First Time Building A Stone Fire Pit… Did I Make A Mistake Here?

I have a large area in my backyard where a 24’ above ground pool used to be and I got the idea to turn the area into a stone fire pit with a gravel seating area around it. Over the weekend I got the stone fire pit built and it looks good to me. It feels very sturdy and I got it completely leveled. But, I was doing some reading on DIY fire pit areas because I am going to finish it this weekend when I realized that most people use gravel or paver base under the fire pit and build on top of that. I guess I should’ve researched more, but I only used sand and tampered that down level. Now I’m second guessing myself and am wondering if this will be an issue down the road. I used landscape adhesive on all the stone blocks already too. Should I just keep moving forward and if it falls apart redo it then? I’ve attached some pics of the project so far. submitted by /u/DoNotTryToShrinkMe [link] [comments]

May 29, 2025 - 11:48

First Time Building A Stone Fire Pit… Did I Make A Mistake Here?

I have a large area in my backyard where a 24’ above ground pool used to be and I got the idea to turn the area into a stone fire pit with a gravel seating area around it.

Over the weekend I got the stone fire pit built and it looks good to me. It feels very sturdy and I got it completely leveled. But, I was doing some reading on DIY fire pit areas because I am going to finish it this weekend when I realized that most people use gravel or paver base under the fire pit and build on top of that. I guess I should’ve researched more, but I only used sand and tampered that down level.

Now I’m second guessing myself and am wondering if this will be an issue down the road. I used landscape adhesive on all the stone blocks already too. Should I just keep moving forward and if it falls apart redo it then? I’ve attached some pics of the project so far.

submitted by /u/DoNotTryToShrinkMe
[link] [comments]