When I moved to the new house, I wanted to set up the yard for
everything, yep everything. I wanted room for a garden, wood storage and good times. And I wanted a fire pit, a simple, rustic, made from what I already had, fire pit......
It is a fact, every project starts here.
Work from the perimeter in, remove sod and rocks. Remove enough soil for desired depth of pit.
Set up the walls of the pit, keeping in mind the finished shape will change as you fit pieces together. Remove the vegetation in a 4 inch path around the edge.
Put a row of stones on the inside to help stabilize the wall.
Add large pieces of scrap rock to the center, and smaller rocks for the rest of the "floor".
Wet the exposed soil around the outside of the pavers with vinegar, for weed control.
Finish the outside edge with large stones.
While searching for more large stones, I found another piece of scrap concrete, to add to the bottom of the fire pit floor.
Done!
As always, thanks for taking a moment to stop and say hello. I appreciate your time and your wonderful comments!
15 comments:
Hey, I think we could do that too!
Great job on the firepit! You are going to enjoy that so much!
We love a good fire when the weather is cool. Great looking fire pit there. How are the worms doing?
well I for one love the homemade version of the fire pit! Warm and inviting!
I love it! Can't wait to come over to toast marshmallows and tell ghost stories.
I love doing projects with what I've got handy. Nice job on the fire pit. You'll enjoy it.
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I'll bet you are really enjoying your firepit. Nicely done. You are a creative person.
I love the simplicity and that you repurposed what you had. Quite clever! Good on ya!
This is so awesome. Know you will enjoy it. You are smart to use things you had already. Very nice.
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Hi Melynda: What a pretty firepit, and so cool that you were able to use items that you already had available--that's my kind of project!
Clever use of 'preused' materials. So fun to have in the summer time too.
What a pretty fire pit it turned out to be! Good for you. :)
I know this must have been quite hard work with all the lifting etc, but your fire pit looks beautiful! It's so nice you were able to use things you already had as well. There's nothing like sitting round a lovely fire on summer evening!
Great looking fire pit, but a word of caution. You really should remove the concrete rock from your fire pit. You've created a potentially hazardous situation for anyone sitting by your fire. The aggregate in concrete (as well as cinder block) explodes in a high heat environment. In other words, a fire pit. Some river rock has been known to explode as well. Just thought you should know. Love the design though.
Thanks for the info Gammy Tammy, we will definately check into this!
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