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the fire, listen to the natural sound of
flames licking at the charred wood.
ey like the way it smells.
"I guess it's a lot like a grill, and
whether you should go charcoal
or gas," Markley mused. "ere's
something about charcoal that people
gravitate to."
While, initially, most fire pits were
round, they can now be constructed as
square and rectangular in shape.
Portable fire pits, available from
such retail outlets as Lowe's and Home
Depot, can run from roughly $54 on
up to about $580. e average cost of a
premade, above-ground fire pit seems
to fall in the $250 to $300 range.
A premade outdoor fireplace, built
from a kit, can reach as high as $2,785
from a home improvement store.
"In the last eight or nine years, more
manufacturers are into more premade
fire pits and fireplaces. ey do the
guts of it. e form of it," Markley said,
"and it's really just figuring out what
treatment on the outside it needs to
be. Brick. Stone fireplace. Put that on
the outside of it, but the core is already
premade."
Such companies as Landart, Fay
Block Materials and KBT Custom
Masonry & Landscape Design build
and design outdoor fireplaces and fire
pits on site. Depending on whether or
not these are custom built, a standard
wood-burning fire pit built in this
manner can average from $1,500 to
$3,600, according to Markley. Of
course, that depends on size, style and
any extra features that the property
owner so desires.
An outdoor fireplace, which is
more structured and can come with
a chimney or flue on it, can cost
from $8,000 to about $14,000, he
said: "Fireplaces are more expensive
because there's more involved with
them. ere's more endeavor to build
