The conversation piece. Literally.
Wood-burning · wall-mounted · 5.0 on Google · WETT-certified installs
Focus · Dominique Imbert, 1972
“The crackling of fire is one of the highest forms of conversation” — the brochure hangs its whole case on that line, and the Emifocus makes it at 46,064 BTU an hour.
46,064 BTU/hr (13.5 kW) on the listing’s own sheet — nearly triple its wall-mate Paxfocus. A 700 mm sphere that heats like a hearth twice its size.
The FR page calls it “modèle mural suspendu (départ vertical)” — wall-hung, flue rising straight up. Fifty years of that silhouette, unchanged since 1972.
A 610 × 290 mm opening — the tallest window of flame among the wall units, cut into the sphere at sitting-eye height.
Photography: Focus
From the maker’s own book — the Emifocus in rooms people actually live in. Tap a room to step inside.
Will it fit?
The maker’s numbers
These are the numbers we install to — every number above is Focus’s own published figure, nothing rounded by us, nothing guessed. Where the maker’s listing and manual differ, we print both. We’re an authorized Focus dealer — the maker’s own locator lists our Coldwater showroom. See the maker’s own Emifocus page — brochure and manual on hand at the showroom.
The Focus family
The 1968 original — the fireplace the world knows Focus by.
See it → Wood, gas or electric · suspendedThe teardrop — fire within reach, only the original rivals it.
See it → Wood or gas · wall-mountedThe teardrop profile, flattened to the wall.
See it → Wood or gas · 360° glassThe seamless central — two sizes, 1600 and the Foster-commissioned 2000.
See it → Wood or gas · 360° glassThe glass ring you sit around — on wood, or gas with a remote.
See it → Wood · rotates 360°The 700 mm sphere — the deep-sea original, surfaced.
See it → Wood · rotates 360°The Gyrofocus idea at 1100 mm — made for tighter rooms.
See it →The 1972 sphere — the strongest heat of the wall units.
You’re hereThe industrial blade — waxed steel, a letterbox of fire.
See it →Real voices · 5.0 on Google
“…the knowledge and guidance we received in determining size, location and finishing design was invaluable.”
Phil M. · Google review
“As someone extremely particular and fussy I was very pleased.”
Josh R. · Google review
Quick answers
This one can make a serious dent: 46,064 BTU/hr on the listing’s sheet, close to triple its wall-mate Paxfocus. It’s still an open fire — you size it to the room, and we’ll tell you honestly if your space wants less.
It hangs ½″ off the wall on its suspension plate, and the manual details a non-combustible backing build (cement board on a metal frame with rock-wool insulation) where the wall is combustible. We assess your wall before quoting — that’s part of the visit.
A factory-built HT chimney — UL 103 in the US, ULC S629 in Canada — on a nominal 8″ flue rising straight off the sphere (that’s the “départ vertical”). Listing 203 mm, manual 205 mm: same 8″ system, quoted both.
What it costs
Every wall is different — framing, venting, gas line — so your price is real, not a guess.
Two minutes online. Photos help; the booking machine takes them.
Dan prices your exact install and walks you through every line of it.
Nick’s crew frames it to the maker’s spec, runs the venting, and leaves the room clean.
Or come see it in our Coldwater showroom — the espresso will be on.
Beyond the sculptures
Rotating three-fire drums and guillotine built-ins — seven wood fires live on the walk today.
See the wood house → Gas · RetrofitNine ways to bring a dead masonry fireplace back to life — the insert row.
See the inserts → Gas · Built-inLinears and traditionals for brand-new walls — the built-in house.
See the built-ins →