Square Fire Pit With Seating Wall

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.

Square fire pit with seating wall.

Most fire pits besides the small movable models are 3 to 6 feet 0 9 meter to 1 8 meters across. Rectangular blocks make it easy to adjust the layout to a size that works well for your design. In general i recommend keeping the fire pit at least 10 feet away from your house and other flammable items. Whether you re using outdoor furniture or a built in seating arrangement you ll want to keep 2 to 2 feet 0 6 to 0 8 meter as a comfortable distance between the edge of the fire pit and the surrounding seats.

Using blocks of a different style can also change the look of your fire pit. If you need seating for your fire pit whether for your backyard or camp here is a great collection of fire pit seating ideas includes diy options benches logs patio furniture and camping furniture. Fire pit seating fire pit area diy fire pit fire pit backyard seating areas wall seating patio seating fire pit with grill fire pit bench. In addition the bench style seating can accommodate more people than traditional chairs.

In this case the seat walls also serve as retaining walls for the hillside behind. Kalamian constructs many of his fire pit patios with a built in bench halfway around the pit and chair seating available nearby. Kalamian also likes the half pit look. Seat walls provide an excellent design solution for fire pit patios.

It is always recommended to check local building and zoning codes when contructing a fire pit. This seat wall has an l shape that makes it possible to get close to the square fire pit. We sit around them and enjoy the ambient light in darkness and the heat in the cool evening. After all what do we do with fire pits.

If you plan a seating wall around the patio and fire pit it is suggested to keep the wall 40 to 48 inches away from the fire pit. A semicircular or square pit with a wall or even a water fountain directly behind. Another example of a seat wall with a backrest this design also includes cushions for even more added comfort. But it s not a requirement that the fire pit be in the center of the patio.

For additional comfort add pillows or cushions. Without seating a fire pit is useless. Step by step guide of how i built my circular fire pit. Patio seat wall ideas fire pit patio seating walls.