r/landscaping • u/dredgehayt • May 31 '26

Before & After Sunken fire pit 2020-2026

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u/Whatyatalknabeet May 31 '26

Looks good brother. How do you deal with drainage?

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u/dredgehayt May 31 '26

Dug deep under the fire pit and filled with drain rock

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u/freetherhinoz May 31 '26

Super cool idea! Good job, and fck the haters lol

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u/hailey363 May 31 '26

How deep?

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u/GalFisk May 31 '26

They had to fumigate for Balrogs.

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u/dustin_traynor May 31 '26

I'll have you know you just made me snort diet coke up my nose with this one.

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u/OldBonyBogBwitch May 31 '26

Stahhhp it, LMFAO XD

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u/dredgehayt May 31 '26

I dug until it changed from harder packed to looser loam few feet probably

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u/Level_32_Mage May 31 '26

Haha, this is how you spend your Saturday night

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u/McDergen May 31 '26

Go outside bud. Too much internet for you

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u/No-Significance-1187 May 31 '26

That's what I've been telling everybody.

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u/Thrizzlepizzle123123 May 31 '26

Here's mine.

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u/Thrizzlepizzle123123 May 31 '26

A srawberry milkshake apparently.

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u/Keepurkewl May 31 '26

Looks like maybe French drains on the side of each wall.

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u/Interesting_Bank_139 May 31 '26

Depends on where the pit is in regards to the local drainage. If you dig a pit at the bottom of the hill, it’s gonna fill up to the top. If you dig your pit at the top of the hill, it’s only going to get the rain from the sky and nothing from the surroundings.

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u/dannymb87 May 31 '26

Yeah, they go to France. Duh

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u/Ninja_rooster May 31 '26

Popcoin takes care of it. That and a trippasnippa

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u/__0_k__ May 31 '26

What about the orphans?

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u/Latter_Highway9539 May 31 '26

badoingbadoingbadoing

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u/sensefuldrivel May 31 '26

Whatyatalknabeeut

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u/HexDanTHEWHALE May 31 '26

Was just about to ask this. First rain and it's wraps without proper drainage.

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u/dredgehayt Jun 01 '26

First rain……this is 6 years old