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Advice for fire pit construction (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by h0rnman@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/homeimprovement@lemmy.world

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Hey all. I'm building a fire pit for my back yard and I'm looking for recommendations on what kind of rock to use.

My pit is going to consist of 2 concentric metal rings, one at 48" wide and one at 36" wide, leaving a 12" gap between them. I'd like to fill this gap with some kind of rock (and maybe cap it with flagstone) but there's not any good information about what kind of rock is ok for that purpose.

I understand that for the base, I'd want to use either sand or lava rock, and if i was just surrounding the inner ring I'd need heat bricks or something similar, but I'm stuck on what can go between the rings without worrying about explosions.

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[–] Wxfisch@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Honestly I'd leave it empty and cap the gap with pavers or similar. What it sounds like you are describing is how you build a smokeless fire pit and you'd want to avoid interrupting the airflow in that case.

[–] h0rnman@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

I'm not trying to build smokeless necessarily. Mostly, the rocks are for even heat distribution and appearance. I worry that the rings i bought won't support flagstone, so it needs to look good without them

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