Architects & Designers

It seems that gas fireplaces have taken a turn back to the traditional, while wood fireplaces are continually becoming more and more industrial in appearance.  Until now, the best way to achieve the look of an open hearth was to install a high end gas fireplace that simulates one.  Choosing to build a masonry fireplace creates the appropriate look; however, these fireplaces make no attempt at lowering harmful emissions and deny the homeowner optimal performance (a bright, tall fire that doesn’t smoke).

The Renaissance Rumford™ is a blank slate for the project’s architect or designer.  It grants the freedom to create various styles whether craftsman, contemporary or anything in between.  Ultimately, the Renaissance is the perfect wood burning fireplace for the design community because of its good looks and versatility.  There are no louvers or grills to brand the Renaissance as pre-fabricated, and the beautiful fire accentuates any design.

The Renaissance Rumford™ is a decorative wood fireplace that eliminates the negative drawbacks of traditional open fires and features all the advantages of something pre-fabricated.  All this and the beauty of an open fire.

The Renaissance features advantages such as:

• A pre-fabricated steel fireplace that looks like a true masonry hearth
• A fireplace that doesn’t appear to have a door (the guillotine style door remains hidden until needed)
• The Green choice: The Renaissance is the world’s cleanest-burning open fireplace and exceeds high-efficiency wood stove standards for emissions when the door is closed
• A blank canvas that will take on the design of the room instead of creating the “metal box” look
• Award-winning design and innovation (Winner of 3 Vesta Awards in 2008, including Best in Show)
• A fireplace that functions exactly like a traditional masonry fireplace should, with no air control levers or complicated gas fireplace remotes.  If you want a fire just toss in some dry wood and paper, then put a match to it
• Beautiful, tall flames that have to be seen to be believed, even with very little wood
• Something completely unique and exclusively for high-end clients
• The culmination of 20 years of experience making quality steel fireplaces
• Specs that are readily available online in the most popular formats
  
• Designed to be decorative and yet still provide a comfortable amount of heat
• Thanks to the Renaissance’s faster burn rate homeowners have virtually complete control over when the fire will go out.  In the Renaissance, a fire doesn’t have to last 5 hours to burn cleanly, you can actually have a brief, beautiful and clean fire
• Lights very quickly, no long waiting or air adjustments before the fire is vibrant and full
• Uses Insulated Stainless Steel Chimney, the safest chimney you can buy, easiest to maintain and easiest to spec
• Outside air meets R2000 and LEED requirements for air infiltration
  

Fireplace Plans

This page contains plans of the Renaissance Rumford™. This information is available in a number of different formats. Whether you want to print off some specs or drop them into a digital home layout, it's all here. Details

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