A Fire Pit is a Grown Ups Campfire

Thanks to Mike Holmes, Citizen Special, for coming up with that one-liner. He posted a great article in the Ottawa Citizen about fire pits and how they need to be assembled in the proper manner for safety reasons.

He suggests to start building from below the ground up, recessed if you will, to ensure proper drainage. He also mentions how important it is to select the right brick or stone so that they dont explode on you. He also mentions, as we have in previous postings, the importance of selecting a safe location for your fire pit being careful to avoid building it underneath trees or overhangs that could catch on fire.

Mike emphasizes the importance of working with a contractor to ensure that you build the pit in a safe manner that will avoid injury and not set your house (or your neighbors house) on fire. For more information, check out the article here.

And apparently, Mike is in a new HGTV show called "Holmes Inspection." For more information on his show, you can visit www.hgtv.ca.