Fire Pit

Tscarborough

I didn't build this one, A (masonry contractor) friend did. It is on top of a hill in the middle of a 100 acres west of Austin. A picnic table pad, a couple of tent pads and an outhouse is all he is going to develop on it. We broke it in this weekend, although we only had small fires.

It is triple wythe, 2 of firebrick and the stone on the exterior, with an airspace between the rock and firebrick. The floor is perfectly pitched and provided with weeps through the wall; we got 6" + of rain last week and it was dry as a bone. The brick are old Chicago "pink range".

joasis

Nice...I have captured the image to show my wife...she wants something just like this.

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Tscarborough

One thing I did not like about it, and we already fixed, is the way the grill was setup. As you can see, it is too low and the access is from the inside. I would have built it into the wall with the opening for the coals on the outside, but we fixed it by filling the grill area with gapped bricks to bring the grate up to the top.

laybrick

It looks awesome!

ruskent

I wouldn't mind spending a long weekend out there!!! Hint Hint hint!

6stringmason

That looks great!

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Tscarborough

"I wouldn't mind spending a long weekend out there!!! Hint Hint hint!"

Are you sure? We killed this six-footer within 20 minutes of setting up camp about 5 yards away from my tent:

http://5124310870.com/rattlesnake.wmv

The reaction was predictable:

concretemasonry

Ts -

You certainly enjoy your job and your customers obviously are glad you are working with them.

Did it taste like chicken when grilled? - I always wondered.

Dick

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Tscarborough

Dunno, I always say if it tastes like chicken, I'll just eat the chicken.

(I have had rattlesnake and it doesn't taste like chicken, it tastes like !@#@!, same as alligator and frog legs)

lukachuki

It looks very nice TSC. My wife wants something like this as well minus the snakes.

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Teetorbilt

Nice pit!

You must have gotten a bad snake.......gator and frogs too. Never met one that I didn't like.

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stacker

book my weekend there sometime in may.snattle rakes dont bother me any.we have a snake hunt about 25 miles from me in a month.
anyway fantastic fire pit.im afraid to show it to the lady i am working for,she will have to have one

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