Father's Day Project Plan

Every year for father's day, my one request is to have hard, grueling labor given to me by my children. Usually it amounts to 3-4 hours of hard work, and me announcing, "It's too hot - let's do something cooler and more fun," and the work ends. But this father's day, I have my eye set on a "grand" project.

With the departure of our trailer, we're left with, among other things, roughly 60 concrete blocks from the footers which supported the trailer. I'm planning on taking these blocks, and a bit of mortar I have left over from deck projects and masonry work, and throw it together and create something like this:



Taken from: http://www.wayraycontracting.com/images/upload/1159500921Fireplace%20outdoor%205.jpg

We have stone from an old stone wall which I plan on dismantling and re-purposing. This will be my first project embarking on stone masonry work. I'm still looking for plans to validate what I have drawn. Google, sadly, was not the great resource it normally is - most search results amounted to stuff like "Step 1, hire a mason", or "You can go to Lowe's or Home Depot to buy a book on blah, blah, blah" - You mean no one has ever tried something like this who isn't a professional? Maybe I'll find out why....but if it is a success, hopefully anyone searching on "stone outdoor fireplace plan" will get my subsequent post and be able to do this in their own backyard...

More to come...