Building A Brick Outdoor Fire Pit

Pour a generous amount of crushed gravel paver base into the hole so your finished base will be approximately.

Building a brick outdoor fire pit.

Create the first tier of the fire pit by forming a circle alternating the large and mini bricks to. Check the level of each course and tap down the bricks as necessary. Check the base at several points to be sure it is level and make. Gap between the firebrick and the face brick.

The outer rim of the bowl should rest on the top layer of bricks. Of fresh mortar on each course of face brick into place leaving a 1 4 in. 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. Use fire rated bricks cut to fit the inside of the pit.

Let the outer edge extend over the fire pit wall to allow rain to drip. Let the brick fire pit cure for a week before building your first fire. 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. Set the screen on top of the bowl to complete the fire.

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

Pull the string lightly taut and walk around the stake as you spray paint your circumference. For the cap of the fire pit set regular face brick on edge. Place the metal fire pit bowl down inside the circle of the brick fire pit. Build a fire pit in an afternoon create foundation.

Keep fire pit level.