| It's exciting to cook outdoors now and | | | | the concrete before it sets, put a key |
| then. Also, not only is it a pleasant | | | | mark in the concrete and ready the brick |
| change of pace to standard kitchen food | | | | fire pit wall plan. |
| preparation, there is something about | | | | 4. Prepare the cement mortar. The usual |
| cooking outdoors whjich makes the food | | | | proportion is 3:1, or 3 parts of sand to |
| taste even better. | | | | 1 part of cement. A stronger ratio is |
| Sure there is the easy way to do this | | | | 2:1. The idea is to have a consistency |
| with a simple store bought BBQ or | | | | easy to work with-like soft ice cream. |
| hibachi, but to truly get a unique | | | | Take care not to have it too watery. |
| experience, a great taste and make the | | | | Mortar for our brick fire pit should be |
| best culinary experience possible you | | | | mixed well to attain a balance of |
| should really consider trying to build a | | | | components. |
| brick fire pit. This really is the best | | | | 5. Build the brick fire pit wall. To lay |
| option for outdoor cooking. | | | | the bricks, put enough mortar on our key |
| And it's easy to build our own brick | | | | mark including the underside and ends of |
| fire pit. So set an apt day to do some | | | | the bricks. The bricks should steadily |
| simple masonry work with the family and | | | | rest on the mortar. Adjust until they |
| follow these seven easy steps. | | | | are standing upright and sturdily on the |
| 1. First, we choose a site in our | | | | mortar. Do this level by level with the |
| backyard for our brick fire pit. It | | | | aid of a string for alignment. |
| should be a safe distance from the walls | | | | 6. The string should be perfectly |
| of the house, from the roof, from | | | | horizontal and the top edge of the |
| windows, and from trees. The site should | | | | bricks parallel to it. We may also use a |
| be easy to drain after rain. | | | | Leveler for this purpose. A brick should |
| 2. Dig the pad. It should be 2 to 4 | | | | be on top another in an overlapping (not |
| inches deep. As to its size, we decide | | | | directly over) manner. Overlap should be |
| according to our preferred dimension. | | | | half the brick size. This strengthens |
| Level the pad base of our brick fire | | | | our brick fire pit. |
| pit. | | | | 7. For metal grills, insert them within |
| 3. We make the forms using 2 by 4 feet | | | | the brick fire pit walls at a desired |
| woods and screw them together. Screwing | | | | height. The top of the wall may be |
| makes them easy to disassemble. Then we | | | | capped with special bricks or stones. |
| prepare quick-set cement according to | | | | So there we have it. A day after the |
| specified mix proportions as indicated | | | | brick fire pit is constructed it's ready |
| on the bag and pour into the pad | | | | for use. We can start enjoying steaks |
| foundation of our brick fire pit. Then | | | | from our outdoor grills with the family |
| set steel bars in a latus pattern into | | | | and friends. |