Making a Concrete Fire Pit the Right Way || Ultimate Fire Pit Build

Summary by Krater

A woodworker builds a custom concrete fire pit in his backyard, detailing the process of creating wooden forms, lining with fire brick, adding wire mesh and rock, pouring concrete by hand, and removing the forms.

From the video

Answers: How do you build a poured concrete fire pit?

• concrete fire pit building
• woodworking forms for concrete
• fire brick installation
• pouring concrete manually

What it concludes

• Using paste wax on wooden forms prevents concrete from sticking.
• Lining the interior with fire bricks rated to 2370 F protects the concrete from heat expansion.
• Using 18 bags of concrete is sufficient to pour the fire pit ring using rock and rebar to reduce volume.
• Striking off and floating the concrete surface creates a smooth finish.
• Using PVC pipe inserts creates necessary air and water drainage holes in the fire pit.