Build Your Own Inground Fire Pit

How to build an in ground fire pit.

Build your own inground fire pit.

Before you know it you ll be enjoying evenings with your friends and family gathered around the warm and beautiful fire pit that you built. Fire pit depth really depends on what you want and how into your project you re going to get. To choose the right fire pit design and layout to suit your entertaining needs think about how you will use your fire pit area long term. Although you can buy a ready made fire pit out of a catalog building your own is an engaging project and it will save you money.

Friends and family will be drawn to sit with you lending time for great conversation and friendship building. 3 build the fire pit gravel base adding gravel on top of the compacted dirt will create a base for your fire pit. If you are building your stone fire pit on top of an existing backyard patio cement the first layer of blocks onto the patio to prevent shifting. With a total cost of around 80 and an afternoon of work i ve got a fire pit that will last a very long time.

You can go deeper if you want but keep in mind that you don t want the hole so deep you can t enjoy watching the fire. The first step to make your own fire pit is to dig out a dedicated space in your yard for the fire pit base. Some codes require the pit to be encircled by a border of sand or gravel. Here s how i did it.

Fire pits are strictly governed by local building codes. So before you decide to add one to your backyard know the code in your area. And now that you know how to build an inground fire pit of your very own it s just a matter of selecting a design you like buying the materials and dedicating an afternoon for construction. I recently built an in ground fire pit in my backyard using landscaping flagstone and construction adhesive.

See planning for a paver patio or walkway for more tips. Our circular fire pit is about 2 tall x 5 total diameter and a 3 interior diameter. The following are the fire pit dimensions we used for this project. Mark out the fire pit.

A 3 ft diameter in ground fire pit creates enough room for a good fire yet keeps everyone close enough to chat and complies with most codes. If you frequently host lots of outdoor parties with many guests or want your pit to match an existing patio consider building a fire pit in ground with a paver surround. Pour a generous amount of crushed gravel paver base into the hole so your finished. Make sure you ll have enough room for outdoor furniture around the fire pit.

Build a basic backyard fire pit in only a few hours using tools no more sophisticated than a shovel and mallet you can build a fire pit to be enjoyed by your whole family year round. An in ground fire pit helps build community. The style and shape of a fire pit can vary.