I just started to look into the gas fire bowls that will sit on the extremes of the rasied spa area of the pool. Holy Cow!!! These are really expensive. Somewhere I missed the warning label: "Add fire features at your own risk; may cause economic shock or fiscal death!"
I have looked at the stuff from Grand Effects and others and have come to the conclusion I mave to go the DYI route. I feel it may be more cost effective to buy the parts and pay someone more qualified to assemble. I found a concrete caster here in Riverside and now have a source for concrete bowls. These can be stained just like concrete floors to look like copper or bronze. The good part is that a 30" "stained" pedestal bowl runs about $80. For the fire pit that will sit in the middle of the ound patio behind the spa I found the bottom tier of a large fountain (bowl shaped) that can be stained and delivered to match the bowls. It would be delivered by crane and cost $400 stained. This would give me a 4 foot diameter firepit. Since it was a waterfall bottom it already has the hole to feed gas line and allow for draining. This may be a whole other thread - but I invite others to share their experience if they built their own fire pit.
I have looked at the stuff from Grand Effects and others and have come to the conclusion I mave to go the DYI route. I feel it may be more cost effective to buy the parts and pay someone more qualified to assemble. I found a concrete caster here in Riverside and now have a source for concrete bowls. These can be stained just like concrete floors to look like copper or bronze. The good part is that a 30" "stained" pedestal bowl runs about $80. For the fire pit that will sit in the middle of the ound patio behind the spa I found the bottom tier of a large fountain (bowl shaped) that can be stained and delivered to match the bowls. It would be delivered by crane and cost $400 stained. This would give me a 4 foot diameter firepit. Since it was a waterfall bottom it already has the hole to feed gas line and allow for draining. This may be a whole other thread - but I invite others to share their experience if they built their own fire pit.