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Construct Fire Pit

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Finishing Touches On A HUGE Backyard Transformation!

What happens here

Construct the fire pit by dry-laying the 'Verona XL wall' blocks in a staggered pattern to define the fire pit's perimeter. The design incorporates a double band of 'Old Vienna' blocks to achieve a visually appealing and durable structure. The ideal height for the fire pit is around 15 inches with a cap, allowing for comfortable viewing while seated in Adirondack chairs. Once the dry-lay is confirmed, adhere the blocks using a construction adhesive.

Goal: Build a functional and aesthetically pleasing fire pit.

Tools and materials

  • Construction Adhesive — Permanently adhering the fire pit blocks
  • Old Vienna Blocks — Decorative double band accent for the fire pit
  • Tape Measure — Measuring height and dimensions
  • Verona XL Wall Blocks — Main structure of the fire pit

What they say

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We're moving along on uh all of our all of our revised patio layout. Uh Nick's over there making some cuts to uh finish up, and we're going to start working on this fire pit. So, uh I mocked this up over on this side, so the client could see it. Uh and it's it's pretty simple. So, we've got uh a Verona XL wall on the bottom and top, granite city, so it matches this. And we've continued this double band of Old Vienna in the center. It's going to get us to like the perfect height. Let's see, we're at should be at like yeah, 13. And then with a cap, we'll be at like 15. That's kind of ideal where I like to have it. Um it's like low enough so you're kind of like looking down on the fire. A lot of times you're going to have Adirondack chairs around it, which tend to sit lower, so nice and low, which I like. And we just need to figure out our banding detail to make sure we have even pieces on both ends, and that both rows are staggered. So, I'm just going to lay this out and make sure that we are good to go. We're pretty close with that. We can make these just a tiny bit shorter. Oh, the quarter? Yeah, probably a quarter. What, in the quarter? Yeah. We just want it to be it doesn't have to be like absolutely exact, but we just want like this like basically about a quarter inch on the edge Yeah. of like a reveal. Uh-huh. So, you know, if we like lay them in, we'll dry lay the whole thing first. So, like if someone's got to be cut like Okay. that one's 4 and 3/8, and this one's 4 and an eighth, that doesn't really matter. So, we messed around with this, and we got it laid out now uh just utilizing a full piece, cutting that corner off at a 45, and a little bit of a gap for airflow is going to give us just what we need, and it works out so with us splitting this seam, we're left with approximately half for our corner. So, it's going to work out nicely, and uh this is why I like to dry lay it first, so we can see how everything works out, and we'll do the whole perimeter like this with our first row, get this glued down, and then move to our second row. So,

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