat the canister with non stick cooking spray for easy removal. Cut down a tree safely if you need firewood for your fire pit.

Grocery cart fire pit. Shovel out the soil to a depth of 8 in. Don t disturb the underlying soil. Check the bottom of the hole with a level.

Pull the string lightly taut and walk around the stake as you spray paint your circumference. The diameter of the circle should be slightly larger than the outside dimensions of the fire pit ring you re preparing to build. Dig down 2 3 inches. Check local ordinances to make certain fire pits are allowed in your area.

Pick a spot for your fire pit ensuring that it is located a safe distance from any structures bushes or trees and insert a stake in the ground where the center of the pit will be. Remove high spots in your in ground fire pit by scraping off soil rather than digging. If you re only putting in a diy fire pit with no seating area you ll only need to dig out the area where your fire pit will be seated. Make a foundation for the stones to sit upon.

If you are building a circular fire pit in your yard drive a stake at the center of what will be the fire pit location. Add a spark screen and a base to catch the embers and your on your way with a pit that cost less than 100. Keep fire pit level. If you re putting in a seating area and a walkway leading to the fire pit you ve got a whooooole lotta digging to do.