• Should I incorporate a sunken fire pit in my patio, or will it just be a death trap for small children? Would make a wooden hatch for it if I did and air feed from the adjacent flowerbed piped under the slab.

  • fire pit

    Yes. Definitely.

    I have a mini American-style trash can from the 90s, that I turn the lid upside down on and make little fires in to roast marshmallows. And my 3yo and their mates love it. I've done it since they were ~2yo, maybe even younger.

    Realistically I don't think you'll get it to stay perfectly flush with the patio long term and it will create a trip hazard. So I would make it a feature or have some sort of obstacle to stop it getting run over.

    What might be cool is a small raised bed around it, then make a removable hatch on top with a "living roof".

    This stuff seems to crack on and cover everything.


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