Shovel out the soil to a depth of 8 in.
Building a fire pit in your backyard.
Bring the fire with you with a portable grocery cart fire pit.
Pick a spot for your fire pit ensuring that it is located a safe distance from any structures bushes or trees and insert a stake in the ground where the center of the pit will be.
Build a fire pit in an afternoon.
For your fire pit base.
Make a foundation for the stones to sit upon.
Tie one end of the string or twine to the stake and measure how wide you want your circle to be.
Cut down a tree safely if you need firewood for your fire pit.
Use marking paint tied to a string to draw a circle around the stake.
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.
Pull the string lightly taut and walk around the stake as you spray paint your circumference.
Dig down 2 3 inches.
If you re putting in a seating area and a walkway leading to the fire pit you ve got a whooooole lotta digging to do.
Check the bottom of the hole with a level.
Check local ordinances to make certain fire pits are allowed in your area.
For this diy fire pit begin by spraying the inside of the container with non stick cooking spray and pour it completely full of quickly setting concrete.
First things first satisfy yourself that building a fire pit wouldn t result in your getting burned with a fine.
If you re only putting in a diy fire pit with no seating area you ll only need to dig out the area where your fire pit will be seated.
If you are building a circular fire pit in your yard drive a stake at the center of what will be the fire pit location.
Create the first tier of the fire pit by forming a circle alternating the large and mini bricks to create a pattern.
Don t disturb the underlying soil.
The diameter of the circle should be slightly larger than the outside dimensions of the fire pit ring you re preparing to build.
Grocery cart fire pit.
Remove high spots in your in ground fire pit by scraping off soil rather than digging.