Who has a fire pit ? How far from your pool? Is it safe to have one with AGP vinyl liner?
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april
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april
Fire pits and pools
- Thread starter rickyislandgirl
- Start date
- Jul 3, 2013
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- Pool Size
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- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool SJ-40
April, We just bought one, I have it about 40 feet away, not sure if that is to close or not 
we will find out..
we will find out..Our fire pit is about 8 feet from the pool and so far, no issues. Some of the ash makes it way into the pool depending on wind, but nothing that would burn the liner or anything.
I have a natural gas built in firepit about 5 feet away from the negative edge wall of my pool. No issues. Get a firepit, I love ours!
I was always afraid to have it in the backyard. Might do something more permanent now... thanks for the info.
- Mar 14, 2016
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- 30000
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- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Is your fire ring holes facing up or down? Mine is facing down and I think it would have been better if facing up.
Up. Not sure why anyone would ever have the holes facing down. Maybe, I'm missing something.
- Mar 14, 2016
- 227
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- 30000
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- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
I agree, I told them to install them up and the PB owner kept telling me it was the wrong way to do it. They installed them down. The flame stinks and you need to turn the gas up a lot more than I think you would if the holes were up.
I tried to flip the fire ring around however the threaded hole on the other side is larger. Now I think I need to buy a new ring. Wasn't happy with this. I also requested a stainless ring and did not get that as I was told that is not what he was including in the original bid.
mitch08
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Is it actually wood burning, or made to look like it is? If it is, do you have any trouble with ash or embers?
mitch08
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Wood burning. I've never had a problem, but I will admit sometimes a large ember will get my attention
I have 2 wood burning fireplaces by my pool. The older one is 12 feet from my pool under cover. Never had an issue. My new one is huge but 20 feet away under cover also. So that won’t be an issue.
Ours will probably be about 12-14 feet away, BUT from a vinyl above ground. It didn't dawn on me until recently that it could be a problem. I guess we will have to come up with some type of screen to put over it in case the wind picks up or something. Otherwise, I think it will be OK.
We've had a fire pit as close as 7 feet stone the above ground pool with no issues. Current pit is about 10 feet away. I wouldn't worry about it unless you burn cedar which will spew chunks out far more than other woods.
Ashes are no more of an issue than leaves or bugs if you have a skimmer.
Ashes are no more of an issue than leaves or bugs if you have a skimmer.
Lol. You know what’s awesome about this pic. They were worried about the back legs of the wheelbarrow so there is something under them but the rough bouncing cinderblock was ok. Lol. I knows it’s a joke but it’s funny thought went into part of this but not the other.
The only reason I've ever heard for an upside down fire ring was to keep the holes from getting plugged up with ashes/debris if using it to burn wood.
Not sure if that's really an issue or not.
We just have a wussy gas fire table that we sit around...lava rock topped with decorative glass beads.
Katodude
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- Aug 22, 2017
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- Pool Size
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- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
Firepits are AWESOME. We use ours all the time. Pretty close to the spa, not sure how many feet.
Holes pointed up for sure, just replaced the ring with a SS one since I think I had the some idiot build mine without a SS ring that rusted out.
Holes pointed up for sure, just replaced the ring with a SS one since I think I had the some idiot build mine without a SS ring that rusted out.
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