It was harder work than I anticipated, though a good back would have been a great asset here. It took a few days at a few hours a day - a leisurely pace - but after wishing last year, planning all winter and gathering materials all spring it is finally complete. And I am tired. With plant day on Saturday among other projects around the house and yard, I'm spent. I did practically nothing yesterday, worked today, and hopefully with an early night and good night's sleep I'll feel better tomorrow.
But it looks good and I'm happy with it. The extra blocks inside I made into a fancy pattern for air flow but they get in the way, I'll be moving them to the inside perimeter for future use. I also bought a screen dome for when sparks/ashes fly and a lid to keep out the weather. The lid will get the most use as I don't see us using the screen unless needed. We'll also have to let people know that no cigarette butts or trash is to go into the fire as I plan to mix the ash with compost for the garden. And now, all of a sudden, all the wood I've accumulated doesn't seem like that much at all!
Pictures of the process after the break:
6 comments:
That looks really good. Did you cement the bricks or are they just lying on top of each other?
I used an outdoor fireplace block adhesive. You can see some on the interior before I put the metal ring in. Hopefully it will hold well and for a long time.
Looks good. Without the intermediate pictures, it would have been very easy to undervalue the amount of work that went in to its creation (but isn't that always the way!).
Hope you have many joyous 'events' around it, and sing many campfire songs!
Thanks BW, but it was just more work to me because it was low, ground work. I'm sure we'll have tons of fun with it, but maybe not this weekend as temperatures are going to be hot hot hot!
Looks great! We are wanting to make one too. Thanks for the visual! :) Enjoy it!
All in, less than 150 bucks, Kel. You're welcome to come up for a fire - or any reason - anytime!
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