Fireplaces (and barbecues), which are the traditional works of stone masons, are the essential and most popular elements of our range. We can propose original and exclusive designs or reproduce and adapt the model of your choice. We can also propose a wide range of heat regenerators and other accessories for your comfort which will enable you to enjoy the pleasures of an open fire in a safe environment.

How to choose the wood…

It is with good wood that you get the best heat ! !

It is best to choose wood that gives good embers and therefore holds the heat : HORNBEAM and OAK are the best, ASH, MAPLE and BIRCH lose 8 to 11% of their heating power compared to HORNBEAM, ELM 16% and BEECH 20%

WILLOW, LIME, POPLAR and CHESTNUT are bad heaters ; for example, poplar heats half as much as oak.

You are advised to avoid burning FIR and PINE and all conifers in general as their heating power is rather low, 30% less than hornbeam, but especially because their resin causes tarring very quickly.

To be avoided at all costs : all treated wood, railway sleepers, telephone pylons, colliery beams, etc. which may give off toxic fumes and dirty the fireplace.

Wood that is too damp damages the installation and the flue. The hygrometry percentage of the wood used should be less than 18% for big chunks and 20% for logs, that is to say, 2 years' cut at least and storage in a sheltered and well ventilated place, with one row one way and the next row the other way. Any wood with a high hygrometry not only will not give heat in spite of the big yellow flames, but it will not last long. For example, we often see wood with 50% hygrometry, but in fact you will only really have half of the wood as real combustible and at the same time the water evaporation in the wood brings down the temperature by absorption, following the natural physical priciple of passing from a liquid state to a gas.