Already had the fire pit but decided I needed something better. 15’ diameter seating area, of 1” crushed stone, with some concrete pavers around the fire pit itself. Had some help from a very curious GSD

I put together this project after weeks of research and watching videos. Eventually saw a sale on pavers back in April and pulled the trigger. The project spanned around 2 months working on weekends alongside other home projects, as evidenced by a swing set appearing in between the first and last pictures.

I ended up ordering everything from home depot and got most of it delivered. Total pavers used was around 650, and I ordered 750 based on my estimate. I never seemed to have enough sand and made multiple trips to grab more.

I cut the pavers using a wet saw from Harbor Freight, and chose the Herringbone design because I thought it would work well with the smaller blade size of the wet saw. The brick pavers were locked into place using Polymeric sand. I was impressed with how solid it felt after 24 hours.

The fire pit ring itself has a bit of Loctite around the far edges to just hold the bricks in place. It feels very solid but with enough force a brick could be replaced if needed. I do plan on adding a metal ring for the interior of the pit.

It's certainly not perfect, but I am proud of how it came out as a first timer.