This will be my spring project. Simple design, easy to build and easy on the eye. Added plus, keeps the grand kids from roasting themselves while roasting marshmallows. I just wish I had a neighbor Doug.
Adam and Doug, nice firepits! One suggestion though….If you take the top two layers off, and remove two pavers from the bottom row, you can then rearrange the bottom row in the same diameter circle while creating (2 or 3) open spaces for air to enter the pit down low. Then replace the top two layers. This will give you a better almost smokeless fire!
Ahahahaha, too cute, PurpleCollarLife!! If Adam & Lana ever sell their property, they can add, "And, we have neighbor Doug!" They'll get more money for their place!! 😉😆😆😆
I am accustomed to digging down for a fire pit. I was a little confused since I have never seen this method. It looks clean and assuming you have no settling of the fire brick, clean up should be easy with a snow shovel! Yeah I am using some amazon points to get that torch.... that thing is bad ass!!
Hi Adam and Doug well thought out and wonderful addition for your outdoor enjoyment, it should extend your outdoor evening enjoyment and the pleasure of staying connected to the outdoors around you. 😀👍👍👍
Doug to the rescue…Doug’s most admirable (creator) trait is he is not afraid to train up a younger neighbor. Wish more men did this…. I hope this last you a long time Adam.
That looks fantastic! The whole house/property does! I would love to drink a beer around that fire pit with you and neighbor Doug. Maybe someday, if I ever beat this cancer.
You need to buy some fire starter from Mike. Does the pond look higher? P.S. You need to put shutters on the garage windows or put in the same style that matches your house windows!
Fantastic , well done both of you. I bet Doug couldn't believe his luck when his best mate told him he was going to stay home all day and be a You Tuber !!!! Thank you ,keep it coming both of you.
If you vented the bottom of your pit.... you would never have to clean it (rain washes it out. Plus the airflow = better fires. Think of it more as plumbing for air going up and ash water going down.
Probably one of the reasons for taller fire pits is to reduce blowing ash and such if a wind comes up. The nice thing about a larger diameter fire pit is that you can spread the fire out and hose it down if you need to extinguish it. And remember, if you build a man a fire, he's warm for a night. If you set a man on fire, he's warm for the rest of his life.
I hope your family and friends DONT enjoy a few pops around a fire unless you get some railing near that slope. I'm serious Adam. Keep the great videos coming!!!
My only issue was if the firebrick would absorb moisture and then crack when hot. Apparently not as Doug has had his fire pit for 15 years without a problem!
Very nice! I like the size, height and design. Only little change might be to space out the blocks a little to let heat and light out and to draw air into the fire.
The whole project has turned out awesome. Any luck with the pond filling up? Seems you guys have been getting all the rain ...us southernes are dry as a bone and no rain in site
There was a famous aircraft designer named Kelly Johnston. He designed the SR 71 Blackbird. His design philosophy was the KISS method. Translated it was 'Keep It Simple Stupid'. Sometimes simple, is simply the best.
Not sure why you compare what you built to the Solostove in price or size. It's a completely different product and use case. What I like about the Solostove is that it is portable. My pit doesn't have to be in the same place around my property every time, I could even take it with me somewhere like a large party where my friend would like to get a second fire going, or glamping, etc. The other thing I like about the Solostove over my open put fire area is that the SS uses very little wood to have a nice hot fire all evening, where my open pit just tears through wood. If you have an unlimited supply of wood and a firewood processor you don't mind how much wood a fire uses. Yes it is too expensive, but I got mine as a gift and really like it.
@@HometownAcres I totally get your point, and for what you're doing it will be a better fit than a Solostove. I'll also bet you're going to eventually want another fire pit (or use the solostove type) down at the pond. ...so the true comparison isn't over. There'll be some serious landscaping/hardscaping down at that pond eventually. That's what I like about mine, I move it to where I need it based on what I'm doing. But you definitely needed a permanent one up at the house....beautiful location to sit by a fire
Hey Adam, looks great. Just some advice… I used paver stones for the walls of a fire pit too. After 3 years they cracked and started to disintegrate. Also, with pavers there is a risk that they can explode from the heat.
HI Adam, I built the very same fire pit with my three kids about 17 years ago, I am talking identical with the exception of the fire bricks and I wished I had used them for the easy cleaning.
GOOOOOOOD MAAAAAAAAWNIN EVERYONE!!!!…from an overcast/misty morning here in Virginia Beach…NICE JOB!! I’m currently using a only stainless steel washer tub. I works fantastic! All the little holes just radiate heat & flicker & sparkle when the fire is roaring. Hard to beat a great neighbor like Doug. Catch yinz on the next one Have a Day! Oh yeah, check out the fire starter Mike Morgan is selling now. Works fantastic!! 🤙🏻😜
That neighbor Doug has some good ideas at time. Like you say, maybe it's not Broke, don't fix it. And your uniqueness can come from what you do around it.
Hello. Fire pit looks great. Just a suggestion from a recent project I did. On your front deck steps if you use white plastic wood to finish the risers on the steps it really makes them look finished and makes them pop. Lowes has a 5/16 thick wood grained white plastic 1x6 that works perfect for risers.
at least use a good dustmask or better a good filter mask when cutting those firebricks. That dust is as dangerous as asbestos if you get it in your lungs.
Silicosis is deadlier than asbestos diseases. Famous story about a tunnel being built (Pennsylvania if I rember right) with incredible number of sick and dead. from limited exposure.
The part of the video of you and the family sitting by the fire pit brought back so many great memories of doing the same things as a child at my Uncles place in Central PA. Thank you foir that!
I have a paver stone fire pit that's smaller than that, and we've never had any issues with it other than wasps wanting to move in in the off season (It's built in the woods, like everything else)
That’s a nice pit! I guess everyone who enjoys our fire pit just kinda deals with the light smoke, they never complain. I have proven to people dry wood vs green is better in your fireplace because of less smoke and what green stuff does to the chimney. We are under a burn ban so our fire pit will have to wait. 👍
Great video and excellent advice around the height. We are one of those who bought the solo stove and I do regret it. We have since spent all kinds of money on accessories to get it to what a normal firepit would do - the main one being you have to be standing over the solo stove to get any heat from it, so we bought a deflector for example...the amount I have sunk into the solo stove brand could have gone a LOT further going old school...the one thing about the solo stove is the portability to use it elsewhere on your property.
