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Is an outdoor / fireplace a good addition for a home in the Deep South?
Posted on 10/13/19 at 1:40 pm
Posted on 10/13/19 at 1:40 pm
I am considering building one in my smaller back yard. Does it add to value? It would look cool but I wonder how much use it could get.
This post was edited on 10/13/19 at 1:43 pm
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Posted on 10/13/19 at 3:48 pm to weagle99
Yes it will add value, just not as much as you will spend on materials and installation.
Posted on 10/13/19 at 6:14 pm to weagle99
I wouldn’t do it if you anticipate if adding value. We purchased a house about 18 months ago and the seller mentioned he spent about $60,000 for pool and a outdoor kitchen area and it appraised for pennies on the dollar
Posted on 10/13/19 at 8:27 pm to weagle99
I'd imagine one would use an outdoor fireplace in the South as much as any other area. I'd figure the optimum temps to run a fireplace outside would be around 40 - 60. Get too much colder, who wants to hang out outside? get too much warmer, obviously you wouldn't need the fireplace.
Posted on 10/13/19 at 9:14 pm to weagle99
I have a 17*35 outdoor pavilion. Covered with a metal roof, built with 6x6 posts (8 of em) and 2x12 all the way around the top, lattice around the back and 2 sides. Got a 65" tv that's mounted out there that has a marine cover on it all year long. We just use a fire pit for heat. It looks great. Cost about 5 grand (slab was already in place). If it drops below 75 my wife and I are out there from 7 till 11 if schedule allows. We will stay out there until temps drop into the low 30's. Even a fire makes that tough.
Actually out here right now.
Actually out here right now.
Posted on 10/13/19 at 9:21 pm to hawgndodge
Everything this man said is why we are putting one in.
I don't care if it doesn't seem to appraise for more because I'm going to be out there every night with a bourbon and it's going to be a wow factor when someone walks to the back of the house no matter what.
I can't imagine it doing anything except helping to sell your house.
This post was edited on 10/13/19 at 9:22 pm
Posted on 10/13/19 at 9:42 pm to CAD703X
Posted on 10/14/19 at 6:57 am to weagle99
I strongly considered an outdoor fireplace last year when building. I just couldn't justify it for how little I would use it. You can try to convince yourself you will use it, but after the first year and you post pics on social media, it will turn into something you spent a lot of money on but use sparingly. My builder had built a few and he said every homeowner he talks to a few years later regretted it.
It looks cool online and sounds neat to say you have an outdoor fireplace, but for me I slept on it and decided not to do it. Spent some of that money on better materials for an outdoor kitchen.
Just my opinion, YMMV.
It looks cool online and sounds neat to say you have an outdoor fireplace, but for me I slept on it and decided not to do it. Spent some of that money on better materials for an outdoor kitchen.
Just my opinion, YMMV.
Posted on 10/14/19 at 7:29 am to weagle99
My late father-in-law had one outside his house in CENLA but there was a real purpose for it other than aesthetics.
It had a fire box about 4 ft. wide and twice a year we'd cook a whole hog in front of it. We'd tie the hog on a rack spread out and well seasoned and have a rotisserie motor hanging from a rafter of his patio cover that we'd hook the rack to. Under the hog we'd have a stainless steel pan 3ft. by 3 ft. by 2 inches tall to catch the grease and cook that hog like that until done.
He'd get a load of pecan wood and that is what we'd use to cook the hog. One in the spring at Easter and one in the fall at Thanksgiving.
It had a fire box about 4 ft. wide and twice a year we'd cook a whole hog in front of it. We'd tie the hog on a rack spread out and well seasoned and have a rotisserie motor hanging from a rafter of his patio cover that we'd hook the rack to. Under the hog we'd have a stainless steel pan 3ft. by 3 ft. by 2 inches tall to catch the grease and cook that hog like that until done.
He'd get a load of pecan wood and that is what we'd use to cook the hog. One in the spring at Easter and one in the fall at Thanksgiving.
Posted on 10/14/19 at 7:54 am to weagle99
I have an outdoor fire pit. Always will. Watching football outside at night with a fire going and a bourbon in my hand is heaven.
Posted on 10/14/19 at 9:21 am to tilco
Someone mentioned the cost of keeping the fireplace maintained.
I'm not sure I follow. After the initial cost what maintenance costs are you talking about?
Aside from initial cost, what are the advantages of a fire pit over a fireplace?
I'm not sure I follow. After the initial cost what maintenance costs are you talking about?
Aside from initial cost, what are the advantages of a fire pit over a fireplace?
Posted on 10/14/19 at 10:02 am to weagle99
It was one of the main things I loved about our house before we bought it, and sadly we have only used it a handful of times in 7 years
Posted on 10/14/19 at 10:32 am to LSU-MNCBABY
One thing that I think makes me use mine more than most is it’s gas so no clean up/don’t smell like smoke when I want to grab a drink before going out. Just a thought if that’s an option for you.
Posted on 10/14/19 at 10:34 am to weagle99
Had an outdoor fireplace, the kind you buy at Lowes/HD. Tripped over the damn thing twice and keeping wood was a pita. Love fires, but it aint worth it.
Posted on 10/14/19 at 10:53 am to VernonPLSUfan
this is the exact model i'm putting in. how similar is this to what you are talking about?
i'm thinking that smelling like smoke is less of an issue if the smoke is going up through the chimney and not blowing around on people sitting around the firepit.
i'm thinking that smelling like smoke is less of an issue if the smoke is going up through the chimney and not blowing around on people sitting around the firepit.
This post was edited on 10/14/19 at 11:47 am
Posted on 10/14/19 at 12:03 pm to CAD703X
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I'm not sure I follow. After the initial cost what maintenance costs are you talking about?
It will need to be cleaned to remove any buildup of combustible residue or to see if any animals built nests when not in use.
Periodic inspections to make sure the lining (flue) is in good shape would be recommended.
Cost of wood unless you're cutting, splitting and drying it yourself.
Posted on 10/14/19 at 12:08 pm to CAD703X
how much does something like that run?
Posted on 10/14/19 at 12:12 pm to gsvar2004
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how much does something like that run?
my guy (well itneverrain's guy) is charging $5,500 just for the fireplace. its a kit and i can select the type/color of stone to go over it.
the firepit was going to run me $800 so i consider the cost as the difference between the 2 @ $4,700...thats the price i'm telling Ms CAD
eta i also got a quote of $12,750 from a local stone shop here
so i just laughed and told them 'no thank you'.This post was edited on 10/14/19 at 12:14 pm
Posted on 10/14/19 at 1:27 pm to weagle99
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Does it add to value?
value No.
appeal Probably.
Posted on 10/14/19 at 1:42 pm to lighter345
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One thing that I think makes me use mine more than most is it’s gas so no clean up/don’t smell like smoke when I want to grab a drink before going out. Just a thought if that’s an option for you.
Put in gas logs with this same thought in mind after the first year. Hasn’t helped lol
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