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- Creative DIY idea: fire bowl made of rims
- Creative and inexpensive: fire bowl made of rims
- Which rims can be used as a fire bowl?
- So you work rims around to the fire bowl
- Tips
Rims provide a good basis for a fire bowl
Creative DIY idea: fire bowl made of rims
The rim is the wheel of a car, but without the surrounding tire. This can be converted perfectly to the fire bowl - put a grill on it, you can even grill your sausages and steaks on it.
Creative and inexpensive: fire bowl made of rims
"Real" fire bowls are rarely available below 100 EUR - no wonder, if some look around for a cheaper alternative. Old, no longer used car rims can be excellently used for this purpose: Just through the holes, the fire inside gets enough oxygen and can crackle cheerfully. Suitable rims are already available for less than 30 EUR in the trade - and create as cozy a campfire as a conventional fire bowl.
Which rims can be used as a fire bowl?
However, you can not turn every rim into a fire bowl: Models made of aluminum or fiber composites such as carbon or kevlar are not suitable for a fireplace due to their poor heat resistance. Carbon, for example, is only heat resistant up to about 110 ° C. Instead, it's best to use steel rims that are tough, durable, and fireproof to the degree you want. They are available in different sizes: Who wants to make a particularly large fire, resorting to classic truck rims.
So you work rims around to the fire bowl
But before you put the steel rim on the lawn, fill it with wood and light it, you must first make the floor fireproof. For this purpose, lift a pit about ten centimeters deep, the dimensions of which are slightly larger than the diameter of the rim. Fill the pit with gravel and place the rim on top. Now lay the wood and light it - the rim fire bowl is ready. With an on-grid grill, you can also convert this improvised fireplace in a flash in a useful grill. You can also paint the rim with a heat-resistant lacquer (thermo lacquer or stove enamel), thus enhancing both the appearance and the durability of your extremely favorable fire bowl.
Tips
Instead of a rim, you can also convert the steel drum of a disused washing machine to the fire basket.