DIY Fire Pit

[jm1827 284]

Anyone do your own outdoor fire pit?  Any ideas or suggestions?  I was thinking about using brick pavers, since I have a pallet full.  

If anyone built your own let me know what worked and what didn't.

Thanks.

[Golf battery 1,223]

Many companies sell diy pits. Check with your local paver hardscape supplier. 

[Displaced Texan 11,753]

I used a DIY kit from lowes. Worked out great. 

I decided to make mine a little higher so bought some additional pavers to raise it up. Filled the inside with pea gravel. 

[fishnut 2,358]

12g slugs+metal 55gal drum=DYI firepit

[Bri894 17]

I bought this at a flea market, but an example of what you could do to a 55 gallon drum

[GRIZ 3,369]

1 hour ago, fishnut said:

12g slugs+metal 55gal drum=DYI firepit

Exit holes are a bit jagged.

43 minutes ago, Bri894 said:

I bought this at a flea market, but an example of what you could do to a 55 gallon drum

That's nice work but I'd be afraid of falling on it

[T Bill 649]

Pavers sounds good to me. Use what you got.  Just lay out a plan so you don't run short.  For me, I have a 's' ton of field stones from stone rows, so that's what I used.

[fishnut 2,358]

31 minutes ago, GRIZ said:

Exit holes are a bit jagged.

If I light it you won't be standing close enough to it to get snagged. 

I have melted beer bottles quite a few times in my old burn barrel 

[diamondd817 827]

I made this one out of full and half size cinder block. A couple bags of stone, and a tube of construction adhesive (a bead of glue on the outer edges only). About $75 total in material. So far it's been working out great.

 

 

[InFamous 311]

A few people I know have done a version of this and they love it. Note: Without the use of the pavers for the bottom, I think all of them just used stone. Cheap and easy...it's what I plan on doing when we move, although I like the look of diamond's posted above also. I may have to reconsider!

http://www.keepingitsimplecrafts.com/2016/06/how-to-build-diy-fire-pit-for-only-60.html

[brucin 923]

1 minute ago, diamondd817 said:

I made this one out of full and half size cinder block. A couple bags of stone, and a tube of construction adhesive (a bead of glue on the outer edges only). About $75 total in material. So far it's been working out great.

 

 

I always had trouble with the cinder block falling apart after a few fires. I finally made one out of 6" x 6" scrap steel tube that was left over from a job at my former employer. I welded it together and I think it will last a few hundred years.

[diamondd817 827]

2 minutes ago, brucin said:

I always had trouble with the cinder block falling apart after a few fires. I finally made one out of 6" x 6" scrap steel tube that was left over from a job at my former employer. I welded it together and I think it will last a few hundred years.

Really? I had a bunch of fires and no signs of the blocks falling apart. But, I usually don't have huge fires either.

[brucin 923]

16 minutes ago, diamondd817 said:

Really? I had a bunch of fires and no signs of the blocks falling apart. But, I usually don't have huge fires either.

That must be my problem. I occasionally get the flames 6 feet or higher.

We can do that in upstate NY

[jm1827 284]

2 hours ago, InFamous said:

A few people I know have done a version of this and they love it. Note: Without the use of the pavers for the bottom, I think all of them just used stone. Cheap and easy...it's what I plan on doing when we move, although I like the look of diamond's posted above also. I may have to reconsider!

http://www.keepingitsimplecrafts.com/2016/06/how-to-build-diy-fire-pit-for-only-60.html

This looks simple enough for even me!

[quickkill730 3]

we made this out of pavers and patio stone. Insider the pit just has the backfill we used to level the deck and a couple bags of river rock.

 

 

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[Indianajonze 379]

i'm probably going to do something like this. looks fantastic and so easy even i could build it

 

 

[jm1827 284]

6 minutes ago, Indianajonze said:

i'm probably going to do something like this. looks fantastic and so easy even i could build it

 

 

I can do that!

[George Yetka 17]

On 9/18/2017 at 9:29 PM, Indianajonze said:

i'm probably going to do something like this. looks fantastic and so easy even i could build it

 

 

I did almost the same thing cost less than $250

42 landscape blocks

5 bags of marble chips

2 tubes of landscape caulk adhesive

and built 5 of these with 2 gallons of exterior latex

 

[fishnut 2,358]

I made a fire pit out of pallets, worked great................once