Gas fire pits
Instant and controllable, built into the hardscape or as a freestanding feature, with the line routed before the patio.
Outdoor Living / Fire Features
Fire pits and outdoor fireplaces in Las Vegas
Desert nights drop fast. A fire feature is what extends the evening from October to April.
Fire Features in the Las Vegas valleyThe honest case for a fire feature here is the shoulder seasons. Between October and April the temperature falls twenty degrees after sunset and the yard empties. A fire pit is what keeps people in it.
Gas is the practical choice for almost everyone: instant, controllable, no smoke, no storage, no cleanup. Wood is better to look at and to smell, and it is a commitment. We will build either, and we will tell you which one you will actually use, which is usually the one that turns on with a switch.
Placement, which is most of the design
Too close to the seating and nobody can sit on the windward side. Too far and it heats nothing. Under a pergola it needs clearance that many pergolas do not have. Against a wall it becomes a fireplace, which is a different structure and a different budget.
Gas lines get routed before the hardscape goes down. Clearances to combustibles are code, not opinion.
Sizing the thing, which people get wrong in both directions
Too small and it heats one person. Too large and it becomes a bonfire you sit six feet back from, which defeats the point. For a typical Las Vegas backyard seating group, a 36 to 44 inch burner pan in a surround of around four feet across warms four to six people sitting at a normal conversational distance.
The surround matters as much as the flame. Stone or block holds heat and keeps radiating for an hour after the gas goes off, which in a desert shoulder season is most of the value.
Wind
Monsoon season aside, this valley gets steady evening wind more often than people expect, and an exposed fire pit on an open patio will blow out or blow sideways. A wind guard, a recessed burner or a position with something solid on the prevailing side all fix it. Deciding that after the feature is built usually means living with it.
What this covers
Every part of the job, under one team
Wood-burning features
Better to look at, more work to live with, and built with the clearances that make that safe.
Outdoor fireplaces
A vertical structure against a wall or as a divider, which changes the whole shape of the seating area.
Seating integration
Distance and geometry worked out so the heat reaches people and the smoke does not corner anyone.
Gas routing and clearances
Lines run at build stage, clearances to combustibles respected, permits handled.
Common questions
What homeowners ask us first
Gas or wood?
Gas, for most people, because it gets used. Wood is worth it if the ritual is the point rather than the warmth.
Can a fire pit go under a pergola?
Sometimes, with enough vertical clearance and the right structure. Under a low timber pergola, no.
Where we work
Fire Features across the valley
We take fire features work throughout Las Vegas, Henderson, North Las Vegas, Summerlin. Tell us the street and we will tell you honestly whether it is a job we are the right team for.
Start with a conversation