Building A Brick Outdoor Fire Pit

Make a foundation for the stones to sit upon.

Building a brick outdoor fire pit.

Let the outer edge extend over the fire pit wall to allow rain to drip. Of fresh mortar on each course of face brick into place leaving a 1 4 in. Begin the next layer by alternating the large and small bricks again this time placing the small bricks on. Pour a generous amount of crushed gravel paver base into the hole so your finished base will be approximately.

Pour a few inches of gravel into the center of your fire pit for drainage. 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. Let the brick fire pit cure for a week before building your first fire. Gap between the firebrick and the face brick.

Pull the string lightly taut and walk around the stake as you spray paint your circumference. Check the level of each course and tap down the bricks as necessary. Use fire rated bricks cut to fit the inside of the pit. 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.

Set the screen on top of the bowl to complete the fire. For the cap of the fire pit set regular face brick on edge. Wet the gravel thoroughly with a garden hose and then use the hand tamper to compact it into a hard layer a couple of. Cut the bricks using a circular saw with a concrete blade or a stone chisel and hammer.

Working on one third of this easy fire pit at a time lay 3 8 in. Check the base at several points to be sure it is level and make. Keep fire pit level. The outer rim of the bowl should rest on the top layer of bricks.

Align the interior edge flush with the fire brick.