Careful not to fall in
this post was submitted on 07 Sep 2026
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Remember that fire can travel underground through plant roots.
I’d recommend digging up the grass in the center and filling in the hole with a layer of sand.
The risks are very tiny with sod. I've never seen a grass fire travel underground and as a retired firefighter, I've seen and fought a few 1000 acres of grass fires. Nor was it was even mentioned as a possible training scenario. Now it is possible for a forest fire to burn down into the ground because of the roots that trees have.
We've had about 40,000 acres of forest fire up here in the Arrow Head region of northern Minnesota this past summer. Only one fire is having issues with underground burning. And there was a lot of fire burden from standing dead trees and dead falls. Which are the cause of the under ground fires. They estimate by January of February this winter the fires will burn out.
The only thing I don't like about fire rings is needing to mow around them.....
Unless I'm misunderstanding, root fire is usually an issue for big vines & tree stumps and the like. Monoculture turf roots like that would probably decompose pretty quickly after the first fire kills the grass (assuming they properly douse the fire)
The grass roots aren't the issue, Without seeing a 360° view, we don't know how close the nearest tree is. Some tree roots grow quite a ways to the sides, and can be hiding just under the soil.
For my last house, I dug about 6 inches down, and put a layer of gravel to fill up to the ground level. Pea gravel on bottom 3 inches and larger inch or so gravel on top. Then spaced the bottom ring so there was about 1.5-2in of space for air to flow in.
I also tried covering the inside of the stones I used with leftover high temp cement from making a blacksmithing forge, but it didn't adhere well to the stone and flaked off after a couple uses. it would probably do better on concrete retaining wall slabs.
I built it to last, for sure. But I wouldn't say I over-built it.
This kind of ring in OPs pic is probably fine for their purposes, but it's always good to be aware of things like root fires.
Not yet you haven’t. You just made a ring. Need fire.
PS: make sure it’s the right type of stone. Don’t want it to spall when you heat it. You could loose an eye.
The fire could loose a shard of stone and then op could lose an eye.
Why must you tease us this way??
🫦
Light it
Looks like a stone brick ring to me.
I hope they are fire rated.
cause spalling is a real thing that can cause serious harm.
Everything will change when the fire benders attack tho
hell yeah
Looks like bricks to me.
Needs more fire.
Why did I need to scroll so far to see fire?
At least OP delivered. Thanks for the fire content, OP.
No problem.
Needs more marshmallows
Just need a witch to burn now.
Tha's needs more cowbell.
The Ring! 
Make sure to have breathing holes at the bottom
And a concrete lid so Sadako can’t escape!
This is the long-haired woman from The Ring for my lazy brethren.
Primary goal is low marshmallo fires so I didnt add airflow. I can always space it out an inch later if need be.
You have big fingers