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Let's see your outdoor fireplace/fire pit

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  1. Jack Straw

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    I put a fireplace together quickly last week so we could have a fire. I want to build permanent fireplace for grilling and relaxing by the fire. I'm just looking for ideas. Thanks!
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    From a year ago or so.......

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    I like the big pile of rocks pit...au natural and cheap.
     

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    Thanks for the thread, WWW is looking for ideas for a bbq/fire pit on the new patio. I REALLY like what FarmHand78 did in his new patio, but not ideal for our situation. Have you seen his patio thread, its :drool:
     
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    Got the idea from someone here on FHC. P1010893.JPG
     
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    Thanks wildwest.... it finally stopped raining here, I took a night off from patio duty a week ago and it's been raining on and off for the last six days! I'm planing on finishing the fire pit this weekend... will get pics on here of the finished product.
     
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    My wife loved the pic of all of your dogs. :thumbs:
     
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    My wife DECIDED this is what she wanted. I dry stacked the firebrick, in case she changed her mind. Will get skirted with River Rock soon.
    Been waiting since completion on Sunday afternoon to torch this thing:
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    And after 2 days of rain and some sunny breezy weather today:
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    My wife did a great job. The build shall be chronicled in a thread, 'cos Harvey the Avatar dog had to help dig.....
     
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    You've got some GREAT company there!
     
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    Is there anything she doesn't do? You got her running the saw now, you had her carrying in the wood last winter. You better be treating her to an out to dinner every once in while.:rofl: :lol::whistle:
     
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    Of course!
    She's great, and I show her my appreciation all the time.:)
     
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    Here are some pics of my pit. A couple of them show a rock that started melting/disintegating back into sand. I have lost a lot of rocks in my big fires. I burned 92 pallets one night, the coals were six feet high, 3 days later when they burned down the rocks were....gone. I lose more rocks that way.:rofl: :lol: One pic is an action shot of a little fire. DSCN1082.JPG DSCN1083.JPG DSCN1084.JPG DSCN1085.JPG
     
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    I know you do, you're a good man!:thumbs:
     
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    I attended a campfire gathering like that last summer.

    Just a little something to take the chill out of the night air....for about 50' in every direction.

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    Yup, that's a good one right there. That's kind of how my rocks crack/split & turn to sand in the 1st photo
     
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    Is that a great dane?
     
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    I thought it looked like a Holstein calf. Lol
     
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    Me too!
     
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    Got one tending the fire, a traffic support agent checking tractor movement, and a photographer.....:thumbs:
    Great set up, Fan!:yes:
    Very inviting sir!:)
     
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