Chiminea or Firepit?

learnerplates

I've seen alot of firepits online, do they actually suit Ireland? do they give off much heat or is it all smoke?
e.g. a home made brick fire pit http://www.pinterest.com/pin/263460646923773357/
or even the metal free standing types http://www.pinterest.com/pin/150589181262466068/

A clay chiminea is the alternative I think, I've used them before, which suits best for a semi d back garden?

Tempersteel

You can go the cast iron or steal chiminea route, the clay ones are prone to cracking,
heavy steel or cast cast iron ones wont have that problem,
a tall chimney will minimize any smoke issues and they are obviously a lot easier to move around unlike the home made brick fire pit

juneg

http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/turn-a-washing-machine-drum-into-a-backyard-fire-pit-with-just-one-hour-and-10-house-fig-201004

ask for an old washing machine drum at a repair shop and turn it into a fire pit. Google images have lots of great ideas for it

kylith

How legal are they in an urban environment?

Tempersteel

kylith wrote: »

How legal are they in an urban environment?

same as Bbq's i would think, if in doubt talk to council

baaba maal

You can burn fuel (and possibly only smokeless fuels if your town is a designated one), you can't burn waste.

bazbrady

a friend has one of these clay chiminea but these are designed for irish climate etc and his is left outside all year round and is still going strong 6 years on..a little dear but lots heat and safe to touch the outside for kids unlike the metal ones which can be dangerous...they are the rolls royce of burners

http://www.dingley-dell.com/bushman_burners