Outdoor Fireplaces
Adding outdoor fireplaces or a custom fire pit offers a new attraction that can be enjoyed at any time of the year. American Deck & Sunroom creates designs based on your existing architecture, pulling from your unique style to create something that will blend seamlessly, adding another piece to the final puzzle. We provide innovative, unique, and long-lasting fire pits and fire places for our customers to enjoy year round, but if you want those s’mores tasting great year after year, some maintenance is required. Luckily, maintaining a beautiful fire pit or fireplace is an easy task.
According to the American Society of Landscape Architects outdoor fireplaces are one of the number one requested design features today. Why not? They add ambiance to a cool evening, and it’s nice to just sit and stare at a burning fire. Plus, you can have one for a lot less than you might think!
Always remember: Practice fire safety!
A fire of any kind demands serious attention. In addition to knowing how to properly care for your custom fire pit and fireplace, keep these tips in mind:
- Check wind direction before you light a fire.
- Don’t use flammable fluids (gasoline, lighter fluid, etc) to light or relight fires.
- Don’t wear flammable clothing (like nylon) or any loose-fit clothing.
- Avoid using soft woods like pine or cedar, because they can “pop” and throw sparks.
Fire Pit or Outdoor Fireplace?
Your patio was built to extend your living area out beyond the walls of your home… you put your heart into choosing the perfect outdoor furniture, fixtures, and lighting. Now, you’re looking for the pièce de résistance to put the cherry on the top, as it were. It’s a question that most home owners may have found themselves facing: should they get a fire pit, or an outdoor fireplace? Luckily for you, American Deck & Sunroom can take care of both of these outdoor fixtures! Enjoy the warmth on a cool summer evening, entertain friends or make s’mores with the kids with a outdoor fire place or fire pit. The possibilities are endless… just add fire!
Maintenance for Outdoor Fireplaces
Whenever there is an open fire involved with any activity, there is always a chance for mishaps. So make sure that there are working smoke and Carbon Monoxide alarms installed in the house so that any accidents can be quickly recognized and corrected. The ash should also be removed from the fireplace whenever it reaches the grate so that vertical airflow is not hindered. Frequent testing of the fireplace with small amounts of seasoned wood should also be completed to verify that smoke is not entering the room, there are no unwanted objects (like bird nests or damp wood), and there is minimal soot build-up. Even when all of these precautions are taken, you should still have your fireplace and chimney inspected by a professional at least once per year.
Remember…
No matter your architectural needs, American Deck & Sunroom can provide you with a custom design that will increase the worth of your home, will blend seamlessly with your existing architecture, and will last a lifetime. Many homes benefit from the beauty of both of these custom architectural additions.
At American Deck & Sunroom, we don’t build houses. We don’t dig pools. We don’t just build outdoor fireplaces. What we do is design and build beautiful outdoor spaces… extensions of your home that flow with your existing property and architecture. And because we specialize, we go beyond the, “If you can dream it, we can build it,” catchphrase often quoted. After nearly 20 years in business and nearly 13,000 designs and counting, we have the experience to design outdoor spaces you’ve never even dreamed possible.
