How To Start A Fire Pit At Home
Preparing to start a fire pit in order to properly start a fire in a fire pit you will need to gather dry tinder and kindling seasoned firewood a fire starter option such as matches or a lighter and a supply.
How to start a fire pit at home. Provided you re using a fire pit with a hole at the center then you d have to lay a flat plain material on the floor so as to trap the embers and ashes. Place the fire pit in the most appropriate position. Provided you re using the fire pit for the first time you re to ensure that the internal part of the fire pit is dried. Light it with a long stemmed lighter or match.
Tamp down the soil to make it level for creating the base. Fire pit rick shares his method of how to start a fire in your fire pit the quick and easy way. I do it all year long so i wanted to share with you my process that has worked well for me. There is nothing like sitting by a good fire in the fire pit.
If you re building the pit on a patio you won t need to dig a hole or create a base. Newspaper or tinder will help light the fire and create plenty of flames in the beginning. Place four or five pieces of kindling over the tinder in a teepee fashion arranging the sticks around the tinder with the sticks meeting in the center above the tinder. Turn on the gas at the bottle then turn on one of the gas burners on the barbecue and light it using a barbecue lighter or the auto light function if your model has one.
Housing and local services. As the flame starts to become more robust place a fire log or slab wood over top. Lay one or two handfuls of tinder down in the center of the fire pit. Place 2 3 pieces of fatwood in a crisscross pattern over top of the pine cone.
Lay the fire beginning with the tinder first. Don t use too much or you ll generate a lot of unnecessary smoke. Crumple up four or five pages of newspaper into light bundles and place them on the grate as bedding. Set up the base of your fire with newspaper and other tinder.
Lay a dry pine cone in the center of your fire pit. Prepare the area if you re building the pit in your yard measure mark and dig out the area making sure it s at least two inches deep.