Everyone loves gathering around a fire while camping or just for a get-together. But cleaning up the ash mess and dealing with the smell from a typical open pit can make anyone a little reluctant. Do your guests and yourself a favor and get yourself a custom fire pit. Fire pit enclosures can make your life much easier in a few ways.
Aesthetic Appeal and Cleanliness
A typical burning hole is not especially appealing, usually. There are inches and inches of loose ashes. The area surrounding it can be covered in soot--causing you to get dirty if you get too close. The rock or brick pen itself can look worn out and deteriorated. Landscape fire pits can make your yard or cabin considerably more attractive if you get a fire pit enclosure. Enclosing the fire keeps your custom fire pit clean and attractive. Plus you can pick a design that you like best, with various colors, shapes, and sizes.
Some designs offer a water-resistant design with a roofing mechanism that keeps the actual pit dry as well.
Safety and Smell
Using a fire pit enclosure keeps you and your guests safe. Typically, we want to sit close to the fire for warmth. Sitting too close can be dangerous, however, due to unruly flames and flying embers. But a decently built product will use high quality steel screens to keep embers off of you and surrounding wildlife. That means you can sit as close as you want and not worry about your hair catching fire.
This is not to mention that many of these encasements have adjustable dampers to vent smoke and control heat. You can have the heat in every direction around the flames, without the smoke flying off in every random direction. No one likes to walk away having their clothing smell like smoke.
Ease and Durability
Part of the annoyance of typical fire holes is having to reach down to light or stoke the fire. It is uncomfortable and can get you dirty. Using a custom fire pit with an encasement keeps the wood and the fire itself level with the ground. This makes it easy for you to light the fire and to keep it going. Not to mention that these products are built to last a lifetime, often with steel and ceramic components.
This kind of setup can benefit you and your family or guests for years to come.