The Great Brissie behind the Expanda Firepit stairway build 2016

[Drover]

All looking great before those legs...........nice dog means nice people................I have the shovels, I have the Ute and sand, umm oh yeah nearby Nat park should have some rocks...........expect an invitation to a free camp after the new place is finished.................we will take your tribe for a run along Teewah Beach while you do your magic in our virgin backyard...................

 

[The Goodwins]

All looking great before those legs...........nice dog means nice people................I have the shovels, I have the Ute and sand, umm oh yeah nearby Nat park should have some rocks...........expect an invitation to a free camp after the new place is finished.................we will take your tribe for a run along Teewah Beach while you do your magic in our virgin backyard...................

Parents live at Tewantin so I am almost a local. More than happy to come up, design and assist in the firepit build. Send me some photos and what you like in terms of colours, shape, expectations, stone, timber etc and I'll add ideas. More than happy to help @Drover just say the word!

And seriously...the legs...... I have seen worse...... oh...just checked the photo....you have a point.....

 

[The Goodwins]

Did I say I work for accommodation and beer........ @Drover

 

[bigcol]

got to love them legs................... (really.........?????)

just out of curiosity....

how deep is the pit
(I am thinking every second use having to empty the ashes....?)

I know when we were at SX, the 2/3 44gal drum was emptied twice from the fires every night.......

 

[Drover]

Actually looking out the van window into our builders messy yard, I think a fire pit would either burn the paint off the fence or scorch the brick work on the house and move it away then the van gets scorched or torched, this place is damn small, shed takes up a lot of room .............may have to forego the pit and just set one up on the beach when needed.

 

[Dobbie]

Ahhhhh.....the cost of relocation!

We've got a portable foldable fire thingy for travelling and I notice Stratco have lots of similar options available at the moment. I only mention it as they were advertised in the weekend papers but not sure if you get the papers, in between other things that take up fishing time.

:flypig:

 

[Drover]

The day I go and get a shop bought burner, fire grate thingy, then you know it's time for the home...........I'm a cut the 44 in half sort of bloke and thats the flash fire usually a couple of rocks does me......................carrying portable fire pits and a box of binoculars ??? no wonder your overloaded.

 

[Dobbie]

Not carrying anything at the moment!

The stuff that came out of the van has been severely culled. Only one binoculars (small) and I can confirm the fire pit weighs 1.2kilos. It's very small but cheerful!

We always weigh more when we leave home but drink it along the way...rapidly if weight is an issue.

At least we don't get weighed down by too many fish.

:fish2:

 

[The Goodwins]

got to love them legs................... (really.........?????)

just out of curiosity....

how deep is the pit
(I am thinking every second use having to empty the ashes....?)

I know when we were at SX, the 2/3 44gal drum was emptied twice from the fires every night.......

pit is around 400mm deep @bigcol and the base is stone so the idea is that once everything is burnt it can either be moved into the garden nearby as compost/waste or washed through the stone into the soil. We will se how that pans out. if it doesn't work I plan to concrete the base to be able to shovel the waste out.

 

[bigcol]

something my mother used to say

Tea Bags for Ferns
fire ash for Citrus (& olives)
anything else into the compost (old fridge)

 

[The Goodwins]

Ladies and gentlemen I give you.......
Preparation

Ignition

Success

 

[The Goodwins]

Best build ever........

#kidsfirehotdogs

Mates

#beerrumchairfire

 

[boots33]

Great work indeed, lots of good times ahead there. We had some friends over for dinner last night, the weather was so good, not even the slightest breeze. So our fire pit got a run as well, best way to relax i reckon.

 

[Dobbie]

Didn't there used to be program on tv called 'stairway to the Stars'?

That come to mind.

We had our pit going last night as well...what a balmy night in some parts of the world!

 

[bigcol]

looking the goods @The Goodwins

far better than the weekend of rain we have had

 

[The Goodwins]

Got the painting finished so its actually.....Job done!
few Pics of the finished item
From the screen room..... Chairs are from Masters 75% off

Looking out across Casa Goodies from the firepit

The decks are finished....actually they are not I plan to rip up the timber and replace it as I am not happy with the treds #analtimberdude

And I just finished painting all the fences and adding new gardens photos to follow
The stone is getting timbered over I hate it.......

 

[bigcol]

The decks are finished....actually they are not I plan to rip up the timber and replace it as I am not happy with the treds #analtimberdude

ummmmm
is it because the top half dont match the bottom half (steps we are talking about......)

#analtimberdude

its your yard - and you have to like it........... so, NO your not that bad.......