"Somebody" grew up watching Tim the Tool man Taylor. lol The area looks great!

Nice! Thanks for sharing!

Very, very nice layout. Thanks for sharing!

Smoke follows beauty....

Nice. I built a air induced fireplace years ago. The BEST thing one can do for a GREAT CLEAN FIRE! I used a computer fan (several of them) into a pipe and also put in a valve to adjust the airflow to acquire my desired results. I LOVE FIRE!

this video has been here for a while, but i really like that pit. personally i would use a different technique for the smokeless feature, but its very nice. great job. thanks for the inspiration. my wife is gonna thank you

You did an excellent job on your fire pit area.

I love the Turbo Fire!

That's beautiful you just inspired me. Nice video and great job

Great information I’ll try it later!

If you put a little space between a few of the stones (1” or so) directly on the ground it has the same affect

Very nice video. Gave me some useful information to consider when building my fire pit.

thanks for the demo, im gona try this

Very nice job thank you!!!

Great video thanks!

Beautiful set up.

Thanks for sharing. It seems the smoke always finds me. Now i have some knowledge to stop it.

Great project! Beautiful work!Just one note about using Glavanized pipe when you grind, weld and possibly when exposed to high temperatures it off gasses fumes that can be dangerous to your heath. Though off gassing probably decreases over time.

An excellent size blower that's nice and quiet (and inexpensive) and would likely fit perfectly into your air intake hose would be a boat blower fan, available at any boat store or online... they're used to circulate fresh air into a boat's engine compartment and usually come in 3" or 4" sizes.

Nice looking pit!

looks pretty good 👍👍

Howdy Bill! Great idea and a beautiful build on your entire fire pit area! Just found your channel and subscribed...look forward to more cool ideas!

The fireplace is still working as design after all these years. No regrets with this design.

This is so beautiful

nice trick, thanks!

getting back to nature ;-)

Smart !

Particulate matter is the main cause for soot/smoke/ash. You can lower the amount of that by getting rid of bark. When my family had a wood burning stove used for interior heating it was amazing how much less ash was produced compared to just burning wood.

Great set up! I really like the knee-wall that surrounds the sitting area. I have a 48" fire pit (metal ring) that is about 1' deep. After a hard rain or snow melt, the pit fills to the top with water, so I installed a similar pipe system this week. The first 5' is 3" galvanized furnace pipe, which ties into 50' of 4" black corrugated pipe that slopes away from the pit and exits to daylight. Aside from draining the water, it also some great airflow to the pit.

I added 2 air vents to my firepit. Don't use a blower and it seems to work great. My two vents or pipes are a bit smaller and I used PVC pipe that ends before it gets to the firepit. Rock lines my pit for a natural look and I simply spaced the rock around the PVC. I also use metal mesh to help keep the lines clear of ash and debris.

A few people keep mentioning that using galvanized piping gives us toxic fumes when it is heated, but they are forgetting that the piping is being used for fresh air intake, not exhaust. The air entering that pipe is going to be ambient temperatures, not 500+ degrees.

Nice idea. I've never seen anything like it before. Learn something new even at 63 years of age. huh!

love the intro

It depends, it's a deep fire ring and I like to build large fires, so I use the blower almost all the time to keep a hot fire and clean. It also depends on how wet the wood is and the type of wood I'm burning.

It's good to see Woodglut have new instructions to save my money and energy to build it.

Thanks for sharing Bill. I'm about to build a fire pit and will think about how I can do this, or at least try and get ventilation in underneath.

We use a leaf blower to get the fire roaring. But that was before I did the same set up as you, minus the blower at the end. It seams once you get the fire going, the fire creates a vacuum that sucks in any air available. So having a pipe under the fire that is feeding the fire fresh air really helps keep the fire going and keeps the smoke down. I used 4 inch ceramic pipe (that I got from work) to help feed the fire fresh air. Steel will also work. I think I would stay away from PVC. Nice looking fire pit you have.

To be fair add an anvil turn the blower on you could have a blacksmiths shop, great job beautiful looking spread,Respect.

Bill, I think it is a BEAUTIFUL setup! My wife and I are looking into building our own fire pit area and appreciate people like you posting your ideas and projects! Thank you! P.S. What kit did you use, if I may ask? I looked (briefly) online and saw a couple, but none that had the rocks as in your kit. Thanks again!

It sure does work well without the blower, I don't want to mislead anyone. I just like some air in the fire pit so it's a very hot fire with high flames.

I think the double ring with vent holes at the bottom of the outer ring and holes at the top of the inner ring and then with the gap between them capped off gives a good smokeless fire without any need for a vent pipe and fan. But that is a killer fire pit area with that poured concrete pad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Having the smoke on me is the best part of a fire, longer my clothes can smell like smoke the better

Oh goodie so I get to listen to a fan running the whole time I’m trying to enjoy the peace and quiet of a camp fire!

I set my metal ring on 3 spaced brick, keep my 40 volt leaf blower at hand and give it a shot of air when needed. I'm too lazy to shoot hot flames constantly into the sky.

Nice work. It’s basically a forge. I’d consider using terracotta/earthenware pipe. Galvanised pipe would emit unsuitable gasses when heated to those temps. What about a gate to close-down/open the air intake?

You could also use a electric leaf blower.

Dang great job!!! Come to wv an put me one in .. lol

Good way to get rid of smoke, but no way would I want to be messing w a blower every time

Muy buen video! La idea del ventilator y el ducto es fantastica. Yo estoy pensado hacer algo similar pero como dijo el, con un abanico de computadora, also i will try to put the wiring for the motor inside ridgid metal or pvc conduit then a switch to turn it on and off.

Nice video. The rocks/stones look amazing . Did you buy it from a big box store or a landscaping company? I live in neighboring Wisconsin

Removing bark from the wood will greatly reduce the amount of smoke produced.

you could get a 4" or 6" dia adjustable speed inline duct fan, use galvanized duct at 4" or 6" dia. the galvanized duct will not rust with the zinc coating an you can put it all on a smart home outdoor plug and control from smartphone without leaving chair. Oh and for about $150 max.

Great Idea, will have to implement this into mine as my city doesnt allow open fires and it smokes a lot. Stone looks great, where is the kit from?

You also need to size the pit appropriately. An 18” fire in a 36” pit is not going to burn nearly as well as an 18” fire in an 18” pit because the walls are too far away from the fire and they don’t concentrate/reflect the heat as well as when they are close. Unless you have 36” fires regularly, build a smaller pit. Primary air is important but it takes surprisingly little of it to burn well. I have built smokeless pits for years out of old water heaters and about 1-2% of the bottom surface area as primary vent is the sweet spot. Larger pits take even less. I also like 18”... Too much primary air can actually cool the fire. It speeds up the flow thru the fire, reducing the amount of time any smoke has to be broken down by the heat. It also makes it a real fuel hog, and it can be a lot of effort to provide fuel for a larger fire with a blower feeding it. A smaller amount of primary air will also cause the pit to try and draw air in over the edge. This helps pull any smoke rising up around the edges, back out over the fire to get a second chance of breaking down over the heat... With the right balance, it will actually pull the smoke back down into the fire. if you use a inner steel ring, allowing this air thru the bricks at the bottom to pass up alongside the steel will warm this air and make it even more effective at assisting in breaking down the smoke. Smaller size, Limiting the amount of primary air and Heated secondary air are the 3 main design points that make the solo stoves smokeless. That is a beautiful fire pit area, you did a great job...

Dude.. beach chairs..some deadfall in the Weber.. a 12 pack... some reefer and a few good friends and we be chillin. Oh yeah we do pink floyd instead of a droning blower. Just sayin.

I really like your set -up. I’m looking into a DIY fire pit area. How deep did you have to dig for the fire pit ring? Did you have to like the bottom with sand or stones? For drainage? I guess the vent pipe would act as a drain pipe? How do you maintain the pit? Do you have to clean out ashes?

Cool project - Thanks for sharing. Did the pipe poke through the side wall of the steel fire pit ring ? How are you keeping the firepit end of the pipe clear of debris ?

Great idea, Beautiful execution! I'd like to know how fast you're burning through wood. Adding combustion air to a fire makes it burn hotter and burn through more fuel. It's physics. BTW.. you could add a small twist damper in the pipe that would control volume. I suppose I'll have to do some more internet digging. Controllable combustion air would be great. Help to control the smoke and longer burning life of your wood.

Nice work sir. Thanks for sharing. I see the pipe serving two purposes: air vent as mentioned as well as drain pipe when it rains too :-) However I'm afraid the air pipe could be clogged up with coal ash over time. Would it make more sense to route the air vents to the side wall instead?

I'm curious what that ring kit cost you. I'm debating some options. The ease of the kit might be worth it for me. I love how your spot came out. Looking to get mine going soon.

Just a word of warning: It’s good that you didn’t use galvanised steel as the zinc can release toxic fumes Love the video thx 👍

a big dome or truck wheel . every 8 inches you need a 2 inch hole like every number on a clock. you feed the fire oxygen from below with the draft effect and you get a very nice fire. no smoke no blower. But it takes some concrete or welding skills. and its important you have enough height in your pit ^^ . Thats my 2 cents

The blower will make the fire burn hotter, which in turn will burn up wood faster. You might try turning blower off once updraft starts the vent should continue to keep smoke to a minimum. In the event you add wood and it begins to smoke, you can start the fan again. I also think it would work fine without a blower once the fire gets hot. It appears you used four inch pipe, so if you want to keep a blower, I would look for a small dc fan with battery and small solar panel. This would just be for convenience of being able to flip switch without having to drag out a blower every time I burn a fire. Great idea, just some thoughts that may help.

what is the inside diameter of your fire pit? Looks great especially with all the landscaping stones!

I feel like the blower is not needed, have you tried it without the blower? Venturi Effect should keep clean air flowing through that pipe proportionate to how much heat the fire is making.

A little bit of overkill Tim the toolman Taylor. 3 two inch pipes at bottom of pit through fire ring will provide plenty of airflow without burning through a cord of wood in one night, no blower needed. Once the fire is going it will suck all the fresh air it needs through the pipes. On the upside you made a really good drain just leave it uncapped.

Because all the air in the fire pit is heating and rising out, it should suck cooler in through the tube and you shouldnt need the fan.

Who makes that fire ring kit. Much nicer than the ones I see at local hardware and landscape supply around d here.

awesome fire pit. So you have any problems with the fan blowing ashes up into the air?

Nice job. Curious---how is the air diffused in the bottom of the pit?

I use your setup to smelt aluminum

How did you keep the pipe from getting full of ash and the wood in the bottom of the pit in a rain storm?

Sweet love this ,whats the brand fan & where did you did you buy it?

What did you cover the end of the steal pipe with so it does not get anything in it?

I like it. It'd seem access to a fresh air draw would be sufficient w/o the blower(?) and to echo ertyderty7's question, how does it do with the blower off?

Our caveman ancestors are roiling in their graves and scoffing at how soft we’ve become. I don’t like mosquito repellent chemicals on my skin, and as long you’re not burning treated lumber with harmful fumes I opt for the smoke. By no means am I discrediting this ingenuity as it’s a great technique. 👍🏼☯️

Can you list materials used and prices. and how about total cost in building a patio like this. the diameter of the circle ring/fire ring. thank you! and very nice fire pit!

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What do you put as a base, I was told not to put river rocks since they may explode with heat from the fire. What are my options? Can I just put the wood on top of the pavers on should I put some sand in the base?

Dang I already put the pavers down. Do you have a idea on how to do this without a pipe in the ground. I like the concept

Computer fan is far too small the blower is too noisy... What you need is less resistance as that tubes too long... It would be much better to have holes at the bottom of the brickwork fire surround with air bricks continued inside leading into the centre of the fire then make your fire on that..the thermal rise will create the pull...you shouldn't need fanned help starting a fire but fire creates the thermal updraft. The bricks can be lifted out for cleaning occasionally. It's a beautiful setup & just right with the heat reflecting off the bricks behind the chairs & stopping chilly winds. If one side was a bit higher it would channel smoke up that side & the lower side would become an air channel & let the bace be more visible as people around a fire want to see its bace not the top of the wood burning..the angle of heat radiated off is a steep arc & a thick fairly high brick surround angles that heat upwards a bit too much so a pit with a high side & low side works better but doesn't look as pretty..

Where did you get your pipe? Having a hard time finding 4” steel pipe at a reasonable price.

Thanks for this! Our pit is being built today by landscapers, and you made me realize we need some sort of air flow. Instead of this ingenious pipe, they will leave 2 gaps in the lower walls of our fire pit. Hopefully, that will allow enough air in. What do you think? Thanks!

I missed how exactly this reduces smoke in your face. Is it because the fire burns hotter (as suggested), or because the airflow simply blows the smoke up more forcefully? If you burn hotter you'll chew through wood faster. Also curious how do you keep all the burn material from clogging up the pipe? My pit fills up so fast with material the pipe would be buried in no time!

Did you have concrete poured or you hand did it?

does it smoke at all without the fan?

I would not use galvanized pipe in the fire pit, the heat can vaporize the zinc and cause toxic "metal fume fever".

Wow that looked like my old employers house! He went bankrupt trying to keep it!

Could you have the pipe do a loop so that it does a u? Will it still get air circulating or does the air have to flow upward?

Doesnt the vent get filled with wood ash?

Wouldn't it be easier to just leave a brick or two out of the middle row of the fire pit? To allow air flow.

"I hate fuzzy bunnies!!!" old camp trick

I would go with the old school cannabis can fan designed for massive airflow and silent operation........6 inch can fan not a dam shop blower

You dont need the blower at all.

The pipe shouldn't face directly to the center. It's much better to have it directed half way between center and radius or even a little more out. if you do this with 2,3 or even 4 pipes the effect is better and you will never need a blower

I bet just having that pipe there makes it better just by the draw of fresh air from the convection. I bet if you capped that pipe off you would see the fire go even lazier

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The video said you can't hear the blower, but the next scene at the firepit you can totally hear the blower. Not needed

Just leave some spaces in between the stones instead (?)

The blower isn't needed once the fire gets going it will draw all the air it needs on its own.