Fort Worth / Fire Pits

Fire Pit Installation in Fort Worth

Fire pits for Fort Worth backyards, from compact gas pits to big wood-burning builds on the west-side lots, set in heat-rated stone.

Fort Worth yards run bigger than most of Dallas, and that shows up in the fire pits people ask for. On the larger lots in Tanglewood, Overton, Arlington Heights, and the west-side neighborhoods, there is room to build a full circular pit with space to walk around it and keep a wood fire well clear of the house. We build fire pits across Fort Worth and Tarrant County, set in stone that takes the heat off the fire and the freeze outside without cracking.

Fuel is the first decision. Natural gas is the easy choice where service is already at the house, common across the established Fort Worth neighborhoods, and a licensed plumber runs the line while we build the stone. Gas means you turn a key and you are done, no smoke and no wood pile. Wood-burning gets picked more often here than in the tighter Dallas yards, because the larger lots have the room to set a wood fire at a safe distance and the owner wants the real fire. Propane covers the lots on the edges of Tarrant County where there is no gas line to tap, fed from a concealed tank, at a higher running cost.

Material is what decides how long it looks new. We build the surround in natural stone, including the local limestone that suits the older Rivercrest and Westover-adjacent yards, in stacked stone, or in concrete pavers to match a paver patio. The fire sits in a steel burner pan or a cast insert rated for the heat, set back so the stone never takes the flame head on. That detail is the difference between a pit that holds and one that spalls and cracks the first freeze after a Texas summer, which is why we never skip the heat-rated insert and a real footing.

Built-in or freestanding depends on how you use the yard. A built-in pit anchored into the patio is the common Fort Worth build, sized to the lot, often a wide circle on the bigger west-side properties. A freestanding gas fire table fits a smaller patio or a covered area where a fixed masonry pit would crowd the space. Placement is where we earn the job: we keep the pit clear of the house, fences, and any cover, set it to NFPA clearances, and on a wood-burning build we put it where the smoke and embers stay well away from anything that can catch.

A seat wall is what turns a fire pit into a gathering spot. A low stone wall wrapping part of the pit gives you built-in seating for a crowd and locks the pit into the patio instead of leaving it stranded in the lawn. We build it in the same stone as the surround. On the sloped west-side lots in Ridglea and around the Trinity bluffs, that seat wall often does double duty as a short retaining wall holding a level bench for the seating to sit on.

If you want a taller focal point that blocks the wind and throws heat against a wall, an outdoor fireplace is the other option, but it costs several times a pit and needs a wall to build against. A fire pit is the open, sit-around-it version and the right answer for most Fort Worth backyards. We build both and will tell you which fits. Most pits go in with other work, so the stone matches an outdoor kitchen or the patio, with one crew on one timeline, and we build fire pits in Dallas on the same standard. See the full patio and outdoor living scope or the rest of what we do in Fort Worth. Every job starts with a free on-site estimate. We measure it, we quote it.