Nov
08
Construction of my Outdoor Fireplace
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Constructed in July-August, 2008, it includes about 175 cinder blocks, 50 solid blocks, a few hundred 80 year old bricks (which came from my house foundation when it was rebuilt a few months prior) for the stack, Sandstone for the flat surface/shelf areas, river rock for the front verticle faces, black marble for the fireplace floor, and approx. 650 patio bricks with 8 bags of sand. The Patio edge is roughly 13 1/2 feet long each side which calculates to about 185 sq ft.. EDIT (May 2009 …
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19 Comments
November 8th, 2009 at 6:00 am
Thanks!
The Fall season is the Perfect Time for something like this too!
November 8th, 2009 at 6:49 am
wow that looks amazing, very well done.
November 8th, 2009 at 6:52 am
Thank You..
ThankYouVeryMuch!
November 8th, 2009 at 7:14 am
damn fine work
November 8th, 2009 at 7:37 am
Yeah, I love it..
Especially now that it’s getting colder.
Thanks
November 8th, 2009 at 8:16 am
sweet got a smaller version at the cottage perfect!
November 8th, 2009 at 8:23 am
It was!
November 8th, 2009 at 9:14 am
lol that looks fun
November 8th, 2009 at 9:25 am
Muchas Gracias!
November 8th, 2009 at 9:44 am
nice work, muy buen trabajo.-
November 8th, 2009 at 9:58 am
Ah.. Noted.
Thanks again
November 8th, 2009 at 10:02 am
Would love to see a vid of it in action.
November 8th, 2009 at 10:16 am
It Truely Is!
My wife and I, along with her niece enjoyed a fire in it just last night.
November 8th, 2009 at 10:50 am
God that must be so satisfying to have built. :]
November 8th, 2009 at 11:41 am
Ha! Yeah.. I hear ya man. K is a cool cat.
That’s pretty neat. I really want to do some hard scaping in the back yard
November 8th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
Thanks! I’ve always wanted one of these..
The kiva/beehive fireplace sounds Excellent!
When you do get it built, let me know and/or post a clip of it. I’d like to see that!
November 8th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
Sorry to hear you know ‘Special K’ too.. HA! He’s a GR8 fella!
I have connections through my business Here in Rock Hill with guys that build these.
Thanks!
November 8th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
Muy bueno Amigo! This is some cool shiznit. (as the bros say) You know Special K? He B a friend of mine. We want to build one of these babies in our yard but not sure if we want to do a fire pit instead. Do you do these? I didn’t listen to all the audio so you may have said. U from RH, SC? Right on… I went to Winthrop U.
November 8th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
hey..nice work!! im looking to build a kiva/beehive fireplace w/bbq…cant find any videos..good job man!