Building A Brick Outdoor Fire Pit

Place the metal fire pit bowl down inside the circle of the brick fire pit.

Building a brick outdoor fire pit.

Align the interior edge flush with the fire brick. Make a foundation for the stones to sit upon. Let the brick fire pit cure for a week before building your first fire. Let the outer edge extend over the fire pit wall to allow rain to drip.

Pour a generous amount of crushed gravel paver base into the hole so your finished base will be approximately. The outer rim of the bowl should rest on the top layer of bricks. Keep fire pit level. Check the level of each course and tap down the bricks as necessary.

Build a fire pit in an afternoon create foundation. Installing a custom fire pit on a patio if you re installing on a paver patio with polymeric sand in the joints you ll need to line the bottom of the fire pit to protect the sand. Set the screen on top of the bowl to complete the fire. Check the base at several points to be sure it is level and make.

For a fire pit with a diameter of 5 feet attach a string to the stake half the length of your circumference and tie this end of the string to a can of spray paint. Begin the next layer by alternating the large and small bricks again this time placing the small bricks on. Of fresh mortar on each course of face brick into place leaving a 1 4 in. Pour a few inches of gravel into the center of your fire pit for drainage.

Pull the string lightly taut and walk around the stake as you spray paint your circumference. Working on one third of this easy fire pit at a time lay 3 8 in. Create the first tier of the fire pit by forming a circle alternating the large and mini bricks to. Cut the bricks using a circular saw with a concrete blade or a stone chisel and hammer.

Use fire rated bricks cut to fit the inside of the pit.