of screws 78 each half 77 a and 77 b contains a plurality of corresponding screw openings 79 along the edges of each half 77 a and 77 b each half 77 a and 77 b may be fit together at a 90 degree angle via the plurality of screw openings 79 and placement of the plurality of screws 78 inserted in the corresponding screw openings 79 with reference to fig8 shown is an exploded view of an alternative vertical fire pit with an ashtray stand the perforated vertical tube 82 is positioned above and attached to a horizontal plate 83 the horizontal plate 83 further includes openings 86 to allow ash to drop into the tray 84 underneath the plate 83 alternatively the ashtray stand may be any shape desirable in order to achieve a variety of aesthetic effects during use with reference to fig9 shown is a vertical fire pit top assembly wherein the top assembly is removed from the ashtray burnt ash may be collected in the tray 84 as it falls through the openings not shown in the perforated plate 83 once the tray 84 is full of ash it may easily be emptied by lifting up and removing the perforated plate 83 and vertical tube 84 with reference to fig1 shown is a fully assembled vertical fire pit shown in fig8 and fig9 the perforated vertical tube 82 is positioned above and attached to a horizontal plate 83 which in turn sits upon ash tray 84 alternatively the ashtray 84 may be any shape desirable in order to.