Building A Fire Pit In Your Backyard

Cut down a tree safely if you need firewood for your fire pit.

Building a fire pit in your backyard.

Build a fire pit in an afternoon. Pull the string lightly taut and walk around the stake as you spray paint your circumference. Add a spark screen and a base to catch the embers and your on your way with a pit that cost less than 100. Tie one end of the string or twine to the stake and measure how wide you want your circle to be.

The diameter of the circle should be slightly larger than the outside dimensions of the fire pit ring you re preparing to build. Shovel out the soil to a depth of 8 in. Create the first tier of the fire pit by forming a circle alternating the large and mini bricks to create a pattern. For your fire pit base.

For this diy fire pit begin by spraying the inside of the container with non stick cooking spray and pour it completely full of quickly setting concrete. Remove high spots in your in ground fire pit by scraping off soil rather than digging. 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. 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.

Don t disturb the underlying soil. 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. For a fire pit with a diameter of 5 feet attach a string to the stake half the length of your circumference and tie this end of the string to a can of spray paint. Check the bottom of the hole with a level.

Dig down 2 3 inches. 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. Grocery cart fire pit. Bring the fire with you with a portable grocery cart fire pit.

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. You can even keep a stock pile of wood underneath. Keep fire pit level.