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Build story

Fire Pit Table

A gas fire pit table made from a retired steel tank, with a hidden propane compartment and a cast ring top.

8 photos, start to finish. Click any photo to zoom in.

  1. Step 1

    Raw material: retired steel tanks.

  2. Step 2

    Tank cut open. The green one becomes the base.

  3. Step 3

    Access door cut in so the propane tank hides inside.

  4. Step 4

    Building the form for the ring-shaped top.

  5. Step 5

    Top poured and screeded.

  6. Step 6

    Top cured and out of the form.

  7. Step 7

    Assembled: lava rock in, propane tucked behind the door.

  8. Finished

    Finished and lit for the first fire.