Interested in making a DIY gas firepit. It seems more costly to try to do it myself than buy one. Am I missing something?
is stainless steel a safe material for a fire pit?
Portable fire pits, what do you use?
What are some of the top-rated stainless steel fire pits?
What are some popular brands of stainless steel fire pits?
How do fire pit tables differ from regular fire pits?
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So as the title states I'm doing research for a natural gas fire pit. I have a gas line for my pool heater near where I want to build the fire pit so I planned on extending this for the fire pit (my BIL is a plumber so he would help with gas piping). After looking into it, it seems way more expensive to build my own with landscape blocks, purchase a burner table, burner controls, burner than to just by one already assembled. Am I going about this wrong?
See links I am referencing:
52 landscape blocks for a 36" firepit
38" burner table
30" burner
I’m well over a thousand dollars and this isn’t even including the rocks to fill the pan, material for gas pipe, etc. Anyone have experience with this?
i have heard that stainless steel can create a carcinogen called hexavalent chromium when welded. if i make a fire pit with stainless steel, would that be unsafe? quite often i see on the marketplace fire pits created with old stainless steel tubs from washing machines, which seems to suggest it is safe, but i would rather be safe than sorry.
failing that, what would be a good material to make a fire pit from? cast iron is quite expensive and heavy, and isnt really something i can work with. there are plenty of metal drums that can be bought, but they are usually painted, and the paint will burn.