Witterings
ArboristSite Member
Thinking about getting a half decent fire pit as there's still going to be some social distancing this summer and likely to be in the garden with friends rather than inside and apart from last year when we had the most amazing summer it's normally too cold to comfortably sit outside in the UK much after 7.00pm so it's a toss up between fire pit and a patio heater.
Do fire pits actually give out much usable heat or do you have to be virtually sitting on top of them to really benefit.
If you get one with a grill .... do you just cook with wood / logs burning or use charcoal instead?
The one other thing that holds me back is whilst I love the look of them and a crackling fire .... the smell kind of puts me off. Not when you're sitting there at the time but you go to bed that night, shower the next day and put clean clothes on that aren't full of the smell of smoke but when you go to bed that night all the bed linen stinks of smoke from where you've lain the night before and you get up the next morning smelling of smoke again it seems to take days to get rid of the cycle.
Maybe I'm just overly sensitive to the smell but it is something that could easily put me off using it that much but interested to hear others thoughts.
Do fire pits actually give out much usable heat or do you have to be virtually sitting on top of them to really benefit.
If you get one with a grill .... do you just cook with wood / logs burning or use charcoal instead?
The one other thing that holds me back is whilst I love the look of them and a crackling fire .... the smell kind of puts me off. Not when you're sitting there at the time but you go to bed that night, shower the next day and put clean clothes on that aren't full of the smell of smoke but when you go to bed that night all the bed linen stinks of smoke from where you've lain the night before and you get up the next morning smelling of smoke again it seems to take days to get rid of the cycle.
Maybe I'm just overly sensitive to the smell but it is something that could easily put me off using it that much but interested to hear others thoughts.