Building A Brick Outdoor Fire Pit

Cut the bricks using a circular saw with a concrete blade or a stone chisel and hammer.

Building a brick outdoor fire pit. Align the interior edge flush with the fire brick. Check the base at several points to be sure it is level and make. Make a foundation for the stones to sit upon. Pour a generous amount of crushed gravel paver base into the hole so your finished base will be approximately.

Working on one third of this easy fire pit at a time lay 3 8 in. Check the level of each course and tap down the bricks as necessary. Set the screen on top of the bowl to complete the fire. Use fire rated bricks cut to fit the inside of the pit.

Of fresh mortar on each course of face brick into place leaving a 1 4 in. 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. Build a fire pit in an afternoon create foundation. Pull the string lightly taut and walk around the stake as you spray paint your circumference.

Create the first tier of the fire pit by forming a circle alternating the large and mini bricks to. Let the brick fire pit cure for a week before building your first fire. Keep fire pit level. Place the metal fire pit bowl down inside the circle of the brick fire pit.

Wet the gravel thoroughly with a garden hose and then use the hand tamper to compact it into a hard layer a couple of. The outer rim of the bowl should rest on the top layer of bricks. Begin the next layer by alternating the large and small bricks again this time placing the small bricks on. For the cap of the fire pit set regular face brick on edge.

Let the outer edge extend over the fire pit wall to allow rain to drip.