DIY Brick Fire Pit

Re-purpose your old, leftover brick, and learn how to make a fire pit with this DIY brick fire pit tutorial! 

DIY Brick Fire Pit

For those of you that have been around for a while, you know that we have done tons of projects with the 2 pallets of reclaimed brick that we got from a local greenhouse.

The best bang for our buck ever!

We have been slowly creating a backyard retreat, and instead of a fire pit where the bottom always rusts out, I decided to make a permanent fire pit with more leftover brick.

I know there has been some concern about using bricks that aren’t made for high heat, but I grew up with a large brick fire pit ring and never once saw a brick explode.

So I suppose it is a create-at-your-own-risk kind of DIY, but I have never had an issue!

For more outdoor DIY projects, be sure to check out:

• Cheap and Easy DIY Garage Door Makeover
• How to String Outdoor Solar Lights With This Hack
• How to Make a Mosquito Repellent Patio Planter
• How to Refinish a Wooden Picnic Table in 4 Easy Steps
• How to Add Cheap and Easy Solar Powered Deck Lighting

 

DIY Brick Fire Pit

Before

 

DIY Brick Fire Pit

Things You Will Need:

• Leftover brick (42 bricks to make a 3-tiered 36″ fire ring)
• Landscaping construction adhesive
• Tape Measure
• Gravel

 

DIY Brick Fire Pit

#1. Use 2 Bricks and Mark your Diameter

In this fire pit, we made it 36″.

 

DIY Brick Fire Pit

#2. REpeat step 1 with two more bricks

 

DIY Brick Fire Pit

#3.  Fill in the gaps with brick to make a ring.

 

DIY Brick Fire Pit

#4.  Place adhesive on the bottom of the next row of brick and stack.

 

 

DIY Brick Fire Pit

#5.  Repeat step 4 with the 3rd layer of bricks.

 

 

DIY Brick Fire Pit

#6.  Fill the center with pea gravel

We already had gravel down in this area, but if you are building this on a patio or the grass simply fill the inside of the pit with gravel.

And voila!

 

DIY Brick Fire Pit

AFter

 

 

 

DIY Brick Fire Pit

Before and AFter

For more outdoor DIY projects, be sure to check out:

• Cheap and Easy DIY Garage Door Makeover
• How to String Outdoor Solar Lights With This Hack
• How to Make a Mosquito Repellent Patio Planter
• How to Refinish a Wooden Picnic Table in 4 Easy Steps
• How to Add Cheap and Easy Solar Powered Deck Lighting

Tell me what projects have you done with leftover brick?

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