A sculpture that burns.
Wood-burning · 5.0 on Google · WETT-certified installs
Focus · Dominique Imbert, 1988
A 1400 mm blade of waxed steel with a letterbox of flame — “resolutely industrial,” in the maker’s own telling.
A flat steel column that swells, off-centre and angular, to hold an 830 × 300 mm letterbox of fire — then tapers away to a narrow foot.
“Raw Polished Steel finish with visible welded seams” — the brochure’s words. 3 mm plate, waxed rather than painted, built LEFT or RIGHT to suit the room.
An exclusive of the house since 1988 — and it still posts serious numbers: 39,240 BTU/hr and 78.6% efficiency on the listing’s own sheet.
Photography: Focus
From the maker’s own book — the Heterofocus 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. We’re an authorized Focus dealer — the maker’s own locator lists our Coldwater showroom, with an Ergofocus Holographik hanging on display. See the maker’s own Heterofocus 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 → Wood · wall-mountedThe 1972 sphere — the strongest heat of the wall units.
See it →The industrial blade — waxed steel, a letterbox of fire.
You’re hereReal 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
It wants air: 24″ to the sides and back, 36″ of clear floor in front of the fire, and non-combustible floor protection (R≥2.13) reaching 16″ out in the US — 18″ in Canada. Ceiling minimum is 8 ft by the manual; the listing’s 274 cm is the supplied flue package. Send us a photo of your room and we’ll confirm placement before you spend a dollar.
A factory-built class-A chimney — UL 103HT in the US, ULC S629 in Canada — on a nominal 8″ natural-draft flue. The listing says 203 mm, the manual measures 205 mm inside: same 8″ system, and we quote both on principle.
A WETT-certified crew — ours. A sculpture hangs or stands to the millimetre, so we frame, clear and flue it to the maker’s manual, and your annual sweep 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.
See the built-ins →