The one that started it all.
Wood or gas · turns to face the room · 5.0 on Google · WETT-certified installs
Focus · Dominique Imbert, 1968
“Revolutionary in both design and technical innovation” — the maker’s own words for the 1968 original that hangs from the ceiling and turns to face any seat in the room. It comes two ways now: the wood original, or the Gyrofocus Gas with ceramic logs and a remote in your hand.
It pivots a full 360° on its flue — the world’s first to do it — and the gas version still turns 100° on its concealed line. Aim the fire at the sofa tonight and the dinner table tomorrow.
“The boss, the top dog, the big cheese” — the maker’s own swagger, earned over six decades. A 1250 mm saucer of steel with a wide-open mouth of flame.
Matt black as standard; white with a black interior on order. Dual-certified for Canada and hanging in showrooms on both sides of the Atlantic since 1968.
Photography: Focus
From the maker’s own book — the original, wood and gas, hung where people actually live. Tap a room to step inside.
Will it fit?
The maker’s numbers
The wood original’s numbers below. The Gyrofocus Gas keeps the 1250 mm saucer and runs 17,000–54,000 BTU/hr on natural gas (11,000–42,000 on propane) with remote and electronic ignition, pivots 100°, wants a 10 ft 7″ ceiling, and is certified ANSI Z21.50 · CSA 2.22.
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 Gyrofocus page — brochure and manual on hand at the showroom.
The Focus family
The 1968 original — the fireplace the world knows Focus by.
You’re hereThe 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 → Wood · wall-mountedThe 1972 sphere — the strongest heat of the wall units.
See it → Wood · 1400 mm wideThe 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
Yes — the Gyrofocus was the world’s first suspended fireplace to pivot a full 360°, and it still does. It hangs from its flue on a ceiling suspension plate, so the floor stays clear: just a non-combustible pad below (Ø86″ in Canada for a rotating install) and 9 ft of ceiling.
A factory-built HT chimney — UL 103 in the US, ULC S629 in Canada — on a nominal 8″ natural-draft flue, at least 14 ft of it floor to cap. The listing says 203 mm inside, the manual measures 205 mm: same 8″ system, and we quote both on principle.
A WETT-certified crew — ours. The suspension plate alone weighs 145 lbs and carries the whole fire, so the ceiling structure gets engineered first, then we hang, flue and balance it to the maker’s manual. Your annual sweep after that is one call to us.
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.
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