Build Your Own Backyard Fire Pit: A Do-It-Yourself Guide

27th August 2016

By Robin Horton

Guest Writer for Wake Up World

Bringing people together over the warm glow of an outdoor fire is a favored pastime. Sitting around a fire can allow family and friends to join together, and can serve as a self-efficient way of cooking select foods. Building a fire pit of your own is easy, and brings life to your outdoor space. But, to ensure that it is done safely and effectively requires a plan — and this step-by-step do-it-yourself guide from our friends at Fix.com will help you do it.

You’ll need a safe location, and a suitable style for your intended usage. Once you’ve chosen your place and type, you’ll need only limited tools and materials to create your homemade fire pit.

Are you ready to get fired up?

Required tools and materials: Shovel, measuring tape, spray paint (or chalk dusts etc.) to outline the shape, wooden stake, concrete blocks, sand, level, rubber mallet, masonry adhesive and gravel.

1. Have a Plan

What is your particular lifestyle and what kind of experience are you looking to create? Maybe you’d like to designate a social gathering area, making the fire pit the visual or decorative focal point of your outdoor living space. You might want to use the fire pit to warm up chilly evenings and extend your outdoor season. Perhaps you’d like to relive your childhood camp days by roasting hot dogs and making S’mores over the fire. No matter what you decide, you need to have a plan.

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