Learn How to Build your Own Fire Pit
There are few things nicer to do some evenings than linger out in the backyard. You don’t even need to have guests over, relaxing outside with your laptop and a nice drink is fine. The problem is that in many areas by the time September ends it is just too cold in evening to go outside anymore, which is a shame.
If you have even the most basic DIY skills you can extend your time out in the great outdoors by building your own outdoor fire pit. It is not anywhere near as hard as you might think and although it does involve quite a bit of physical labor the project can usually be completed in a weekend. Here are the basic instructions:
- Mark out a square that will become your fire pit with stakes and twine.
- Dig out the square to a depth of at least 12 inches, taking care to make sure that the hole’s bottom is level once you are done.
- Add several inches of paver base to the bottom of the pit, again making sure that everything ends up level once you have tamped it down.
- Begin laying a perimeter of pavers to run level with the ground. as you build the levels up keep measuring to ensure that each course is staying level.
- Once you have created the “interior walls” with pavers they need to be lined with plain fire safe bricks. this means that the pavers are not exposed to the heat directly. make sure everything fits snugly with no gaps to avoid cracking further down the line when your fire pit has been in use for a while.
- Use a whiskey barrel planter to stack firewood in.
- That’s it! Now you can look forward to fall nights outside for years to come and you achieved it all by yourself !