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Fire pits

Warrior2022 — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 00:17:52 GMT

Some days I think I want one and some days I think it will get used once or twice. Do you have and use one?

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rrpell — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 00:31:27 GMT

I’ve had a fire pit for about seven years. All summer long I use it to hold the sticks that I collect around my property. In the fall, my husband torches it on my birthday.

Other than that, it doesn’t get much use.

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BunSnoop — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 00:34:09 GMT

Our home came with a beautiful fire pit when we purchased it. Yes, we do enjoy spending some evenings outside around the fire with friends and family.

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bikerbabe — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 00:35:34 GMT

Nope. Makes me too nervous living in fire country.

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nana59 — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 00:40:20 GMT

last time i sat around a fire....i was at girl scout camp....i'm 69!

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gidgetgh — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 01:15:54 GMT

We would never use it. We never even sit on our back deck let alone next to a fire pit in the backyard.

We also have a garden tub in our master bathroom that I never use. I think I've used it 3 or 4 times in the 15 years we've lived here and haven't used it in a really, reallly long time now.

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Mary Bailey — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 00:50:17 GMT

We had one when our sons were here. We used it all the time.

Empty nesters now, we probably would never use it, unless the 2GS spend the night

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patbz — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 00:52:08 GMT

Our home has had a fire pit for twelve years; we haven't used it at all. We also keep our fifth wheel at the beach where we use a fire pit ring (the tub of a washing machine which has soldered legs). For fifteen years we use that fire pit a lot!

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Snowpuppy — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 01:27:59 GMT

I have one. They're very popular up here and I have acreage so people/neighbors are not on top of each other. Menards (like home depot) has DIY kits to build.

Nothing better than to find some cherry wood which is plentiful to burn on a chilly starlit night.

We have fire warning/red flag days here, too and I am mindful of those no burn days.

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bmorechick — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 01:39:14 GMT

We got one last year and put in on the patio. We love it. We grab some cedar wood from the local forest products place and store it in a small covered patio box. The kind you use for cushions and stuff. Keeps the bugs away and the wood nice and dry. It smells so good when it burns and keeps those pesky mosquitoes at bay in summer. They do not like the smoke. When my adult children hang around, we get it started and sit around with a few glasses of wine. When its just me and hubs, we do the same thing. It’s getting chilly here now and we just hate the fall and winter. But on a decent evening, we do get it going and pull up close. It’s so easy to maintain. We may take the ash out three or four times a year but thats it.

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Azcowgirl — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 02:53:47 GMT

We used ours a lot at the log home up North in the woods.

Now that we sold that place and live in our desert house, we haven’t used the one we have here yet.

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Leggett28 — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 04:25:44 GMT

We have a gas fire pit and have never used it. This is crazy I know but we have blue belly lizards and I think they live in the fire place so I won’t allow anyone to to turn it on. I love when in the spring they come out of hibernation. It means winter is over.

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Glittergal — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 05:30:20 GMT

Here's an unpopular idea about fire pits. Your neighbors may really hate you for it if they are within distance to smell it and you use it constantly. My neighbors have one and they use it so much that I cannot open my windows on every single nice day. I do mean every day, so it's a real nuisance to me. It's aggravating and the smell gives me headaches. I really wouldn't mind it now and then because people should enjoy their property as they see fit, but every time?

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speedy girl — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 07:00:11 GMT

We have one of the portable ones that you can move around. Although we love the idea of having a fire and sitting by it, I must admit we only use it a few times each year. I don't know why, I guess we just never think of it.

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Lilysmom — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 10:21:59 GMT

My thought is the same as @Glittergal . We have a neighbour with one and the smoke comes right to our windows. P,ease be mindful of your neighbours. I live on a large country lot and, yes, it is still an issue. LM

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ID2 — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 10:55:06 GMT

Oh absolutely! In our old house, in the city, we had a chimnea that we'd use alllllll the time! We permanently build one in extended out from our stone patio at this house. We sit nightly and watch the boats go by! Love it!