The other day I received an e-mail from an individual who had an interesting problem and I want to share it with you because you may of faced the exact same thing. His email was this:
We made a natural gas fire pit and put a large amount of coloured glass chips in it. It works extremely well, looks fantastic but is pointless 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 on reflexion and talking about it with our staff this was our answer to this problem. We had seen it done before but only by two folk.
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 reduces down to a couple things you need to decide for yourself, and only you can answer them. Are you wanting a pretty fire pit or a handy fun fire pit? Or 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 bigger in diameter than the other. And dependent on your taste and style you are trying for, they put coloured glass chips in the center over the smaller gas ring and lava rock on the outside over the bigger diameter gas ring.
What this did was sort of cool. When these folks wanted just pretty flames they turned on the center gas ring which was under the glass chips; but when they needed a fun roasting flame they would switch on the bigger outside ring, the one under the lava rock.
This may be something to think about.
I wish you all of the best and have a great time with this.
Lee
Building a back garden fire pit is fun and still can be terribly handy. There isn't any need to sacrifice one for the other when you can have both. I hope this text permits you to see that you can create a very unique and fun fire pit for you own backyard. Its something new to think about.
We made a natural gas fire pit and put a large amount of coloured glass chips in it. It works extremely well, looks fantastic but is pointless 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 on reflexion and talking about it with our staff this was our answer to this problem. We had seen it done before but only by two folk.
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 reduces down to a couple things you need to decide for yourself, and only you can answer them. Are you wanting a pretty fire pit or a handy fun fire pit? Or 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 bigger in diameter than the other. And dependent on your taste and style you are trying for, they put coloured glass chips in the center over the smaller gas ring and lava rock on the outside over the bigger diameter gas ring.
What this did was sort of cool. When these folks wanted just pretty flames they turned on the center gas ring which was under the glass chips; but when they needed a fun roasting flame they would switch on the bigger outside ring, the one under the lava rock.
This may be something to think about.
I wish you all of the best and have a great time with this.
Lee
Building a back garden fire pit is fun and still can be terribly handy. There isn't any need to sacrifice one for the other when you can have both. I hope this text permits you to see that you can create a very unique and fun fire pit for you own backyard. Its something new to think about.
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