Ep 153 Sunken Fire Pits: Comfort, Cost, Drainage, and Design Details

So we thought we would spend some time talking about that today.

So why do you think people want sunken fire pits?

I think people in general, like fire has been embedded in like the human experience.

Obviously like when people talk about humans evolving, right.

They talk about discovering fire and there's so many different tales of that throughout human history.

But I think something's particular about fire pits that is unique is the shelter.

Cause obviously you need to be able to have a nice habitat, but having a fire pit where you're sunken down away from wind specifically, And also closed in where it's easy to hear who you're around.

It creates an amazing experience, just warmth and coziness and shelter, but also a place where it's where community social experience can flourish.

I think that's one of the things.

Yeah, it was interesting.

I'm like, well, I know what I like about it, but I was like, let me try to see if I can find some things other people like.

One of the things they said is when people have conversations in the sunken areas that they talk quieter and they become more personal because they feel like they're kind of protected and sheltered from the rest of the world.

Yeah.

Makes sense.

You're physically sheltered from the wind and you're also in a private area because you're sunken down away from

everything.

So it increases the privacy of the space that you have because you're not as visible, you know, not up on a pedestal.

But the other thing that I found interesting is it said because the wind can't blow the heat away.

Somebody described it as it's a warm hug.

The heat kind of stays with you and kind of surrounds you and especially your feet, you know, are warmer.

And so with that, that people like to linger a lot longer because they're just, you know, it's a comfortable space.

I mean, that makes sense because I've been backpacking with you.

You've been taking me since I was a little kid.

And so I'm used to the fire experience, you know, just being around a campfire.

And with that, it's inconsistent.