Building A Brick Outdoor Fire Pit

Just position the blocks make sure they are aligned and touching each other.

Building a brick outdoor fire pit.

Building your own brick fire pit is an inexpensive addition to your backyard that ll make for many warm memories. For our project we dug out the area surrounding the fire pit. Building a fire pit on an existing paver patio if you are building your fire pit on an existing paver patio the process is similar. Add a kaleidoscope of colors to make it that much more unique and feel free to use any shades that suit your style.

If your climate doesn t include freeze thaw cycles you can use mw moderate weathering building brick. If the circle is more than an inch or two uneven remove the higher bricks and dig out the dirt underneath until they re level with the rest. Create the first tier of the fire pit by forming a circle alternating the large and mini bricks to create a pattern. The outer rim of the bowl should rest on the top layer of bricks.

Local ordinances permitting your fire pit should ideally measure between 36 and 44 inches wide including. Building a fire pit yourself offers room for customization on every detail size included. The biggest difference is that you don t have to dig where you are going to install it. Using a level make sure the bricks are relatively even all the way around.

Your friends and family will love gathering around the fire for drinks s mores and conversation throughout the year. Place the metal fire pit bowl down inside the circle of the brick fire pit. Fill the pit with a base layer of river rocks. To give the fire bricks on the inside of the structure a uniform finish spray paint the bricks black using a high heat stove paint image 1.

The project involves building a paver patio around the fire pit so it requires more planning and prep work and more digging than a fire pit made from a kit or retaining wall block. The pit itself is lined with concrete block and you ll need fire brick to protect the block. We used sw severe weathering face brick also called common or building brick to line the outside circle fire pit walls.