![]() That content, advertising space or post may not always be identified as paid or sponsored content. The compensation received may influence the advertising content, topics or posts made in this blog. This blog accepts forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions or other forms of compensation. So, who’s got the marshmallows and graham crackers? I can’t wait for the leaves to grow to complete this gorgeous view. We still have a lot to do back here… need our sod delivered, some plants, and some furniture for a finishing touch.īut at least for now we can enjoy our DIY project back here with friends and family. ![]() The hardest part? Lugging the stones from our garage around the house to the fire pit area. Then watching the Blues get whooped by the Blackhawks by 7pm. We got home from work at 6:15 on Friday and were done by 6:45. And the fire pit only took us 30 minutes to build. This DIY fire pit project cost us $125: $80 for the insert and $45 rocks (3 layers of 15 rocks) at $1 a piece. I totally didn’t think we could do this for the price and the time it took. We added some spare patio chairs, but I’d look to make or buy some Adirondack chairs for the space. We grabbed a bunch of the Arkansas Pebbles river rocks to cover the space, but any landscape rocks just like these will do just fine.Īnd then we sat back and admired our work. The last bit of the patio makeover was to fill in the gaps between our large natural retaining wall rocks and the patio edge. Then just insert the fire pit bowl into the ring of stones.Īnd remember how I mentioned those retaining wall rocks not being flush in the middle of the ring? Well the fire pit lip covers most of that. This will help the bowl fit flush with your top layer of stones. Well since we don’t need those, just grab a screwdriver and remove the brackets. Underneath the lip of the bowl were little metal brackets for where you would normally attach the legs. Now you can make the DIY fire pit as high as you want, but we decided to only do three rows. Totally not needed just a little something to add character. You can kind of see the two subtle shades of stones a little better now. Now it’s time to add the third row of retaining wall stones, again staggering. Again it’s ok that the backs of the rocks aren’t flush. Make sure you stagger from the first row. Next remove the fire pit cover and start laying your second row of stones. ![]() Yeah, you can hardly tell in these pics but there’s 3 gray stones in the first ring. We also chose a tan color rock and threw in a couple gray ones. You can see this in the photo below.įor the 35 inch bowl we ended up with 15 blocks around it. Make sure the outside edges of the stones are touching, but it’s ok if the interior blocks have a little gap. Next, take the fire pit cover out of the box and start laying your retaining wall blocks tightly around it. Do NOT assemble the fire pit kit when you get it home. You want to make sure the bowl you choose has the big lip around the edge. To get started choose a 35 inch circular fire pit. Retaining wall blocks … available at most home improvement stores How to Make a DIY Fire Pit So here’s what you need to build a fire pit. The best part? We could put it right on top of the patio and the fire pit rocks didn’t need to be glued down. Then, when we were at Home Depot this past week we noticed a little stone fire pit on display made from retaining wall blocks. Can I just say… I’m in love! I really wanted a DIY fire pit but wasn’t quite sure if we could really pull it off. So we finally got our stamped concrete patio finished this past Friday. How to build a DIY fire pit in less than an hour!
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