There's no doubt about the cheer. Beside your fire you live in a private, glowing little world. All around you, fire shapes dance across rocks and bushes and tree trunks...Most of the time, you just sit and gaze at the caverns that form and crumble and then form again and gaze into the caverns that form and crumble and then form again between the incandescent logs. You build fantastic worlds among those pulsating walls and arches and colonnades. You sit, in other words, and dream. The East African has an almost limitless capacity for this masterly and delightful form of inactivity, and when his friends see him squatting there, lost, they understand and say in Swahili, poetically, Anahota moto - "He is dreaming the fire."
- Colin Fletcher, "The Complete Walker IV" (Knopf, NY: p. 288)
There isn't much to say than that. Without further ado, let's build our DIY fire pit on our own, yes? This is quite affordable with a weather-resistant concrete that creates a sleek and of course it has a modern look. It can be portable but sturdy, and uses gel fuel, making it ok to have a quick 30-minute post grill session fire. It really take only a bit of care and proper prep, but this could be made solely in just a few hours for good under $50 in materials.
Tools and Materials:
- One extra-large bowl for exterior mold (ours was 17" diameter)
- Concrete mix
- Non-stick cooking spray, or vegetable oil and paint brush
- One large bowl for interior mold (ours was 15" diameter)
- Medium-duty masonry trowel
- Large bucket for mixing
- Proper safety gear for working with concrete:
- 3M Tekk Protection N95-rated dust maskfor sanding and grinding
- Refinishing or work gloves
- Plastic or reusable drop cloth
- Safety glasses or goggles
- Heavy objects such as exercise weights (or you can use the rocks below)
- Replacement grill grate (ours was 14 1/2" diameter)
- Fire safe decorative stones
- Sandpaper or sanding pad in coarse and fine grits
- Gel fireplace fuel canisters
for sanding and grinding
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