Fire Pit!!! Updated with Progress Photos

[GAbuckhunter88]

So we just bought our first house and the first project I wanted to do was build a nice fire pit area. I have access to a lot of Granite Cobblestone layed in the streets of Atlanta back in the late 1800's so I thought that would be a cool material to build it out of not to mention a good conversation piece. Here is where I am at so far. The pit is 3-1/2 feet inside dimension. Hope to finish it up by the end of this weekend. Will post more pictures as I go.

Added some progress pictures from this weekend. All I have left to do is finish adding the River Rock around the pit and pressure wash everything then it will be time to light the first fire!!!

 

[mrs. hornet22]

Can't wait to see the finished product.

 

[carver]

Looks great,I used a walkmaker mold for my setting area




and for my walkway

 

[PurplePinewoodDragon]

Sweet set up. It looks great and I love the look and history of the cobblestone. I am a big fan of cobblestone, always have been.

 

[Wild Turkey]

i may have some grey blocks like the ones in the other pics where u can make the middle round. in Winston.

 

[shakey gizzard]

Nice pits!

 

[wvdawg]

That should turn out awesome! Good looking stones to work with.

 

[280bst]

That's the start of a lot of Tall tales and well spun yarns Looks Great

 

[Northwestretriever]

Congratulations on the new house!!! Looking good so far!!!

Look forward to more pics.

 

[01Foreman400]

Very nice!

 

[7 point]

Looks good I m trying to get a piece of 36'' storm water pipe for my pit.

 

[BlackEagle]

Be sure to glue them with silicone! You'll be glad you did. It doesnt take much but it will keep them from moving. Ive built a couple hundred fire pits from free standing block/rock when I was in the landscaping business and the adhesive is a must! Looks good!

 

[GAbuckhunter88]

Looks good I m trying to get a piece of 36'' storm water pipe for my pit.

Are you wanting RCP?

 

[GAbuckhunter88]

Be sure to glue them with silicone! You'll be glad you did. It doesnt take much but it will keep them from moving. Ive built a couple hundred fire pits from free standing block/rock when I was in the landscaping business and the adhesive is a must! Looks good!

I used a Fire Place repair mortar caulk to bond all of the blocks together. I wanted something that would stand up to the heat.

 

[7 point]

Are you wanting RCP?

Yes

 

[GAbuckhunter88]

Yes

Be careful as that will have the possibility of exploding when it gets to hot.

 

[hambone76]

Looking good.

 

[7 point]

Be careful as that will have the possibility of exploding when it gets to hot.

Thanks for the advise I know we had one years ago at a old camp we had it lasted for years but that is certainly some thing to watch for.

 

[godevilducker]

Looking at building one myself. What type of adhesive yall talking bout using? Only use it with no mortar or add it to the mortar?

 

[BROWNING7WSM]

Looks good