This is a great opportunity to create a dedicated planting area behind and along the retaining wall while reclaiming a portion of your yard for an expanse of grass on level ground.
Retaining wall fire pit area.
First figure out how big you want yours to be.
Mallet shovel circular saw and diamond blade.
To choose the right fire pit design and layout to suit your entertaining needs think about how you will use your fire pit area long term.
Simple brick fire pit design.
Use marking paint tied to a string to draw a circle around the stake.
Rectangular blocks make it easy to adjust the layout to a size that works well for your design.
This particular fire pit cost 250 with the brick design.
After a little work it turned out to be the perfect place to circle round in late evenings.
Measure and mark the fire pit area.
When building the retaining walls we handpicked the best looking boulders to used for the fire pit.
If you are building a circular fire pit in your yard drive a stake at the center of what will be the fire pit location.
To help with drainage and to help with getting air under the fire i added marble chips to the inside of the fire pit.
Outline what will be the footprint of the fire pit to mark your work area.
The diameter of the circle should be slightly larger than the outside dimensions.
This is completely optional.
36 retaining wall blocks.
Using blocks of a different style can also change the look of your fire pit.
This fire pit design idea is simple and can be done for less than 300.
Fire pits commonly consist of an inner wall an outer wall a cap i e a flat tabletop like surface around the opening at the top of the pit and decorative stones or rocks in the center.
105 12 16 wall caps.
If you frequently host lots of outdoor parties with many guests or want your pit to match an existing patio consider building a fire pit in ground with a paver surround.
Then we moved then into place to create a large fire ring to contain the fire.
We built our fire pit on the lawn from regular retaining wall blocks lined with clay fire bricks you can also build your pit on a patio.