AGGPRO

Yesterday I received a mail from an individual who had an engaging problem and I would like to share it with you as you may of encountered the very same thing. His e-mail was this:

We constructed a natural gas fire pit and put lots of colored glass chips in it. It works well, looks wonderful but is useless for roasting marshmallows : (.

It feels like an open flame just lights the marshmallows ... We need coals. But I do not really want to put wood in and deal with the ashes.

Proposals?

Thanks!

We here at Lava Rocks for Fire Pits.com never had a question or problem of this nature presented to us, but upon reflexion and talking about it with our staff this was our solution to this problem. We had seen it done before but only by a couple of folks.

our return email went as follows:

Your e-mail was interesting, we had not ever heard about this kind of problem before.

Glass chips make for a pretty fire, one where you wouldn't wish to mess it up with food drippings like marshmallows or hotdogs etc. And glass won't hold heat very well; or reflect radiant heat as well.

Lava rock seems to get only better with age thanks to the carbon build up caused from food burn to a "carbon crisp" (and lava rock hides these crumbs because the rock is not so uniform in size and color and is penetrable). The heat built up in the lava rock with natural gas or propane radiates better for roasting those party favorites due to the thin walls of the lava rocks ' micro caves, often turning them growing red (thus making ember like effects).

It all comes down to a pair things you want to choose for yourself, and only you can answer them. Do you need a pretty fire pit or a helpful fun fire pit? Or even better why not both?

I've seen both functions built into the same fire pit.

In this one case we have seen, they put a double gas ring in the pit with one rings being larger in diameter than the other. And depending on your taste and style you are trying for, they put colored glass chips in the middle over the littler gas ring and lava rock on the outside over the larger diameter gas ring.

What this did was kind of cool. When these people wanted just pretty flames they turned on the center gas ring which was under the glass chips; but when they wanted a fun roasting flame they might turn on the larger outside ring, the one under the lava rock.

This may be something to think about.

I only wish you all the best and have fun with this.

Lee

Building a rear yard fire pit is fun and still can be very useful. There is no need to sacrifice one for the other when you may have both. I am hoping this article allows you to see you can make a extraordinarily unique and fun fire pit for you own back garden. Its something new to contemplate.