Asked on Aug 26, 2015
Want an idea of how to create a outdoor fire pit
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Den2153928
I will be making a cement slab and wish to include a fire pit on it.
3 answers
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First of all, don't put the pit on top of the slab. You want to dig out about 6" of dirt and depending on the look you want, line it with either rock, lava rock or fire bricks. Build the sides with either river rock or fire brick and build it up as high as you like. If you can get a 1/2" thick metal ring (whatever diameter you'd like) you can use that as sides. You have a lot of latitude. Just be sure that your city or area allows open fires or you could do all the work and end with a ticket!
SheWhoMustBeHeard
on Aug 27, 2015
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I would not advice building the fire pit within the concrete slab.Try researching this project on Houzz
Janet Pizaro
on Aug 27, 2015
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A friend of mine put the inner drum from an automatic washing machine into the ground, no slabs, just in soil/sand with gravel/stones on the top. I wish I had a picture but it looked stunning and because it was sunk into the soil/stones, was very stable - but not huge of course, but free. If you have any old fire bricks put them in the pit as well. If your soil is very peaty and you live in a dry area, the soil could smoulder underneath for days, potentially causing fires to start that is why you want to line the hole with soil/sand/rocks.gravel.Hope you have fun.
Jude
on Aug 28, 2015
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