I want to make something like this to cook on in the yard:
and got approval from the wife on where to put it. I used some scrap around the barn to mock up the size:
Here's the thing though. You can see the area around it is moss/grass like stuff with a bunch of pine needles that fall all the time.
Most the images I see either have nothing around them like the one above, or some huge ass stone patio, never anything in-between.
What's my fire risk with just using it sitting on the 'lawn' like that?
If it's too great of a risk, what's a reasonable zone around the pit to protect and how? Put up some border and put a 3' wide gravel area around it? I really don't want to go with a 15' x 15' paver area or anything crazy, it's outside my ability to do and I don't want to just pay someone to build it like we're living in the city. Conversely, I don't want to burn the house down while trying to cook.
and got approval from the wife on where to put it. I used some scrap around the barn to mock up the size:
Here's the thing though. You can see the area around it is moss/grass like stuff with a bunch of pine needles that fall all the time.
Most the images I see either have nothing around them like the one above, or some huge ass stone patio, never anything in-between.
What's my fire risk with just using it sitting on the 'lawn' like that?
If it's too great of a risk, what's a reasonable zone around the pit to protect and how? Put up some border and put a 3' wide gravel area around it? I really don't want to go with a 15' x 15' paver area or anything crazy, it's outside my ability to do and I don't want to just pay someone to build it like we're living in the city. Conversely, I don't want to burn the house down while trying to cook.