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Originally Posted by esperanza

Is it just going to be a pain to have to mow/play around a fire pit? Not totally sure we'd use it enough- does it take forever for the fire to go out? Bedtime takes forever here, so we can't be outside watching a fire all night either.

Anyone have either and want to throw in their two cents?

Originally Posted by MudPies

W You would need to dig out the grass first. We put it out with the hose when we are ready to come in

My kids made a fire pit themselves.
We have a large yard so it's located in the back one corner. Fire pits are allowed here, just no leaf burning.
Mowing around it is very easy - BUT its on the back part of the yard that is very treed so once summer really hits between the shade and heat we dont have to mow every week like the rest of the yard. The grass does grow up around it where the mower can't hit, but its a square so just that grass needs to be trimmed immediately adjacent. Its easier than mowing around our 17 trees back there.
They dug out the grass and made it out of extra bricks the previous owners had. Its too far for the hose to reach but we just do a bucket or two of water on top.
Its a very popular feature here. We will do dinner and or dessert over the fire pit. Or just have a nice fire.