DIY: Modern (Sunken) In ground Fire Pit 

Very cool and will be building my own, just a little concerned about the bricks, are they fire rated? Typically you want to use fire bricks or at least clay bricks, not cement pavers (too porous, will get water and then explode/crack if super heated). Pavers around the pit should be fine as they won't get super hot, but inside the fire pit walls you want fire rated material.

saturating the ground with water for about a week before digging would have saved you A LOT of time and effort. You'd also be able to dig deeper if you wanted. Looks like your ground is caliche, which becomes like concrete. Also, I bet the white stone isn't white anymore unless you're out there washing it all the time 😂

Looks amazing, would you be willing to share the list of items that you used for this project? I want to build something similar in the spring but with a natural gas pit instead

Two mistakes you made, one was drainage, that can easily be fixed with minor adjustments. The second was seating, unless you’re sitting infants a full sized adult can’t sit comfortably how it’s currently set up.

Thank you for including the shot of the pit after the sod went in!

Hey San. Awesome video and amazing end result. I had one question. Not sure where you live but do you ever have problems with drainage within the fire pit and seated area? I like how you used the ground as a natural backing for the seating instead of using difficult retaining walls, but just wondering if there were any issues not having a drain? Thanks!

Awesome! How’s it holding up and how’s the height for actually sitting ? Seems a little low?

I love how easy you made this look, and great fun too. I might just -

I just saved this video!!! I am in the process of purchasing my first home and this is definitely an idea I will LOVE to do

look great but a few questions, how do you empty all the ash? how do you stop grass cuttings from going everywhere? will the glue hold up with the heat? and are the bricks okay for fire? I'm looking to build my own and was thinking of digging a soakaway in the centre so the ash and water and can drain away in to it or have that and a tray for the ash to reuse for the plants.

is there any concerns of erosion of the dirt over time that the pavers are sitting on? we love this design and want to do this, but that's my primary concern

What about drainage for rain?

How is it holding up since you built it? Would like to see a current video update on this fire pit.

I'm building mine right now. A little tweeks but practically the same. I think I'm doing overkill. On the drainage issue I'm pretty much screwed but I came up with a solution. Installing pvc pipe at floor bottom and digging small trench to feed pipe in ground and having it come out on the outside and using a harbor freight small water pump to hook up to and pumping it out easily. I had a major rain come thru literally 24 hrs of it. And I've used the pump in the past and it pumped out the hole no problem. Hence I saw the weak spots in my setup with the whole. Slowly trucking along building it. Hope it helps someone

It looks good but when rainy day where water will go? Is it become a swimming pool? I like to see your upgrade for this video after heavy rain storm.

Verry nice work, well done. But I'm afraid the concrete bricks wil crack sooner or later because of the heat. For a fire pit you should have token burnt red bricks and glue them together with clay.

probably a bummer to sit on a 8" talk block. Looks nice in photos thou

What was the cost making this?

That is some beautiful work. I think I saw that you used construction adhesive for the brickwork on the firepit. Out of curiosity, how well is the construction adhesive holding up to the heat from the fire?

Post a new video with design issues and what you did to resolve them

2 things i notice, drainage and cleaning the ashes would be nightmare

Stellar!! Your patience and workmanship payed off fantastically. Smooth..linear..and professional. Your channel is very informative..wishing you great success with all your projects.

Beautiful job! I’m a female and I learned so much from you, I will be sharing this video with my husband. Thank you for all of your great advice and expertise.

👍🏻👍🏻🇧🇷🇧🇷

Is it possible you can give the dimensions?

Looks cool bit all kinds of concern pvc fire weed barrier fire glue fire and if thats a trick with the square then wow bit hey you put in the work looks good

Hi San! I hope you're doing well. I just wanted to let you know that I really enjoyed seeing your project - it's both beautiful and elegantly simple! Would you be willing to share the dimensions of it with me? I'm looking to start my first project soon, so having an idea of the dimensions would be really helpful. Thank you so much!

Why about rain? You just gonna scoop it out?

incredible job man. Always amazes me how people figure out how to do this stuff.

First: finish product looks great. Use a spade for digging, dig 3 inches lower. get 3/4 crush with fines (aka road base), use level to skreet the road base with quarter bubble grade following yard grade direction. Pack it well. Then sand and proceed as you did. Get a dead blow and tap the 2x2s gently into the sand while using the level to check and keep desired grade. The quality looks good, but that thing is gonna settle. Also I hate the 2x2s, they crack easily, and they’re heavy. P.S. using deadblow tap all blocks/pavers to reduce settling, again chase grade with your level. A plate whacker can be used for packing the road base, or a tamper.

How much did this project cost?

awesome work, could you write whole dimensions of this pit ?

Ray romano that you?

Looks good! We will be doing this in the next month! ... we will see how it goes! thanks for sharing!

Bad ass project, very well done.

Would you recommend this build in a more wet climate? I am concerned that the tube would catch rain and flood the fire pit. Awesome project by the way. Congrats!

All oxygen in the air is "fresh" 🤣 you silly, if it's "dirty" we call it a compound. And I argue your inch measure needs calibration.

So clean. Amazing work.

Since everyone is doing smokeless fire pits...is this style smokeless?

Amazing. We would love to do the same! But one question. Do you have concerns about drainage with heavy rain?

Looks like a future 🐟 🐠 🐡 pond...wouldn't work in my area. Looks good though! 👏

What happens when it rains???

lol you must be in arizona, there needs to be french drain if you live in northwest. Also need to pour footing to block water from coming in from under the side of the dirt.

How do you manage when it starts raining. Doesn't the pit sink without any concrete base?

That is absolutely amazing. Awesome job. I'm in the process of building an outdoor kitchen, just finished building a floating deck for the base, and my next project was to build a fire pit, but after seeing this it's given me some ideas. Thanks for posting.

There's no way this would work in a northern region. That fire pit would be a soaking tub after a few rains

Looks lovely but wouldn’t imagine it would stand the test of time with how many common practices have been missed

U got a Pic or vid of u actually sitting in it? Dimensions seems really narrow

Wow amazing work! Im curios in what state is this in? What about in the spring when it rains alot?

Drainage?

That’s awesome. But if I built that where I live I would have a coy pond after first rain

This was awesome! I’m remodeling my yard and plan to excavate a portion of my raised patio to have a sunken pit and use the excavated dirt to backfill an area for a raised seating / dining area

How much did all that cost?

Where is the full list of materials

Looks good but the yard grades into the pit gonna have a nice swimming pool on your hands

How long did it take? Hours or day wise?

So does it drain?

Nice work! I'm blown away.

Top job 👏👏👏

Timeout: did i really see you say this cost $600.00?

Very nice build! Enjoyable video too

Curious.. Does it have the potential to flood? after hard rainfall.

I wonder how is it functional during heavy rain…hate to see it turn into a pond, looks good tho

I love it

Jacuzzi?

What a SICK JOB you did on your Fire Pit. It’s always amazing and cool when the females get involved as well. Helluv of backyard too!!

That was awesome

does water accumulate when it rains?

Very nice!

Then you squat while you try to sit there?

I love it but I didn't see any drains put in, what happens after a good rain storm. seems the whole thing will hold water ??

Did you seal the cinder blocks with mortar or just put dirt in the holes to keep them stable❓

very nice, not good for old folks

A toddlers moms worst nightmare

how do you drain the water off the sunken floor

It looks great! But where do you sit? And how well does it drain the rain?

Looks very good, my sunken fire pit is 1 metre deep, what do you recommend for drainage?

после хорошего дождя можно будет туда рыбок запускать.

Yes I want one I gotta have this in my back yard 💯❤😊

Wow.

What about the rain

Nice build! - #joshsprink

Do you need a permit

Absolutely amazing work I really really love it😀

Sweet pond

Stupid, then when the rain comes, it turns into a pond

I don’t understand where your seating/chairs go? It’s really beautiful. Am I missing something?

Looks good man. Very nice execution.

what is the demension

Looks awesome , great job on the vid man!

Dope

50/10 just awesome

came out nice guys

Top notch great work

Amazing work, I’m thinking of doing something very similar but worried about water retention specially in FL with the heavy rain. What would you do for that??

Wonderful design, but it will not last. No footing for the block, wrong brick for the fire pit, using the cap to hold back soil for the step is all wrong. Even if you want to do something like this yourself, you can still contact a local professional landscape company and they can provide you with proper construction techniques. You will be repairing this project multiple times in the near future.

Wow...👍

Does the dryer vent melt at all?

Baddass!!!!

Bro that came out great !