We used real stone veneer not cultured stone on the entire fireplace and used a large piece 10 x10 x48 blue stone as a lintel across the fireplace opening.
Diy outdoor stone fireplace plans.
Add fireside ambiance to your backyard with an outdoor fireplace made with stacked stone.
Referring to design lay concrete cinder blocks adding a layer of mortar between each block leaving opening at top of chimney for ventilation.
We do this with our diy outdoor fireplace construction plans.
My fremont outdoor fireplace kit is designed to be quick.
Use tape measure to determine width length depth and height of fireplace.
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Also decide if your fireplace will be wood burning or gas lit.
Establish the overall look for fireplace.
For the cap we cut down 4 pieces of blue stone into 3 x3 x18 legs and placed them in the 4 corners of the top of the chimney and then place a blue stone slab on top of the 4 legs.
Every picture in this article is an example of fireplaces built entirely by diy homeowners who used backyard flare diy outdoor fireplace construction plans.
They hear diy and instantly think there is no way i can do that.
Jot dimensions down in notepad using pencil.