I'd check your city's fire codes before you start building anything. I know someone in Colorado who installed really expensive stone patio and fire pit, only to have a neighbor (and local fire chief) tell them the firepit was against regulations and had to be taken out. Granted this was in some very flammable hills, but I know a lot of cities have codes for open firepits. My neighbors have an old outdoor fireplace and have nearly set my trees on fire burning brush in it. I had to call the FD on them once (sparks all over my yard), and they were told they couldn't operate it within city fire codes.
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