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Offline pz

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Building a fire pit in the back yard
« Reply #-1 on: October 18, 2013, 12:29:33 PM »
My son helped me with this one - we had concrete wall blocks left from a retaining wall demolition, and thought that recycling them into something useful would be a good thing to do.  Just found these pics of the construction (from a couple years ago)



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Re: Building a fire pit in the back yard
« on: October 18, 2013, 01:25:32 PM »
That is a really nice looking pit.
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Re: Building a fire pit in the back yard
« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2013, 02:55:18 PM »
Nice pit......1st thing that came to mind was a CIALIS commercial  ;D
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Re: Building a fire pit in the back yard
« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2013, 03:24:01 PM »
Quote from: Sailor1 on October 18, 2013, 02:55:18 PM
Nice pit......1st thing that came to mind was a CIALIS commercial  ;D

 ;D That's funny.
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Re: Building a fire pit in the back yard
« Reply #3 on: October 18, 2013, 04:38:24 PM »
Quote from: PoppyBill on October 18, 2013, 03:24:01 PM
Quote from: Sailor1 on October 18, 2013, 02:55:18 PM
Nice pit......1st thing that came to mind was a CIALIS commercial  ;D

 ;D That's funny.

Right!!   but without seeing the bathtubs.  but they do have warm footsies  :D
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Re: Building a fire pit in the back yard
« Reply #4 on: October 18, 2013, 04:42:10 PM »

Gotta be an old picture...    Only a hatchet within reach.   :D

Nice job repurposing the blocks.  Looks better than the combine rims people use around here!
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Offline pz

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Re: Building a fire pit in the back yard
« Reply #5 on: October 18, 2013, 04:53:55 PM »
Quote from: Sailor1 on October 18, 2013, 02:55:18 PM
Nice pit......1st thing that came to mind was a CIALIS commercial  ;D

I KNEW there was something about that pic, but didn't realize what until you posted!


Quote from: squirtthecat on October 18, 2013, 04:42:10 PM

Gotta be an old picture...    Only a hatchet within reach.   :D

Nice job repurposing the blocks.  Looks better than the combine rims people use around here!

lol, CIALIS and weapons don't belong in the same commercial!

We enjoyed re-purposing the materials - everything in the construction was cast off from other projects.  One of these days I'd like to finish the project with some kind of metal internal structure I could use for cooking purposes - would be kind of cool to cook in a fire pit
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Re: Building a fire pit in the back yard
« Reply #6 on: October 18, 2013, 05:04:13 PM »
Nice looking pit!
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Re: Building a fire pit in the back yard
« Reply #7 on: October 18, 2013, 05:34:38 PM »
Heck, if I built a fire pit on my ranch in New Mexico, I would probably burn half the State down.  :)

Nice looking pit. Must be nice on a cool evening.

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Re: Building a fire pit in the back yard
« Reply #8 on: October 18, 2013, 08:18:12 PM »
Nice looking pit, pz!
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Re: Building a fire pit in the back yard
« Reply #9 on: October 18, 2013, 08:32:36 PM »
Cool!! Two pieces of angle iron across the top a foot apart will make a nice landing for a cast iron Dutch oven.
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Re: Building a fire pit in the back yard
« Reply #10 on: October 18, 2013, 08:37:34 PM »
Quote from: Keymaster on October 18, 2013, 08:32:36 PM
Cool!! Two pieces of angle iron across the top a foot apart will make a nice landing for a cast iron Dutch oven.
Good idea- you could also put a piece of expanded metal over the angle iron to act as a grill, or a add a griddle - just move some of the embers under the "grill" and use the fire to feed it.
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Re: Building a fire pit in the back yard
« Reply #11 on: October 18, 2013, 10:27:45 PM »
Excellent ideas, gents!  That's kind of what I had in mind, only to have a couple of the wall blocks inside the pit and space them wide enough to fit the interlocking Grill Grates - then from the main fire, shovel coals beneath the grates.  However, I like the idea of a couple of pieces of angle iron on top with even more Grill Grates for a more large scale production.  I'd also like to have a paella pan and Korean BBQ as accessories.  Granted, it would be a special use pit because it would be best when the weather turns cool, but before winter settles in.
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Re: Building a fire pit in the back yard
« Reply #12 on: October 18, 2013, 10:29:41 PM »
Sounds like a lot of fun! Take lots of pictures, please.
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Re: Building a fire pit in the back yard
« Reply #13 on: October 18, 2013, 10:45:16 PM »
That's a great place for one of those tripod things that can hang a grill or a Dutch Oven. Fun stuff!
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