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D.I.Y. fire pit ideas

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D.I.Y. fire pit ideas

With the colder weather approaching I thought it’d be a great project to create a fire pit for outdoor entertaining. I recently saw a fire pit made out of stacked wheel drums and thought it looked simple and rather effective. Anyone got any ideas or images of some interesting fire pit designs? - Thanks!

 

Community manager's note: Check out How to build a fire pit for expert advice.


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Kermit
Amassing an Audience

Re: DIY Fire Pit Ideas

Good work @Super_D. Looks like you can have a real roaring fire in there. 

Re: DIY Fire Pit Ideas

I have one of the wheel ones.  They are great and if they are car wheels the top is perfect for a cast pot to sit on so you can cook a nice stew while enjoying the fire ☺️

Jason
Community Manager
Community Manager

Re: DIY Fire Pit Ideas

Great, thanks for joining in the discussion @alynova.

 

Let me also extend a very warm welcome to the community It's fantastic to have you as one of our latest Workshop members. I hope you get lots of helpful advice and inspiration from our community members. Feel free to post whenever you need help or have a new project to share.

 

Thanks again,

 

Jason

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micsul
Growing in Experience

Re: DIY Fire Pit Ideas

Hi Kay (@kaylah_rose)

Love that blue picture.

If you have any info on how it was created and how it is kept alight I would dearly love to hear about it.

Cheers

Micsul

anteather
Getting Established

Re: DIY Fire Pit Ideas

 

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Easy built fire pit.  

 

 

Kermit
Amassing an Audience

Re: DIY Fire Pit Ideas

Do you mean this shot with the fire glass @micsul?

 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_glass

Re: DIY Fire Pit Ideas

Hi Miscul

 

Sorry for the late reply I have been MIA!

I found the blue fire pit here :smile:

https://bestplants.com/fire-glass/

 

Hope this helps!

Kay

Re: DIY Fire Pit Ideas

I had a long weekend away with family and it was lovely to have an open fire. The kids loved toasting marshmallows! 

 

Anyone build a new fire pit recently or planning to put one in?

 

Jason

 

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Meling
Building a Reputation

Re: D.I.Y. fire pit ideas

Hi, this is a fire pit made from a truck rim, Rio bar, horseshoes for the top half . Bottom half is a basic frame stand made from 25x25 steel tube and angle iron. 

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Jason
Community Manager
Community Manager

Re: D.I.Y. fire pit ideas

Many thanks for sharing such a creative project @Meling. Well done! 

 

Other visitors to this popular discussion might like to check out this comprehensive guide by @Adam_W - How to build a fire pit. It contains wonderful step-by-step instructions with photos and a full list of tools and materials to replicate the project.

 

Jason

 

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