Gas Fire Tables

What to Know Before You Buy

Five decisions shape a gas fire table. Settle the fuel and the tank first, because the gas supply at your site rules some tables out.

• Fuel. Where natural gas already reaches the house and the table stays put, natural gas is usually the better fuel, and propane suits a site without service. Natural gas or propane compares pipe size, tank runtime and conversion.
• Tank. Some tables hold a cylinder behind a door, and others call for a separate enclosure. Prism's Porto manual draws an 11 lb tank for the Porto 60 and a 15 lb tank for the Porto 58 and 68, while Firegear's Sanctuary 1 manual says to keep the tank outside the enclosure, at least 60 inches away. The guide on how a hidden-tank fire pit table works covers cylinder size, vents and valve access.
• Size. Seats need room around the table, and the manual's clearance sets the floor. The guide on how big a fire pit should be works out seating distance and patio fit.
• Height. No standard sets chat, dining or counter height, and makers print heights from 12 to 38 inches. See which table height suits your seating.
• Material. The tables profiled below are mostly glass fiber reinforced concrete, GFRC, and one maker also offers steel, corten, stainless and copper. The materials guide covers weight, weathering and care.

Sizes, Output and Fuel

These are the table lines the makers below publish.

Output follows the burner, not the table. Prism's documents disagree on the Tavola 110: the installation guide and the product page's description give 90,000 BTU, and the same page's specification list gives 65,000. Firegear's manual and product page disagree on the Sanctuary 1-56. Ask the maker which figure applies before you size a gas line.

Most of the finished tables in the site's buying guide list 55,000 to 65,000 BTU per hour, and a few go higher. A 20 lb cylinder holds 4.7 gallons, which runs a 65,000 BTU table about 6.6 hours at full flame. A lower flame lasts longer, and the propane tank runtime calculator runs your own rating. A rating is gas burned per hour and says little about warmth at your chair, which the heat guide explains. A natural gas table needs a line sized for its full input. A licensed gas fitter sets that, and the gas line sizing calculator shows what to expect.

Longer tables exist. The Outdoor Plus lists its Coronado from 48 to 108 inches, and Prism's Tavola reaches 110. A long burner raises the gas load, and the linear fire pit guide shows how burner length relates to rating.

Who Makes Them

These makers' own documents show they build gas fire tables. The order is not a ranking, and the makers compared guide sets their published specs side by side.

Prism Hardscapes, of Cerritos, California, designs, casts and hand-finishes its fire features in-house, according to its company page. Tavola is its table line, with 12 models, and Porto is three tables with an enclosed propane tank. Prism's Tavola and Embarcadero installation guides state a 2-year limited warranty against manufacturer defects.

The Outdoor Plus, of Ontario, California, makes fire pits and tables such as Coronado, Unity and Regal for propane or natural gas, in GFRC, steel, corten, stainless and copper. Most models offer five ignition choices. Its CSA certificate, issued 2022-11-17, covers decorative gas appliances and outdoor fireplaces, and fire pits in GFRC, powder coat and stainless carry a 1-year warranty.

Firegear, of Huntington, Indiana, mostly makes the burner hardware that goes inside a gas fire pit. Sanctuary is its GFRC fire table and bowl series, and the Sanctuary GFRC structure carries a 3-year warranty for consumer use on products made after January 1, 2026.

Rules and Placement

Fixed-in-place gas appliances fall under the fuel gas code, and a city can add to it. The 2024 International Fuel Gas Code, Section 635.1, requires a permanently fixed-in-place outdoor decorative appliance to be listed to ANSI Z21.97 and installed per the maker's instructions. Each state adopts its own edition, so start with the fire code library and ask your building department.

The manual sets the distances. Side clearances to combustibles are 16 inches in Firegear's Sanctuary 1 manual and 4 feet in Prism's Tavola guide, and Prism asks 6 feet overhead. A taller table raises the burner, so add the table height to the overhead figure. A 16 inch Tavola under Prism's 6 foot rule needs 88 inches of height, and a 38 inch counter height table under a 72 inch rule needs 110. Run a specific model through the clearance checker.

Placement questions have their own guides: a covered patio, a wood or composite deck and distance from the house. Gas piping is work for a licensed gas fitter, and your local code and the installation manual for the exact table decide what is allowed.