Just a heads up - pond pebbles/river rock retain moisture and will explode due to the heat in a fire pit. The other rocks were on point. Pond Pebbles would have been great around the outside of the firepit on top of the sand.

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

4 жыл бұрын

Oh wow, I didn't know. Thank you so much for telling me! I really appreciate it. I pinned this comment and updated the supplies list. Thanks again!

@KyaniMosaic_Crone

3 жыл бұрын

We're using the same Lava rock use in our BBQ grill

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

3 жыл бұрын

@@KyaniMosaic_Crone Sounds good. If they work in your grill they should be perfect. We never found lava rocks in any of our local stores. We tried Home Depot and Lowe's.

@davonnacarter1445

3 жыл бұрын

Ron so what would you use as a base that won’t explode??

@libertyandcheesesteaks8928

3 жыл бұрын

@@davonnacarter1445 there is material out there called paver base that could be used as a base. For the rock inside the pit where the logs rest, you can use gravel, stone, pea pebbles, just not river rock.

Not only have you given me some great ideas for our firepit, I just love how this project was a family affair. You all worked hard together to make such a beautiful space. I hope you get to enjoy many, many hours making special memories together there.

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

3 жыл бұрын

That's so sweet of you Jacqueline! Thank you so much. I'm glad it was inspiring and thank you for watching. We had a great time putting it together and have used it a lot. We're looking forward to using it again this season. I hope you create something great too.

i love the idea of the whole in the middle for drainage, well done my dear, nice to see the family all working together, bless you and your family..

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! 😘

Very helpful video! I also liked the positive helpful comments that some people had, such as the advice about maybe not using pond pebbles/river rock since he states they retain moisture. We're all learning here, right? Great video, and great comments from viewers, thanks to all! My husband and I are in the process of tackling this same task for our backyard. Can't wait, we CAN do it!

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly, yes we are all learning. :) I love the helpful comments and I'm glad this was beneficial to anyone watching. Thanks so much for your comment.

Somebody couldn't wait to get the fire going. That somebody would have been me lol

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

Жыл бұрын

🤣

Excellent! Thanks for the clear instructions. Just what I was looking for. Y’all did a beautiful job. Enjoy!

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I'm glad this was helpful!

Thanks for sharing. I liked that you repurposed some stuff you already had in your yard

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome, I appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment. Yes it worked out well and is holding up nicely.

You really did a fantastic job! Thanks for making this video.

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I'm so glad you liked it! 😊

Awesome job! Was seeking fire pit instructional and this was perfect.

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I'm glad it was helpful! :)

Great job....and even better it looks like it was a family project. Even the dog got to help. Congrats and I hope you are getting great use out of it. Thanks for taking the time to share.

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!! It was definitely a family project and a nice thing to work on together. We have used it a lot. :) Thanks so much for your comment!

Great family project! Looks great and something to be enjoyed by everyone. Very practical instruction. Thank you!

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! Thanks for watching! :)

Great job looks great

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Look at all of that great help! Came out well!

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! 💕

Nice video. Great to see your kids helped. Tips for anyone watching this video that I wish I knew when I built ours: Have an air supply pipe at the base of the firepit to help reduce smoke. You'll burn wood a bit faster but the hotter fire will reduce smoke blowing on whoever is downwind. Keep the walls of the firepit lower to enable you to comfortably use it to prop your feet if desired. Pea gravel is less messy than sand. Nice looking job!

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you and thank you so much for the tips!! Great information. 😊

Great job! Its good to see couples work on diy projects together Not only is it good bonding but both will enjoy the finished product Ps Love the Lofi jams

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

3 жыл бұрын

So true! Thank you very much, I really appreciate your comment. 💕

Beautiful family time! Awesome fire pit! Thank you for sharing.

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!

I really enjoyed this video. Your little helpers were amazing. Watching your video really motivated me to get started on our outdoor fireplace.tfs

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for stopping by and watching. I'm so glad it was helpful. I hope you enjoy it as much as we do. We love it. :)

Thank you, it was very informative and enjoyable, your back garden looks great.

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm so glad you enjoyed it!

Looks so awesome! Thank you for inspiring me

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm glad it was helpful. 😊

Looks awesome. Thanks fo the video. It gives me lots of motivation to do mine. Love that the whole family helped!

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. I'm glad this was helpful. It was a nice family project. 😊

You did a FABULOUS JOB!!!

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

3 жыл бұрын

Thank yoy so much!! 💕💕

Nice job, Great team work!!!

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

Amazing! Very nice!

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! :)

Looks good.

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

You did a wonderful job. I enjoy you Video or tutorial you did a lovely job. Your family is wonderful and I’m glad that you had good help. Thank you

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I really appreciate your comment! 💕💕

This firepit turned out awesome!! Great work, thanks for the tutorial

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome. I'm glad you liked it!

This is what I was looking for , a project to do with my family no complicated and easy to do it. Thanks

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

2 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome 😊 I'm so glad you liked it! 💕

This is NICE!! I'M GOING TO TRY THIS!!! GREAT VIDEO!!!

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I hope you enjoy it. 💕

@kdaye7647

3 жыл бұрын

@@RandomBitesofaSweetLife definitely did!

Looks great 👍

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

Now THAT is how you open a bag of paver base!

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

3 жыл бұрын

😊👍

Very nicely done.....enjoy it!

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

Awesome work

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!! 😊

Absolutely amazing, you never fail to amaze us !!! I have inspiration now to change up how I want to do my fire pit. Thank you for the tips 😊

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

@happyjoy77edgin73

Жыл бұрын

@@RandomBitesofaSweetLife you are welcome ☺️

Beautiful

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!! 😊

Very nice, well done.

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!!

I love it

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!

wow - thats impressive! and a job well done -- when you toast marshmallows please do one for me....not too burnt now...LOL!!

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! No problem, I got you! 😉

Very nice

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Nice upload thanks for sharing 👍😊new friends and full watch

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

4 жыл бұрын

Welcome! And thank you so much! 💕

Family working together is good.. Looks like your design is what I'll be going with for mine, but I may include a vent to provide some oxygen to it.

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

3 жыл бұрын

Cool! A vent is a great idea.

I hit the 2K 👍. It was pretty simple and a nice work. I woud like to try this.

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

2 жыл бұрын

Aww, thank you so much! I really appreciate that!! 💕You should definitely try this. :)

This video was so great, it has inspired me. I feel like I need to get my kids outside digging and sculpting a fire pit/seating area now! Thank you! Now I want to know how the pit has worked for you since it has been a while since you posted this video. How did the drainage hole work for you? Anything you'd do different next time?

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

3 жыл бұрын

Oh thank you! I'm so glad it was inspiring. 😊 The drainage hole seemed to work great, we had no issues there. We used it several times since installing it and its been great. The fire pit itself is perfect but the seating area has been annoying with grass and weeds still growing through even after using weed killer. I'll have to figure out something for that when spring comes. I'll probably do an update video of revamping that and clearing it out after all this snow we have melts.

I love that your kiddos helped you out, so good for them to learn hard work. You are a good mama. You get bonus points for doing the entire project in dresses! #goals

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! 😊💕

Nice❤️

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! :)

I like what you did.

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

😂Nice y'all !

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

@johnnyray34

2 жыл бұрын

@@RandomBitesofaSweetLife Y'all are welcome!

Great video and tips. Love the chairs. Where do you get the chairs? do you have a link for them? Thanks

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you and thanks for watching. I don't have a link. I bought the chairs second-hand as part of a patio set. I don't know where they're originally from. I hope you find some that work for your area!

Very awesome!!! So how have you guys been cleaning the ash out after?? I feel that's the next obstacle

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!! We haven't actually...👀

Very nice job. One question! How do you clean ashes out with out removing those pond rocks with it? Just wondering

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

2 жыл бұрын

We haven’t cleaned out any ashes so far…👀

Dirt by the chairs, could create mud due to rain. Create a walk way (path) to the grass by placing some one foot round or square stone to walk back.

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

2 жыл бұрын

Good idea. :)

Hi, congratulations on your work. I would like to know the name of this type of stone, I'm looking in Brazil, but I can't find it. Congratulations again.

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. Unfortunately I don’t know what kind of stone this is. I just purchased a kit from the hardware store and everything was included.

You did most of it

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

3 жыл бұрын

I did. 😆😆

How did the pea grave work inside of your pit ..I’m looking to see what base to put down in mines I google. It says don’t use certain things or they will explode with the heat.

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

3 жыл бұрын

The pea gravel has been fine. We've used this so many times this year with no problems. I'm not sure if pea gravel is on the list you found but it is at the bottom of our pit. We haven't had any issues. I pinned a comment by someone who mentioned one kind of rock we used was risky for exploding. We took out most of them and replaced them with more marble rocks.

Hello, how wide is the inner circle to know how big a mesh cover you need?

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

10 ай бұрын

I'm not sure if these are all standard but the measurement of the inner circle of the one I have is approximately 32 inches in diameter.

Should have used landscape fabric under the seating area of you will be fighting weeds growing every year.

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, we're finding that out now unfortunately...But because we want to add more sand, we'll probably end up adding the fabric still.

Did you also get the steel ring at Lowe's? I couldn't find it in the list and ours doesn't carry it.

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

3 жыл бұрын

Yes. The ring came from Lowe's and was part of the kit.

@vernonsteinkamp1088

3 жыл бұрын

I bought the ring at Lowe's separately on sale. It was $89 and I got it for $39.

We had a fire pit but we had no rings, no concrete mix, no sand, etc just the pavers in a circle lol I didn't know so much went into this process!!

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

3 жыл бұрын

This is all I know. That's cool that you were able to do less and have the same result. 😊

@tiatattoo615

3 жыл бұрын

@@RandomBitesofaSweetLife My results were not the same lol I mean it worked but it wasn’t as pretty or professional looking! I didn’t even know they made kits, we moved and left ours so I need another one and I’m going to look for the kit

nice work you might have wanted to put a weed barrier or tarp down so weeds dont grow into ur seating area.

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! You know, I started to but "somebody" said it was dangerous. 😆 My husband was concerned that the weed blocking fabric might get exposed and then maybe have a spark land on it and cause a fire. It's probably highly unlikely but we decided not to add it. And the weeds are peeking through. We sprayed them with weed killer so we'll see.

@anduong6595

3 жыл бұрын

@@RandomBitesofaSweetLife I hear you. really unlikely that will happen. Esp since you shouldnt leave firepit unattended. Small risk compared to a continual weed battle :D. Just a consideration in case you decide to redo.

@anduong6595

3 жыл бұрын

@@RandomBitesofaSweetLife Im buying a house at the end of the month and I might follow ur footsteps and start a channel of home projects?

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

3 жыл бұрын

I might go back and add the weed blocker. If I do that might make a good follow up video. :) Maybe next year.

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

3 жыл бұрын

You should. :)

Has there been any issues staying lit with no airflow coming in from bottom

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Rob. No, no issues at all.

How many inches did you dig into the ground for the base of the pit?

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

3 жыл бұрын

If I'm remembering correctly it was just a few inches. Maybe 3 or 4 I think. I remember not wanting it to be too low because I wanted the height of the fire pit to be as high as possible.

How did it work out for you having that much rock in the firepit? Just seems a little high and not enough room for too much wood to burn.

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

3 жыл бұрын

It's fine at this height so far. We don't pile the sticks so high.

It definitely doesn’t have to be leveled because depending on the weather.. the ground would grow, soak in water & cause it to sink or move around.. not much but it will. Great job tho

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

3 жыл бұрын

Good point and thank you! :)

Great job. But why fill all the way to the top.

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

3 жыл бұрын

We didn't go all the way up but if you have a fire pit with a ring in it like this one, you do have to cover the bottom half of the ring because you don't want the fire to burn against the firepit bricks.

Any reason you didn't pack down the base? Couldn't it shift and move?

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

2 жыл бұрын

I’m not sure. :) We didn’t have any issues with shifting.

Does the seating area get muddy?

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

3 жыл бұрын

No, not at all. The sand might be good at preventing mud.

👀Um this instrumental😍 ???

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

3 жыл бұрын

😊

Lol hole life!

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

2 жыл бұрын

:)

You’ll have muddy area pavers need cut for those openings not to show Need weed protection Fire pit looks ok

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I’m gonna do an update video on how things look in the coming spring/summer. The weeds were an issue at first but after a second pulling and a little spray, I think we have them under control now. I haven’t seen any muddy areas but thanks for the warning.

"We decided to make it four tiers of rocks, because we're going to fill the inside with pea gravel almost up to the top because reasons."

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

2 жыл бұрын

Good idea.

Why do you have to use so many rocks in the inside?

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

Жыл бұрын

We really didn’t know the best way to set it up. We were improvising.

Why'd you want 4 tiers? I'd almost want 2 tiers. Make it easier to see the fire, yes?

@myjunkmail007

3 жыл бұрын

Ha! I should have kept watching! You filled up the bottom half with rocks. I was thinking about doing the same thing. How's that working out for you?

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

3 жыл бұрын

@@myjunkmail007 Hi. It's working great. :)

Piece of life advice, NEVER piss off a woman who carries a machete!!

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣 exactly 🤣

Its unfortunate you chose not to use mortar or some other sort of adhesive. One day you'll look out and the pit will be in shambles with random bricks laying about.

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

3 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure how that would happen because these bricks are so heavy. It's been holding up nicely so far. I just didn't want it to be permanent. I want the option to repurpose it if I want to one day.

Fail!!!

@RandomBitesofaSweetLife

3 жыл бұрын

Why?