Modern DIY Fire Pit Easy Build
Hey everyone! Things have been such a whirlwind around here with the renovations on our new(ish) home. Between fabricating countertops, caring for my children, planting a hedge, fixing broken toys, and end of the school year activities, I haven’t had time to catch my breath. This project today is something I actually made a couple weeks ago, but I’m just now getting around to posting it! If you want to keep more up to date with my day-to-day, don’t forget to follow me on Facebook and Instagram. Now on to my modern DIY fire pit!
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You might remember last spring I built a cement fire pit at our house. Since we moved, I was sad we won’t get to enjoy it anymore! I decided to build a new version, but this time I was a bit smarter.
Modern DIY Fire Pit
As you can see, I did things a bit differently.
- I didn’t include a sand bottom because it wasn’t necessary. Dirt works fine.
- Normal cement blocks were used to build the square shape instead of fancy bricks like my last pit. Maybe you could even find some discounted at the hardware store to build your own?!
- I added a liner. The other pit did not have a circular liner and in reality I should have added one. The cement won’t last long without discoloring or cracking if you don’t have a fire pit liner with steel coating in there to protect it. The liner I bought was not that expensive! You can get one here.
It’s so much fun to relax by the fire and burn stuff. It’s cathartic. Since we have so many pallets and cardboard packaging attached to all our renovation items (front door, new range, etc) I’ve been using the fire pit a lot!
This past Friday we also hosted an end of the school year grill out and enjoyed time around the fire with our friends. It is such an enjoyable and beautiful aspect of our yard! Plus I feel good in knowing I build it all by myself in just a few hours!
I’ll be back soon with another blog post about our new range. It’s seriously amazing – I can’t wait to show you!!
Don’t forget to pin this post in case you want to make one of these in the future!
this was awesome!!!Even I could do this!!
Tanya Trottier
tanyas@telusplanet.net
Great job on this. I am trying to replicate this in my backyard and wanted to know where did you get the patio paver from? I search my local home depot and lowes and they did not have them.
I believe Lowes had the same pavers online, but they were out of stock.
Help!
Hi Kenneth! I bought mine at Menards. Typically something like this would be outside in the lumber yard. Perhaps it is seasonal?
Looks great! I assume you’ve had this for awhile now. Would you do anything different or have you modified it since the start? 30 or 36 inch liner?
Hi Tom! I have had it for a year now. It’s held up really well and I wouldn’t change anything about the design. The only thing you might consider doing differently is using construction adhesive to glue the cement blocks together so they don’t move. I used the 36″ liner, the blocks create a square that is slightly bigger than the liner so there’s air between the block and liner. I think this is good for heat dissipation!
Thanks for your comment and questions!! Good luck recreating this for your yard 🙂
Melissa
Hi, it looks great! I just bought the 36×36 liner, could you please tell me the brick dimensions you used? and the dimensions of the total pit area? Thanks in advance 🙂 coco
My cinder blocks were normal size – 8″ x 8″ x 16″ and I used twelve. This created a square that is approximately 56″ x 56″ measuring on the outside. The inner square is slightly larger than the 36″ liner, but the lip on the liner rests on the edge of the blocks and it fits! 🙂 I hope this helped coco!
Hello
Where did you get your liner?
Here’s a link: https://goto.walmart.com/c/1379587/565706/9383?veh=aff&sourceid=imp_000011112222333344&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.walmart.com%2Fip%2FBENTISM-Fire-Pit-Ring-36-Square-Insert-Heavy-Duty-Steel-DIY-Bonfire-Liner-Tongs-Insert-Simple-Installation-Outdoor-Patio-Backyard%2F275323441%3Ffrom%3D%2Fsearch The one I originally bought is no longer sold.
Hey….plan on building this pit this week with the same dimensions.
Did you end up finding a grill grate for it?
No, I didn’t buy a grill grate for my pit.
Where can I order the liner from?
You can get the square fire pit liner here: http://shrsl.com/1m1tj (affiliate link) Thanks!
How many pavers were on the top row and what sizes were they?
12 patio pavers, 2 inches by 8 inches by 16 inches.
I plan on making this but people keep saying I need holes at the bottom for air. Do you seem to have any trouble.
The pit is low enough to the ground that you get air to the fire. It’s also big enough that the fire isn’t too smokey. Holes at the bottom make your pit vent better meaning the fire burns faster and is less smokey.
I love this fire pit and plan to build it yet this fall. Just one question, when I went to the website for the liner, it lists the choices of:
30-Inch dimensions: 30″ square inner, 36″ square outer x 10″ H; 26 lbs
or
36-Inch dimensions: 36″ square inner, 42″ square outer x 10″ H; 43 lbs
For the dimensions you share in earlier comments which do I want?
Thank you!
You want the 36″ one! 🙂
Thank you!