Over Built Smokeless Fire Pit Using Methods From How To Home & Haxman. MISTAKES MADE!
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- Опубликовано: 18 июн 2022
- Check out the changes I made and how it looks 1 year later: • Over-Built Smokeless F...
For this fire pit I used ideas from the channels How To Home and Haxman. I built this over the course of a few months and love the addition it is to our back yard!
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That looks fantastic! Thanks for the credit too. Most channels don't do that. 😂 I have found that making sure the fire touches the sides helps get them hot enough to get the smokeless effect. I always build my fires wide. Awesome job, it looks beautiful! 👊
Just giving credit where it’s due. Thanks for the tip and the kind words! I appreciate it!
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Is it good to dry set the concrete like that or is it better to mix it in a wheelbarrow I’ve never dealt with concrete
Dang, HUGE project with a great final result. People don't realize how much extra work all the filming and editing adds to something like this. Nice job man.
Hey thanks so much! Really appreciate it! Yeah it’s true it takes a lot of effort, but I really enjoy it!
I'm sure all the editing and whatnot takes a decent bit of time and work. But, it doesn't add much to the actual project other than setting up and turning on a camera.
@@Sublime_1 often that's true. But in this video there were a ton of different camera angles throughout, which makes it super engaging to watch. And that's a lot to do if you're working on a project by yourself.
@@Sublime_1 maybe if you only set up 1 angle for a Timelapse of the whole project, but setting up a ton of different angles throughout the whole time definitely adds up
@@BroBuilds I did notice, after my comment, that you did a lot of different angles. I was wondering if it was different cameras, but, obviously not. I bet you did spend some time, getting the angles. Hats off to ya man, it makes for a much better video, but, I wouldn't have the patience for it personally. Good video, and the fire pit looks nice.
A few tips from a professional landscaper. 1) dig 6in down from grade level add fabric, a 4in layer of 57 stone, then sand for the pavers. 2) do not use dryer ductwork for a drain, use schedule 80 pvc. Which if you set the pavers at a 1 percent Slope away from the center a drain isn’t needed on a small paved area. 3) use Nitro sand instead of that concoction you made, it is so much better. 4) pour a small concrete curb around the perimeter of the patio that sloops away. 5) dig post holes deeper for more stability usually 24in for an 8x8 post
Thanks for sharing!
Quick note on your second comment: the ducting wasn’t intended to be a drain. It’s actually an air vent to feed cold air it the center of his fire. Theoretically aids in the smokeless effect. So in that respect, the sloping wouldn’t have made a difference.
Although it’s always a good idea to slope for drainage when possible.
Also just to add, sch40 pvc would be plenty for a drain, sch 80 is a complete overkill for drainage on something like this
@@michaelwolfe276 schedule 80 pvc is sometimes advised online but it’s absurd for drains. Much harder to work with (friction fit harder and it won’t bend like proper landscape pvc does).
Agreed, 30 years in the landscape/hardscape business myself and I appreciate the video editing and quality but there was a lot wrong. Not trying to knock anyone, but with as much work as he put in he could have focused on a few details and the end results would have been better.
Great example of how you can take one (or two) awesome jobs and use them with your own skills to make something even more amazing! It looks great and I'm sure ya'll are enjoying the heck out of this setup with the weather being colder now.
Very well done.
I too am planning a smokeless fire pit for our backyard. I have used the "dakota" fire pit for stealth camping and those have always worked great.
Looks great. As for the posts. I'm not a professional, but my personal rule is to have the width of a post be the outside circle around the post. So, for your 6" post, your total outside hole diameter would be 18". I also use the rule of 1' of depth for every 4' of height above ground. It may seem like overkill for some applications, but I'd rather it be way too sturdy than flimsy at all, primarily because you never know what you might want to do in the future and having it overbuilt is better than having to completely redo it later.
Thanks! That’s makes a lot of sense and sounds like a good rule of thumb to go by! Thanks for your info!
Renaissance man! This sure was a lot of hard work but you saved a boat load of money- not to mention the pride and satisfaction of creating something beautiful. Great work
Thanks! Appreciate the kind words!
You’ve done an awesome job and very proud of your accomplishment ! I see some happy gatherings in this chill out spot with family and friends. Blessings to you and your family and friends !!!!! I had a friend of mine create for me a seven foot in circumference diamond wire grate . My hopes are to create a really nice gathering spot that can be used year round. Once again great job !!!!
It's midnight and I have classes. RUclips decided to recommend me this, therefore I must watch.
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Appreciate the time, effort and energy you put into this project along with the video
Thanks so much for the kind words!
Brother this was an absolutely beautiful project! amazing work and thank you the video
Thanks so much for the kind words! I appreciate it!
To make the posts less wobbly, put a few screws with about 50% of the screw sticking out in random places on the posts in areas that will be covered by the cement. Then pour the cement in. It will give the cement more to grab on to once it sets.
Idk, I’m tempted to file this in “sounds good in theory, but not in practice”
I’ve never done it seen this done and center set posts were fine. It makes me wonder how long before the screw corroded. The bigger issue was post placement in the hole and maybe the “mix in hole” method. I’ve also never seen it done that way.
@@JacobAnawalt Definitely the placement. I used to work for a deck/fence installation crew, and we always poured dry quickcrete into the post holes. It would probably have helped if he'd put some sort of footing in the hole first, too. Just a busted up brick in the hole before dropping the post in there.
@@JacobAnawalt It works and is a well known practice. Just use galvanized screws that won't corrode.
@@dlindy9143 seen this done plenty of times yup
Not the best idea. Rusted screws will split the wood/concrete. Just mix the cement properly. ppl need to stop dry pouring cement on things that aren't just surface corrections.
Great job thanks for showing the mistakes…that’s the most helpful part. For a smokeless fire the fire itself has to be below the holes. The holes add extra oxygen to the top of the flame for a secondary burn that eliminates the smoke. If you overfill any solo stove it will smoke just like any other fire.
Thanks for watching! That makes sense, I am going to be doing some modifications sometime and will make more videos on improving the design I went with.
@@TheFixFinder Applaud your efforts here. Extremely Impressive. Please keep us updated as you apply modifications.
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Man you saved the day. Firsts project I’m tackling on our new home. Thanks
I got a new video coming out this weekend with some updates and improvements you can check out that I did.
Awesome!! I love the one piece form of the concrete top. Eliminates the gaps for water to penetrate.
Okay the flower was insane 👏🏽
Great job, it is so cool to see someone doing their own projects, very inspirational
Thanks so much!
Great job. I will definitely come back to this when i start mine.
Stuff like this is so fun to build. I had a side job where I used to live building retaining walls, fire pits, ponds and other outdoor landscaping.
It really is, I love working on outdoor landscaping projects.
Great idea for the cover, could put the kiddos hand prints in it to add extra memories
This was refreshing to watch. Someone not so arrogant to admit mistakes or that there may be better ideas. Definitely gave me some ideas for my back deck project.
One thing I know is there is always someone that will know more than you. I am just here to share the things I do with what I know and hopefully give a decent idea for someone else to use and even improve on. I am always ready to learn. Glad you got some ideas! Thanks for the kind words!
Great job! Loved the video. And admire the hard work you put forth to make this on your own.
Hey thank you! Well I’m a big believer in hard work and keeping busy to get things done.
I love watching the building process. So satisfying and relaxing. Thanks
Thanks! Appreciate it!
It always blows my mind how much longer it takes me to tackle a diy project I saw how to do online 😂 AND you filmed the while thing…
Yep, it always does take longer than expected, but yes the filming sure adds a lot more time
Great job! Thanks for sharing it with everyone!
Thanks for watching!
That looks fantastic. I am looking forward to finding your video with the swing.
Fine work on those pavers and working towards quality. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks so much! Appreciate it!
Great job sir, thank for sharing your knowledge !
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That all looks great! Really like the pergola porch swing in your latest video as well. Keep it up! 👍
Thank you! Appreciate it! Your method is working very well so far for me!
@@TheFixFinder Awesome! Love to hear it. I know when I added the pipe, there was a noticeable difference. Glad to see you installed it early on instead of after the fact like I did haha.
Hats off to you man! You did a great job on making this firepit.
Thank you! Appreciate the kind words!
And this is where my wife tells me she will prefer if the whole thing was moved 10 yards further away from the house...😂
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This is awesome. I plan on building a fire pit in my backyard too. And you have me so many ideas I hadn't even thought about.
Great video.
Thanks! Appreciate it! Glad it could help with ideas!
Great job! Love it.
Keep going.
Thank you!
Wow!!!!! Outstanding job, I am totally impressed! I have been watching tons of videos and looking at fire pit kits online! Your seating area looks beautiful and very professional. I love your stone fire pit design as well. Thank you for sharing the entire process!
Hey thanks! Really appreciate the compliment!
Great video! I'm in design mode now and you (and the Haxman) have given great inspiration to me!
Thanks! Hope it goes well!
This is very inspiring bro I can’t wait to get my own house to do the same 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽
Hey thanks so much! It really is amazing to own a house! It takes work and effort to maintain and improve, but I love doing it!
Great job bud! I’m gonna get started on my mangy yard in the Spring. Thanks for sharing the ideas and know-how!
Thanks! Appreciate it!
Great job! Shows to always try, you never know how wonderful it will turn out
Thanks!
Great job 👍🏽
Thank you!
That was a great video. Well done. I've been watching Haxman for a while and you did him proud! Come build me one.
Thanks so much! Well I lived in South East Florida for the last 10 years until moving this past year, so that may have been closer to you! 😂 Now I am back to being a hoosier boy.
Well done! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the kind words!
Great job! Love the thought and effort and just going for it! Looks great!!
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Beautiful work... I'm making one this summer to be ready for the fall. Thanks
Thank you! It’s a fun project to do
Wow lots of hard work and looks amazing. Great work
Thank you so much!
Nice job. The swing is an uncommon idea by a fire pit but outside the box thinking. Swing is a 👍.
Thank you!
Good thinking on that sand cement mix rather than polymeric sand. I've used it on multiple projects and it works just fine.
Yeah I tried that polymeric stuff on my newer project doing a paver patio and I’m not a huge fan of it.
Fantastic work!!
Thank you!
Very well produced and your attention to detail is obvious. Awesome! Id like to see an 8 mos review: what works well, what would you do different. We watched then asked ourselves, “does it work? Was the drain effective?” Other then that we watched a lot of work for something that does look nice.
Thanks! Appreciate it. I have plans on a follow up I would like to do sometime soon on a few improvements I would like to make. The airflow coming from underneath seemed to help it burn a little hotter.
Dude nice job!! This is super well done! Love it! 💪🏻
Thanks! Love it when a project finally comes together well!
This actually is what I want to do. Dakota combined with secondary combustion. Sooooooo how's it work out?
Man your very skilled guy I respect that teach all how nice work
That came out real good
Appreciate the kind words!
That looks great man. Awesome job
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Very well done video! Thanks!
Thank you!
Nice work ! I am duly impressed
Thanks so much! Thanks for watching
You did that slim!!
You should have built the Dakota Fire pit portion where the air vent comes to feed the side of the fire, and not under the fire. Generally Dakota pits are not as wide where the fire is contained. Helps isolate airflow.
You did awesome; looks great!
Thank you!
Watched it on 1.75. Very nice firepit.
Amazing work
Thank you!
God loves you man. Keep up the good work
Thank you! God Bless!
Look great 👍
Thank you!
Great job and loved it when you mentioned all the booboos down the road, honestly that helps future builders.
Keep your smile and enjoy smokeless fire pit.
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Very nice!! Thank you.
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Great job thanks for the video! Enjoy.
Thanks for watching!
Looks great
Thanks!
Great job man!
Thank you!
Great job my friend....loved the video..... admitted when u felt u could have done better on some stuff...but overall....superb job....loved it
Yep there is always room for improvement! Thanks!
fantastic thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
It looks nice. I am surprised this took you three months though, must be a busy guy.
Thanks! Yeah I was working on several other projects at the same time
adding this to the bucket list, nice one bro
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Nice job.
Thanks!
Very nice!
You have talent.
Thank you!
awesome job.
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Good job looks great
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Enjoyed this thoroughly. Great looking fire pit
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Good job.
Thank you
Nice build! Gives me some ideas for my future one!
Thanks! Great! Make it even better! 👍🏼
Looks great. Well done!
fantastic!!
Very good job!
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Good job man.
Thank you!
Nice work!
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Nice work
Thanks!
Great job on the entire video. It was edited and narrated really well!
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Great job 👍🏿
Very nice work
Thank you!
Looks great. I was intrigued by the smokeless portion as smoke bothers my sinuses. This all looks beautiful, but I still saw plenty of smoke.
I noticed it definitely does make a different when the fire gets nice and hot
@@TheFixFinder ok that’s good. Smoke didn’t used to bother me, but now, it’s like instant headache. Big reason I never did a fire pit. But may have to try this.
Looks good man!
Thank you!
Great video man
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Very nice job man, great stuff!
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Nice work man.
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Nicely done!
It all looks great but as a grass guy man that soil is itching for some southern blend fescue! I would love to dig into my yard and see that soil! 😂 thanks for your video. Nice project. I’m sure you’re proud.
Well, I’m in zone 6 in Indiana so idk how far north that southern blend could go, but sure would love some good looking grass, because so far I’m not doing too well with that. 😂
Thanks! Appreciate the kind words! I sure am
Awesome!
Thank you!
Incredible build and videoing!
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good job dude 👍
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great job.........
Nice!
Thanks!
You did a great job by yourself you needed some help right there at the end to lift that ring
I wished I could’ve helped you !
Thanks for the kind words! It wasn’t too bad, the right leverage goes a long way
Dang that is a great job! I am stealing some ideas! Thanks for posting.
Thanks so much! Thanks for watching!