Building A Rustic Fieldstone Fireplace

[@samuelescudero3501]

Awesome work very beautiful 👍

[@AppalachianWraith]

Thanks for the inspiration for our rustic fireplace! Great job!

[@energy243]

What a wonderful fireplace. I’m hoping to follow your example as I build one this spring. Thank you!

[@davidrn2473]

Like the idea of the rebar supporting the large rock over the fireplace.

[@ncarsunited1190]

Nicely done! Thank you for sharing your ideas

[@jsmythib]

Ive been searching ideas for the last few days. Your build in the woods wins as the most interesting & innovative :) Seems like you couldnt decide on features, then built everything at once! Thankyou for the share.

[@jvpuckett1214]

Sturdy, well crafted and beautiful! Well done!

[@joeybags7411]

I like the way you live life man👍 Awesome property you got and you are out working men half your age.

[@designdoctor247]

Wow 👏 u r so kind to share this. It gives me HOPE that I can do it.

[@darbyporter1463]

Super/ Love that you Created lots of Different Cooking Surfaces. Love it.

[@nyadzia]

Синяя изолента - лайк + подписка автоматом )))

[@seancasey2296]

Beautiful 😍 you did a great job!!!!

[@KimCheongBRO]

Very cool. Have been thinking about doing something like this with the stones I've accumulated excavating doing foundations for masonry patios and walls. Fire pits are cool, but have a hearth for an outdoor space is much more comfy. Though I will be using firebrick to create the firebox and use the fieldstone for the hearth.

[@wendyjones5211]

Beautiful! You have inspired me to give it a go only I will be building it for my husband.

[@KF-zp7oe]

That looks great , is there a chance of us seeing a fire in it in another video

[@SandrewM]

That is awesome !!!!

[@phinalboss7276]

Hi there! Great job with the fire I just wanted to ask about the oven on the first one you showed in the woods.... does the oven get very hot and also does the food get overly smoked out? Thanks! I'm making something in my garden next week and iv been inspired by your oven

[@rev.blooze]

The oven does indeed get hot. I've cooked smoked ribs in it, made pizza's, and my favorite thing is to bake fish in it. Everything does have a smoked taste, which is what you want in a wood-fired oven.

[@muzicianist]

Very nice and practical...

[@thomaschandler4831]

Very nice work

[@carolinebryant4719]

How’d you build your tower? Beautiful fire pit.

[@rev.blooze]

Cut down four tall, thin trees and de-branched them. Laid out two on the ground and framed them, making the bottom end larger than the top. Repeated the process with the other two poles. Carried the two frames to the location, laid them out where the tower would be, and dug 2' holes at the bottom end of the frames, then raised the frames (one at a time) and dropped them into the holes, using scaffolding poles to support them temporarily. Once I had the two frames inclined inward facing each other at the correct angle, I secured the remaining two sides by completing the framing braces. Then I used and extension ladder to reach the top, dropped a measuring tape 14' to the ground, marked a pole and used a level to transfer that mark to the rest of the poles and cut the tops off with a chain saw. Next I attached two boards, one to each frame. These were to nest the small pallet on the top, which I also secured to the boards. I made a ladder out of other slender trees I'd cut and attached that to the frame. The rest was simple; measuring the length and breadth of the pallet, I constructed the rail frames on the ground and carried them up and screwed them in place on the pallet. I filled in the holes (forget to mention that I placed flat rocks in the bottoms of the holes before dropping in the frame) and, viola! Tower is complete and still standing in good shape after three years. It is my observation post where I can observe the wildlife in the wetlands. My favorites are watching the beavers.

[@valeriedenise3454]

This is wonderful! I have a few questions about building mine? Can you tell me about what kind of rocks to use I'm worried if I use the wrong ones they'll blow up when they get hot

[@rev.blooze]

I used a mixed combination of fieldstones taken from my land. Sandstone works well. The very smooth, dense rocks formed in riverbeds will heat up faster and hold heat longer, but if you use tempered mortar specific to fire places and use it as I did to line the interior of your fireplace, you should not have a problem. I haven't experienced any rocks breaking, the mortar shields them from the heat. The key also is not to burn too much wood at once; be conservative with your fires.

[@thedadfather568]

I want to build a tower like yours did you go off plans?

[@rev.blooze]

The plans were in my head. I dreamed it, thought it, and built it.

[@thedadfather568]

@@rev.blooze love this man! Gonna do it wish me luck

[@sebastienleblanc2708]

Clean out door at the bottom... Usually is what I use...

[@Nerdperior]

thats fire

[@owl1873]

varry nice.

[@1943L]

I like your ‘thinking on your feet’. I think your wife will be pleased.

[@TrishPatches]

Too much extra work that's not needed, digging hole, concrete under ground gravel then dirt, not needed. just pour a concrete slat, make sure have hole in back placed around in between corner of fireplace, so water could drain. yes I am a woman who does masory work, done many firepits, grill and smoker. So ppl if doing this don't got to extreme.

[@rev.blooze]

If you live in the cold northeast, you will understand what frost heaving can do and why it is necessary to start below the frost barrier. I learned this the hard way from an earlier build. My technique as described is based on personal experience and it has worked wonderfully well for this build.

[@barts6113]

You are a dope

[@stoneyj1a1]

big, a little bit bigger than i wanted