Build Your Own Backyard Fire Pit

Step 10 Don't stop now! Pick up another DIY project at thisoldhouse.com

You can...

...Install a Picket Fence
...Put in a Pond
...Add Drip Irrigation
...Build a Tool Shed
...Make a Trellis


SHOPPING LIST

1. CAST-CONCRETE WALL STONES

2. CAPSTONES

3. STEEL CAMPFIRE RING
The one we used here is from MARKSTAAR

4. 3/4-INCH DRAINAGE GRAVEL
 

5. PATIO BASE
(stone dust)

6. MASONRY ADHESIVE

7. READY-MIX MORTAR
(if needed) to cement a natural-stone cap onto the wall. A 40-pound bag is enough.

8. CONCRETE BONDING ADDITIVE
(aka "milk") to make the mortar more flexible.

Comments

[rwolkens]

This has given me inspiration. I have an above ground fire pit that my Mom gave me, but it is missing one of the four legs, and the screws that hold the legs to the base ring have rusted and broken off. If I make a base of decorative stone topped off with pavers, and fill the bottom with draining stone that I have laying around, then drop the pan into the top of it with the lip overlapping the pavers, that should work really good and look nice.

[ahutton1972]

Someone explain to me why he is shooting Great Stuff insulation onto his wheelbarrow?

[neopirater]

Perhaps so it never goes completely flat?

[naruto the ninja13]

ya, we use Great Stuff foaming insulation in our 2 front riding lawn mower tires because its soft enough to move but its a solid so it wont leak out holes in the tire

[rocco]

This looks cool and all... but, what's the estimate on the cost of materials? (All the hardware and big box stores sell above-ground fire-pits for around $100 these days.)

[the_Magnificent_Macak]

Hey that's cheating, DIY via thisoldhouse website?

[Weissensteinburg]

 That's what I thought at first, but look at the member's name.

[the_Magnificent_Macak]

Hmm, well i guess it not cheating cause it really is thisoldhouse.  But I like Family Handyman mag better!