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.

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

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. 

12g slugs+metal 55gal drum=DYI firepit

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

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

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.

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 

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.

 

 

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

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.

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.

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

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!

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

 

 

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!

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

 

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