Aim for a fire pit height of 12 to 14 inches from the base of the walls to the top of the walls if you want guests to be able to prop their feet on it while seated around it on standard 18 inch.
Fire pit base.
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But for stability the base of the wall must be buried below ground in a hole lined with gravel providing drainage and protecting against frost heaves in winter.
Our kit can be installed on grass on top of a gravel paver base or on top of a patio.
Add a few inches of lava rocks to hold the bricks in place.
Wet the gravel thoroughly with a garden hose and then use the hand tamper to compact it into a hard.
Build the fire pit gravel base adding gravel on top of the compacted dirt will create a base for your fire pit.
A fire pit should sit low to the ground with walls rising no more than a foot off the ground.
To align the bricks with the top of the fire pit add more paver base gravel or more fire bricks to the bottom of the pit.
Add logs and kindling and you re ready for a pleasant evening by the fire.
Pour a generous amount of crushed gravel paver base into the hole so your finished base will be approximately five inches thick.