Feb 1, 2010: Fire Pit

glatt · 02-01-2010, 07:50 AM

Pretty freaking cool, but if it's just bare pine that sits out there in the rain, you can't expect it to last much longer than an unpainted fence. Probably less, since the slats are horizontal instead of vertical. Picture an untreated pine deck. I give it 4 years before it's rotted.

Gravdigr · 02-01-2010, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

I give it 4 years before it's rotted.

I give it a year til it burns to the ground.

Adak · 02-01-2010, 10:27 PM

It's a beauty, but I don't like the higher portion still having the rough side on the inside.

Bits of this and that will collect in those little ledges, and may catch an ember.

With smooth sides you'd be OK, - consider how similar it is to a teepee. Like a teepee, it needs some cooler air to vent in near the bottom, but you don't want or need air to vent in near the top - that just short-circuits the draft you are trying to create for the smoke to exhaust well.

I guess Scandinavian architects don't chat with Plains Indian tribesmen, on the finer points of teepee design.

02-01-2010, 07:50 AM	#1
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Pretty freaking cool, but if it's just bare pine that sits out there in the rain, you can't expect it to last much longer than an unpainted fence. Probably less, since the slats are horizontal instead of vertical. Picture an untreated pine deck. I give it 4 years before it's rotted.

02-01-2010, 10:27 PM	#3
Adak Lecturer Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 796	It's a beauty, but I don't like the higher portion still having the rough side on the inside. Bits of this and that will collect in those little ledges, and may catch an ember. With smooth sides you'd be OK, - consider how similar it is to a teepee. Like a teepee, it needs some cooler air to vent in near the bottom, but you don't want or need air to vent in near the top - that just short-circuits the draft you are trying to create for the smoke to exhaust well. I guess Scandinavian architects don't chat with Plains Indian tribesmen, on the finer points of teepee design.

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