Getting ready to finish my deck after a three year hiatus. I’m gonna cover part of it and my little cookie cutter thinks she would like to have a fireplace out there. I am more than capable of building a masonry unit, but I’m guessing it’s something that will get used once or twice a year, so I don’t want to go to the trouble or expense. Anybody have any experience or suggestions for a prefab unit for use outdorrs (under cover)? I’ve googled, but I’m not coming up with what I want.
Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, I get waylaid by jackassery?
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Googled "Fire Pit" and got this to start.
I bought DW a square one for Mother's Day last year. She loves it. I picked it up at Sam's for about $100 IIRC
I don't think I would want one under a roof.
Bill
I'm picturing a stone fire "pit" in a gazebo with a copper roof. That'd look way sweet!!
Could even cook over it.
And I know just the guy that could build it.
Stone columns to a copper roof and stone pit.
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I guess I need to take some pics of what I've got and post them. I've got a deck already built. My lot slopes across the back of the house. There are two sections I intend to build a roof over. One is the hot tub area and the other is an almost triangular (with the two legs of the triangle being 16' and 12') area over the back door. I want to add a prefab fireplace under the proposed roof with the chimney penetrating the roof. The deck is about 6' off the ground in this area. A built in unit (heatilator) that can withstand the elements, although not direct, is what I'm after.Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, I get waylaid by jackassery?
http://grantlogan.net/
Heat and Glow has units that are installed outdoors. (heatnglo.com)
That being said, nothing like a real fire. I envision a two sided fireplace at one end of the roof section. You can stand/view from under cover or out in the open. Not unlike a forest preserve pavilion.
In your climate, I think it would get a lot of use.
I'm guessing this is a bit bigger than you were thinking of, but it's mighty nice to have a place to park the food & beverage of choice. It's so comfortable sitt'n round it, it's mighty hard to move once ya settle in! We haven't used it as much as I thought (smoke in the face gets old after a while), but we ran gas to it last fall, so I'm thinking we'll get lots more mileage out of it this year (if the f##&% rain ever stops!)
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Edited 4/11/2006 10:46 pm by wrudiger
Speaking of this, is it ok to put a fire "grill" or one of those little chimney type fire pit things on a wood deck?
- Rob
not really any different than a BBQ - just be sure there's no way for the sparks to escape!
Perhaps you should start with a Chimera (sp?) to find out if you will really use it. Fireplace shops have several types of self-contained units that just sit there.
Think about whether you want a 360 degree view or not.
The kind with the chimney are better in a wind situation, but everyone has to crowd on one side.
The typical round metal kind with the grate usually have wheels to help move it around, allow for 360 degree seating, and can generally take larger pieces of wood. Also, you can usually remove the grate, and put the top on to snuff them out when the party is over.
I have the metal type, and we use it every couple of weeks in season. Nuthin like sittin around the campfire and carrying on.