How to Make a Fire Pit

In this video, we will learn how to make a polynesian style fire pit table

Caution, this job requires:

Protective gloves

Closed shoes

Time

To carry out this job, you'll also need:

a bow saw

a small axe

a sledgehammer or hammer

And a bucket or tub

You will also need

Around a dozen thin sticks of 1m20 in length

Some soil

water

some pebbles

This polynesian fire pit can be built in 3 steps which we will outline for you

Step 1: Making the structure

Cut down all of the wooden poles into stakes

Plant them in a circle in the ground. Pack them in together tightly and tilt them at around a 30 degree angle

See our video on cutting and planting a stake for more details

The stakes shouldn't be too inclined to avoid creating any large gaps between them.

Hit them hard to drive them into the ground

Check to make sure they don't move

If they do move, don't hesitate to drive them in even more

Step 2: Filling the pit

Using the soil and water, mix up a large quantity ofmud

It shouldn't be too liquid

Put some mud at the bottom of the inside of the pit to form a base

Position the pebbles in a circle around the base of the pit so that the mud doesn't escape out of the wooden structure

Fill once more with mud

Compact the mud down with your hands or feet so that it is well compressed against the wooden framework

If one or more of the stakes falls away you can wrap string around them

Repeat these steps, compacting the mud

Step 3: Finishing touches

Saw the stakes

Wait a few hours for the mud to dry

Once it has dried, you can light a fire

Now you know how to build a polynesian-style fire table!