Vulcan Gas Firepit Table | Rectangle | Corten Steel

The Vulcan Corten is the warmest-looking of the four Weather-it gas tables. A rectangular table in weathering steel at 1200 x 500 x 390 mm, it settles into a russet patina that sits naturally against planting, gravel and stone, which makes it the pick for a garden that is meant to look grown rather than installed.

This is the Corten model, 390 mm high. Corten is weathering steel: it forms a stable rust-coloured oxide layer that then protects the metal beneath, and holds that weathered look for 20 to 30 years. Brushed stainless does the opposite, holding its as-delivered finish rather than developing a patina, with no transition period and no maintenance beyond an occasional wipe. The practical catch with Corten is the first season: while it is patinating it bleeds orange run-off onto pale paving, and on porous stone that can leave a permanent mark, so position it on darker slabs for the first summer or sit it on a mat. Our rust-proof fire pit guide covers that in detail.

Both finishes cost the same £1,729 here and carry the same burner, so nothing rides on this but how you want the table to age.

A rectangle suits a long sofa or a run of dining chairs, where the flame needs to sit down the middle of the seating. The square is the one to pick for a corner sofa or four chairs set around the fire. Both are hand-built in Britain by Weather-it and both run the same CE-certified 18kW burner, so the decision is seating geometry rather than output. If you are still weighing gas against wood at all, our gas vs wood-burning comparison covers the running trade-offs.