Show me your African fireplace

[Grz63]

Hi everyone,
l plan to build a sort of place outside the house, where we can discuss at night as we can see in african lodges; central fire pit with banks in concrete all around, with pillows . My question; what should be the right size ? the diameter seems in reality bigger than I could imagine (likely for ten persons I can do the maths for the perimeter or half-perimeter). Any ideas ? any experience ? what do you think ?
thanks in advance for your advices.
Philippe

 

[PARA45]

My wife and I designed an extended covered patio with a fireplace in the back. It's a great place to hang out, and I spent quite a bit of time there smoking cigars or watching a game. The only drawback is that when we get cold fronts, the winds come from the north, and this faces north, so the wind sucks the smoke out of the fireplace, and it sucks. No wind, it's a great place to hang out.

 

[Grz63]

Samedi Dreams.
An idea of the size ?

 

[PARA45]

Yes, mine is 16 ft wide by 21 ft long. I have two ceiling fans and TV.

 

[Grz63]

Merci

 

[Firebird]

Several people on here have built them. Try searching “trophy room” or something along those lines and see what comes up or maybe re tool your title to something like “show me you (African) fireplace”. You might get more feedback.
I love the idea, we are in the planning stages to do something similar as well

 

[Grz63]

Thank you @Firebird brilliant idea, but I am unable to edit the Title of the post. I don't find how to do it.
Maybe in the coming days I will open a new post.
Merci

 

[EmilHansen]

I did something similar in our backyard last fall with a fire pit and curved bench seating. For about 10 people, we found around 12–14 ft diameter gave everyone enough room without feeling too far from the fire. We had emersonproservices.com help with the concrete work—they curved the benches perfectly and even helped slope the floor slightly so rain wouldn’t pool.

 

[Grz63]

Thank you for the size

 

[sureshot375]

This is on my things to do list. I’d love to see pictures if anyone wants to share.

 

[Tim Blackwell]

Here's my little slice of Africa. My wife & I planned it right after our first trip, and built it along with my trophy room a few years later. A nice place to sit with a coldie and think.