DeSoto/Outdoor Fireplaces
Outdoor Fireplaces in DeSoto
Built masonry fireplaces for DeSoto backyards, sized to the covered patio you already have and built to draft clean.
Serving DeSoto since 2004· Licensed & insured · Free on-site estimates
An outdoor fireplace gives a DeSoto backyard a tall feature you sit and face, with a real chimney pulling the smoke up and away. It anchors one end of a covered patio and turns a corner you walked past into a spot the family actually uses most of the year.
The first choice is what burns. Gas is what most DeSoto owners pick. It lights with a switch, throws no smoke, and there's no wood to split or store. Wood-burning gives you the smell and the crackle and a bigger fire, and it needs a firebox built for the heat plus a dry place to keep the wood. We build both.
A masonry fireplace stands or falls on the chimney. The flue has to be sized to the firebox so the draft pulls smoke straight up and clear of the patio, and the chimney has to clear the roofline and anything close to it. We keep the firebox and chimney set back from the covered patio framing, the eaves, and the fence for safe clearance.
Placing a fireplace against a covered patio is the most common DeSoto layout, and it's the one that needs the most care since an open flame under a roof has clearances an open fire pit never deals with.
The facing is stone veneer, brick, or stacked stone, matched to the brick on the house and the stone already on your patio so it reads like it was always there. A low seat wall or a raised hearth across the front gives people a place to sit without dragging chairs out every time.
Most DeSoto jobs run one to two weeks on site, and we build to draft clean and clear the roofline every time.
Plenty of DeSoto owners build the fireplace alongside an outdoor kitchen or a garden fountain so one crew handles it on one stone palette. We cover DeSoto, Cedar Hill, Duncanville, and the rest of southern Dallas County. Ask for a free on-site estimate. We measure it, we quote it.
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FAQ
Outdoor Fireplaces in DeSoto, answered
Most DeSoto owners go gas. It lights with a switch, makes no smoke, and there's no wood to store. Wood gives you the smell, the crackle, and a bigger fire, and needs a firebox built for it plus a dry place for the wood. We build both and help you weigh the ritual against the convenience.
Yes, and it's the most common DeSoto setup. The thing it requires is clearance. An open flame under a roof has to sit back from the patio framing and the eaves, and the chimney has to clear the roofline so it drafts clean. We design the firebox, flue, and placement so the smoke pulls up and away from the cover.
A fireplace is the tall feature you sit and face, with a chimney that carries the smoke up. A fire pit is open, lower, and gather-around, costs less, and takes less room. On a mid-size DeSoto lot either fits. If you want a focal point at one end of a covered patio, the fireplace is usually the call; if you want people circled around a flame, the fire pit is.
What we do
More we can do for your DeSoto backyard
Outdoor Fireplaces is one piece. Here's the rest of what our crew handles in DeSoto.
Fire Pits
Pool Tile
Pool Tile Installation
Pool Coping
Pool Renovation
Pool Repair
Outdoor Kitchens
Retaining Walls
Patios
Outdoor Fountains
Spa and Water Features
Pool Deck Resurfacing
Stone Veneers
Service area
Serving DeSoto and nearby
Based in Dallas, we build and remodel across the whole metro. Here's who we serve closest to DeSoto.
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