Supplies: Landscaping blocks, fire bricks, construction glue, one metal or iron grate, concrete mix or ready made blocks Tools: shovel, level, rubber mallot.
1. Pour a concrete slab about one foot larger than the diameter of your desired fire pit. Smooth out and let set over night until concrete has set. An alternative method is to purchase concrete blocks and place them together in the ground.
2. Place curved retaining landscaping blocks in a desired radius size and secure the bottom row with construction glue to the concrete slab. Stager the next row (like a brick pattern) and glue them to the first row. Continue staggering and gluing each row until you achieve your desired heigth.
Note: the first few rows will have air holes (gaps in the bricks for air)
3. Place fire bricks along the inside wall of the landscaping blocks and stagger these to match the outer wall for air holes. The fire bricks will not be glued. They just sit one on top of the other. Once you have reached your desired height for the actual logs to burn, then place a iron grate (radius slightly smaller than the inside wall of the landscaping blocks) on top of the fire bricks. Continue to place the fire bricks around, close together, with no gaps, until you have reached the top of the landscaping blocks.
4. Cleaning: once the ashes have reached the top of the grate, simply remove the firebricks and the grate and shovel it out. Then replace the grate and fire bricks and you are ready for the next season.
5. Determining height: remember that different types of wood sparks, so be sure to make your pit high enough to avoid potential fires etc.
The exterior deck shown in the photos is approx 2 1/2 feet above ground level.
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