Rustic Firepit Ideas

plumberone · Jul 4, 2016

Made from old water heater

I cut her out with a torch.

plumberone · Jul 4, 2016

Without the fire

Enjoy the flame

Mr H · Jul 4, 2016

rob-cubed said:
If you are looking to build a permanent masonry fire ring, leave air intakes at the bottom. If you really want a healthy fire, build a grate so the fuel can breathe even more.

This is why I went with a commercial container for mine, and left the extra space around it.

Also, I'm glad to see I'm not the only one that went with a river rock base to minimize the chance of ground fires.

WildIrishRose · Jul 7, 2016

This one is neat.

aklax11 · Jul 7, 2016

I bought one of these for my backyard and its worked great for cooking or general purpose fires! It comes with a grill top thats durable and easy to clean as well as a wire mesh cover and fire poker (both of which aren't the greatest product). Otherwise, just coated it with black rustoleum to prevent rust and its held up since Feb outside with a cover I bought for it on amazon.

Well worth ~$110

Minuteman said:
Great topic. None of these are mine, I don't have a fire pit, but would like one someday.

I like the idea of this, seeing the flames through the cutouts of the animals, very cool effect:

WarVet762 · Jul 8, 2016

I made this out of some stone I liberated from a mountainous region I frequent when camping. The trick is, if you don't want your pit to explode, use fire-resistant rocks. I know that's not a thing, but some rocks will explode/pop when exposed to sustained heat. When researching how to build one (I gave up on trying to cement/seal the thing. I just stacked the stones), it was mentioned to use a certain type of brick to surround the inner portion of the pit as to prevent pavers, cinder blocks, etc. from popping/cracking/exploding.

I forget what they're called, but it's something to look into if you don't have an abundance of "campfire/bonfire proven" rocks to work with.

BigDaddy · Jul 8, 2016

Sugar cane cookers are popular down south
http://www.briansfurniture.com/shop/outdoor/sugar-kettles/cast-iron/3-ft-cast-iron-sugar-kettle

The antique ones are 5' in diameter

RegularJay · Jul 10, 2016

Sandstone explodes but I forget how to identify it, I have an old wheel off a farm tractor that had convenient rust holes for air circulation - works great

Overboost44 · Jul 10, 2016

Just finished this up today.

Trek4Ward · Jul 11, 2016

WarVet762 said:
I made this out of some stone I liberated from a mountainous region I frequent when camping. The trick is, if you don't want your pit to explode, use fire-resistant rocks. I know that's not a thing, but some rocks will explode/pop when exposed to sustained heat. When researching how to build one (I gave up on trying to cement/seal the thing. I just stacked the stones), it was mentioned to use a certain type of brick to surround the inner portion of the pit as to prevent pavers, cinder blocks, etc. from popping/cracking/exploding.

I forget what they're called, but it's something to look into if you don't have an abundance of "campfire/bonfire proven" rocks to work with.

Nice! I just came upon some similar stones that are larger than what you have. I plan to dig them in a little though rather than set them on top of the earth. I'll probably get to it this weekend, so I'll send some before/after photos.

Trek4Ward · Jul 11, 2016

Overboost44 said:
Just finished this up today.

We need the "fire in the pit" pic to finalize the installation.

Overboost44 · Jul 11, 2016

Trek4Ward said:
We need the "fire in the pit" pic to finalize the installation.

I KNOW! Coming soon

Trek4Ward · Jul 21, 2016

Thanks all for your suggestions and examples. I decided to keep it rustic and simple and removed all the loose stones and replaced them with one layer of larger stones. I had forgotten how rocky the Garrett County soil was, so what you see took me more than 6 hours to do. Each stone varies in depth in the earth from 3" - 6", and I ended up unearthing 3 more wheel barrels full of smaller rocks in the process. The last pic was a novelty set I picked up that always gets a good laugh.

BUFF7MM · Jul 21, 2016

I showed my wife the roasters and she had to laugh, but she wants a set. I think she was eyeballing the weenie. :innocent0

Trek4Ward · Jul 21, 2016

Buff7mm said:
I showed my wife the roasters and she had to laugh, but she wants a set. I think she was eyeballing the weenie.

I bought them here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/221178191/hotdog-roasters-marshmallow-and-hot-dog?ref=related-0

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