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