Fire pits from keystone retaining wall systems the standard for excellence within the segmental retaining wall industry.
Retaining wall fire pit.
Starting at the corner place the first two wall caps following the wall in the same direction.
With a few basic skills and a bit of creativity you can easily design and build your own diy fire pit using retaining wall blocks.
Our video and homemade fire pit instructions complete with a list of tools and materials will show you how.
In this video i show and explain how i built my fire pit from retaining wall blocks with a galvanised round garden bed for the inner rim.
Finish your fire pit with wall caps.
Our fire pit ended up being about 4 feet 49 inches in diameter on the outside and 3 feet 35 5 inches in diameter on the inside if you want something bigger or smaller you will just need more or less blocks.
Using blocks of a different style can also change the look of your fire pit.
We built our fire pit on the lawn from regular retaining wall blocks lined with clay fire bricks you can also build your pit on a patio.
Install decorative rock to line the interior of the fire pit.
Rectangular blocks make it easy to adjust the layout to a size that works well for your design.
Place the first wall cap with the long end facing the outside of the wall.