Outdoor fire pits blog | dry logs, ash and stirrers
Outdoor fire pits guides for British gardens: dry kiln-dried logs, cool wood ash before the bin, stirrer length, the plastic ban and food caddy rules.

Chiminea or fire pit: heat in a circle or up a stack
You are on the patio with two listings open, a tall chiminea and a low round bowl, and last Friday's wind already showed you which chair gets the smok

How to dispose of wood ash: cool it before the bin
The morning after a fire pit, the bowl looks finished. The embers are grey, the evening is over, and a plastic sack is the nearest thing with handles.

Kiln dried logs fire pit: what 20% moisture changes
The net has sat in the garage since the weekend, the bowl is on the patio, and the window next door is open. You bought kiln dried logs for a fire pit

Fire pit on decking: keep the timber boards clear
You have finished the deck, the chairs are already out, and the only level patch in the garden is those boards. The bowl is still in the box. A stabil

Fire bowl price UK: what the shelf price buys
You have two Harbour listings open, one near £34 and one near £138. That gap is what a fire bowl price UK search hides. On amazon.co.uk the eleven bow

Fire bowl cover winter: size it, and wait until cold
The last fire of the autumn is out, the patio is wet, and the bowl still holds a grey crust of ash. The fire bowl cover winter rule is the one people

Fire pit rules UK: an open bowl is not a chimney ban
You are standing over a steel bowl, wondering whether the smoke-control shading on the council map makes the evening illegal. Fire pit rules UK are sp

Neighbour fire pit smoke: what a council can do
The washing is out next door, the kitchen window is open, and the first logs in your bowl are still a grey column rather than a flame. Then the messag

How to extinguish a fire pit: sand, stir, then wait
The chairs are in and the fire pit is still a bed of red. That is when a bucket gets tipped over the rim, or the door shuts on a glow that is supposed

Store kiln dried logs: keep rain off the outdoor pile
You bought a net of kiln-dried logs for the fire pit, left it by the patio door, and woke to a wet garden. Store kiln dried logs as a moisture problem

Plastic drink stirrers ban UK: café supply rules
The pot by the till still has plastic stirrers in it, left from a box bought before anyone mentioned a ban. A customer asks for one with a takeaway te

What not to burn in a fire pit: the waste to leave out
The fence came down last spring, the decking is in a pile by the shed, and the new fire bowl is on the patio. It is tempting to treat that pile as fre

Fire pit or gas fire pit: when you should walk away
You have a balcony, a tight courtyard, or a terrace under a sail, and the search has offered a fire pit or gas fire pit as if they were the same eveni

Coffee stirrer length: which stick reaches the mug
You tear open a pack labelled 4.3 inches, drop a stick into the mug you use every morning, and the wood slips under the surface. Sugar sits in a corne

Compost wooden coffee stirrers: check the food caddy
You have just stirred a round of coffees, and the wooden sticks are still wet in the mug. The pack said compostable, or a bullet said they can go out