I MADE A FIELD STONE FIRE PIT AMPHITHEATER in the Hillside of My Yard. DIY Fire Pit Seating Area.
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- Опубликовано: 6 окт 2024
- Fire pit seating area.
I built an amphitheater fire pit into the hillside of my back yard. The entire project is made entirely of natural rock boulders, flagstone, and trap gravel. I used no power tools or motorized mechanization to make this retreat space, and in this video I'll show you exactly how I did it. This video is perfect for those looking for ideas, and also for those interested in DIY landscaping.
The video features some original guitar music too.
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WOW!!! just wow!!!! First let me say I've watched several dozens of backyard makeover and firepit DIYs and let me tell you, yours was the most inspirational by a mile. You made this video fun and educational all the way through. We just bought our first home and I'm bursting at the seems with ideas. You can tell your yards has a lot of love put into it. I hope to do the same with mine. again great video I hope this gets millions of views, thanks for sharing.
Thanks, friend. I appreciate those kind words. Wasn't expecting that. You made my day. Cheers to you and congrats on you getting your first home. I'm sure you'll make it awesome!
Thank you so much for sharing this, the back half of my property is sloped and natural/overgrown. I’ve been trying to find inspiration for a fire pit area and yours is perfect! I will likely have to do a chiminea because that’s all that’s allowed much of the year here (burn bans are common from June to October) but I can imagine putting the chiminea in front of a stone wall
Happy to help.
Some of the best projects are spirit of the moment, that was a great job and must have been a whole lotta fun
It was fun, and I still get to enjoy a part of my yard that was pretty much used for nothing for years.
This video was not just helpful, as I am hoping to do something similar, but also super entertaining! I love the music edits and humor.
Excellent! Glad it was helpful. Thanks for watching!
I’m thinking of doing this in my side yard and this video was *incredibly* helpful. Not to mention fun to watch. Thanks- you’re a true inspiration!!
Awesome. Ours has held up great and allows us to use a part of our yard that we never used much before.
Would love to see when those plants grow in between the rocks. Gonna look amazing.
Yeah, they're all covered in snow at the moment. But they should look pretty sweet once spring comes. I planted some flower seeds in there too. Man I wish I could remember what kind of flowers they were...haha. My wife knows. I'll have to ask her. Can't believe I forgot. Anyways, I hope those look nice too. Thanks for watching. I appreciate it.
Beautiful!
Aw. Thanks, Kristen. I appreciate it.
“My sweat has sweat on it!” Lol. It looks amazing! Great job 🔥
😅Thanks, Joe.
Brave creative! That's so much work!
Thanks, J. I'm happy it's done. Gotta have you over for a fire. 🙌
So awesome! What a great place to host soirée! Really an amazing job!
Thanks, friend. I appreciate the kind words.
Awesome work. Want to come down to South Carolina & help me do one 😁
Haha. Every man has his price, I guess.
I found a massive natural limestone in my back yard and in the middle, it has a smooth bowel from water flow that I dug out but i'm trying to find a way to dig down a few feet and add half circular seating for half moon shape, twelve feet wide. The rest of this oblong stone is submerged under ground. But its about three feet high above ground and about ten feet long. And its all sitting at the base of a very gradual slant in the yard. I haven't seen anyone do this and your video is giving me a few ideas though. Awesome set up! I'm not far from the Smokey Mountains and yes, those are nice stones!
Awesome! Good luck on the project!
Must be a lot of fun in your family man lol well done
Haha. Thanks so much. Cheers, friend.
WOW! Looks awesome Pete!
Thanks, David!!
Beautiful and fantastic job. Well done 👏. What time should I pick you up from the airport. My husband needs some help from you with ours. 😆
Haha! He can do it! 😆
Great work! Really inspiring! You are a real builder :)
Thanks, friend. I've had the fire pit for about a year now and we use it all the time. Thanks for watching.
So good! I'm inspired!
Since you created this, how has the retaining wall and rain runoff been holding up? I'm in Georgia and we get a LOT of rain!
So far so good. I've had the the fire pit for a few summers now and I still love it. This summer I added a couple more rocks to the flower bed side, but other than that it's been great. It's been handling the rain very well. I will say that the hill I'm on is clay and sticky. If you have a sandy soil hill, your results might be different.
@@heypete1827 Thank you for responding!
Yes, I'm researching retaining walls and in contact with a contractor/friend of mine to learn about the soil here in GA. Thank you for the inspiration! I hopefully will be able to build something like this for next winter!
This was amazing and very inspiring! I absolutely love your guitar playing. Can I ask how much it cost you to do this?
Hi Noel. Thanks for the compliment. 😜🎸 I obviously saved tons of money on labor, but with my materials and with the delivery fees, I think I the project cost around $1300-$1500 in my area...Minnesota. The Smokey Mountain Stepper flag stones were by far the most expensive pieces. I just sort of fell in love with those. I suppose it could have been much cheaper without them, but I'm still really glad I found them and used them.
Can the name of plate by rocks you put thanks amazing
Thanks, Steven.
Hey Pete - can we get a tour of your fire pit this year?
Hiya. Yeah, that might be fun. I'll see if I can make a quick tour sometime soon.
Great stuff!! Could you share project costs?
Hi there. It was a couple of years ago, so I can't really remember the costs. A few thousand dollars in materials and rocks I think. But obviously I didn't need to pay for labor, so I saved a ton.
Very helpful thank you!
Is this a music lesson, or a fire pit video? Unsure....
Fire Pit Video (with music)
Would you happen to have your sketches for this? I want to do it and my HOA will need a drawing for reference.
Hi Ashley. I don't. I think we tossed those. They were great for some preliminary ideas, but after a while this project evolved from the drawings.
Can someone explain the point of removing the sod instead of just laying down heavy duty landscaping plastic? I’m just curious. I’m thinking of doing this.
Hiya. I had to remove the sod because this is the slope of a hill and I had to level it out for the fire pit seating area. So, essentially I had to dig 3 feet down on the uphill side.
@@heypete1827 Thanks for the reply. Your fire pit came out really nice.... I'm going to try to do the same.
@@MaximilianImaging Thanks so much. Best wishes on your project.