Building A Brick Outdoor Fire Pit

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

Building a brick outdoor fire pit.

Check the base at several points to be sure it is level and make. The outer rim of the bowl should rest on the top layer of bricks. Gap between the firebrick and the face brick. Check the level of each course and tap down the bricks as necessary.

Pour a generous amount of crushed gravel paver base into the hole so your finished base will be approximately. 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. Build a fire pit in an afternoon create foundation. Place the metal fire pit bowl down inside the circle of the brick fire pit.

Pull the string lightly taut and walk around the stake as you spray paint your circumference. Keep fire pit level. Begin the next layer by alternating the large and small bricks again this time placing the small bricks on. 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. Cut the bricks using a circular saw with a concrete blade or a stone chisel and hammer. Pour a few inches of gravel into the center of your fire pit for drainage. Of fresh mortar on each course of face brick into place leaving a 1 4 in.

Create the first tier of the fire pit by forming a circle alternating the large and mini bricks to. Wet the gravel thoroughly with a garden hose and then use the hand tamper to compact it into a hard layer a couple of. Align the interior edge flush with the fire brick. Working on one third of this easy fire pit at a time lay 3 8 in.

Set the screen on top of the bowl to complete the fire.