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.

Building a brick outdoor fire pit.

Let the brick fire pit cure for a week before building your first fire. Align the interior edge flush with the fire brick. Build a fire pit in an afternoon create foundation. Pour a few inches of gravel into the center of your fire pit for drainage.

Check the level of each course and tap down the bricks as necessary. 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. Cut the bricks using a circular saw with a concrete blade or a stone chisel and hammer. Of fresh mortar on each course of face brick into place leaving a 1 4 in.

Use fire rated bricks cut to fit the inside of the pit. Make a foundation for the stones to sit upon. The outer rim of the bowl should rest on the top layer of bricks. 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. Gap between the firebrick and the face brick. Begin the next layer by alternating the large and small bricks again this time placing the small bricks on. Pull the string lightly taut and walk around the stake as you spray paint your circumference.

Place the metal fire pit bowl down inside the circle of the brick fire pit. Working on one third of this easy fire pit at a time lay 3 8 in. Pour a generous amount of crushed gravel paver base into the hole so your finished base will be approximately. Keep fire pit level.

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.