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By Lauren B. Laughlin
Everyone likes to do outdoor gathering and cooking. Based on observations, outdoor cooking is really a fun experience and can amazingly add a different level of taste to your food and gathering experience. You can make instant way of doing this by buying a BBQ grill at a local store or online. However, making a homemade brick fire pit grill can be more exciting and a unique experience. This is certainly the best alternative for doing an outdoor gathering and cooking.
Making a personalized brick fire pit is not as difficult as your thought. I suggest to set one day or two for this task and invite you family members to help you make this fire pit. Here are the steps to making a brick fire pit at home..
* Find a suitable location
The first move you should make is to select the best location at your backyard. Take note that the suitable location has an enough distance to your home, windows, or other parts of your house to avoid the risk of fire accident. Make sure the location of your fire pit can be easily drained.
* Pad Digging
For illustration purposes, let us dig the pad 2 to 4 inches deep. Make sure to level the base of the pad for the brick fire pit.
* Use 2×4 feet woods and screw
When making the forms based on the given dimension, use 2×4 size of wood and screw them. Using screw is an easy way of disassembling the forms. Prepare the right mixture of cement based on the recommended combination provided by the manufacturer stated on the cement bag. After obtaining the correct cement mixture, pour it into the brick fire pit foundation. Make a latus pattern and place the steel bars into the cement. After doing this place a mark on the cement and get ready for the pit wall preparation.
* Have the cement mortar ready
Generally, the proportion should be one portion of the cement and three portions of the sand. However, the ratio which can have a strong result is two by one. This is made to achieve an ice cream like structure which is easy to work. Be sure to avoid the mixture very watery. Take note that a correct cement mixture used for fire pit can help attain a well-balance elements.
* Making the wall of the brick fire pit
Place a generous amount of mortar on the mark you made previously. Be sure to include the ends and side of the bricks. Se to it that the bricks are resting properly on the mortar. Make an adjustment until the bricks are properly set up and arranged. Use a string to ensure that the adjustment you made is aligned properly.
* Ensure that the string is correctly horizontal as well as the top side of the bricks.
You can also use a leveler for this step. You should be sure that the brick is place on top in an overlapping position. To make the brick stronger, have a lap of one half the actual size of the brick.
When you are considering metal grills, choose the desired height of the brick and insert them. In this case the brick wall is covered by stones or bricks.
Now you have your new homemade fire pit. Enjoy your family gathering and outdoor cooking at home.
About the Author: Lauren B. Laughlin enjoys writing for Myfirepits.com which sells firepit and propane fire pit as well as a host of additional products.
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