How to build a raised BBQ-Firepit from natural stone DIY

in #garden8 years ago

This is one of my summer projects to build our BBQ and fire-pit once its gets cooler in the evenings to have a glass of wine or beer around under the stars.

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Step 1: Dig the foundation for the concrete.

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Step 2: Place foundation stones around the circle you mark with a piece of rope and a stick around the centre pole in the 1st pic.

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Step 3: Pour the base concrete to secure the base stones in place and form foundation. Include some supporting wire-mesh inside the concrete to stop it from cracking over time.

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Step 4: Build the walls, fill centre with stone to the height you want and pour central layer of cement being careful to have a angle and draining point on it so it does not become a raised pond, every time it rains :D

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Step 5: Make moulds to pour the grill supports with concrete and a bit of supporting wire inside. Use outdoor flexible tile glue to glue down the flat stones one the outer concrete and point in-between them after with a 50/50 mixture of the same tile glue and fine sand.

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Step 6: Cover grill supports with flat stone and point in-between and lay a base of fireproof cement/mortar on the inside where the worst heat of the fire is going to be.

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Step 7: Have a BBQ ;D

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That does look neat.

I've been looking at options for some sort of outdoor cooking area here for the summer. Gravitating towards a cob oven at the moment.

Although the term 'summer' is a bit of a stretch here in Wales at the moment - rain, rain, rain...

I know what you mean about the Welsh summer. Liver in the UK for 16 years :D