Relaxing in front of an open fire is a primal pleasure that cannot be ignored. The crackle of burning logs, the radiance heat of the roaring fire all combine to create a deeply pleasurable experience that is meditative, restorative and brings people together like nothing else in the home. Its even scientifically proven to lower blood pressure!

During winter, creating a cosy environment is an essential part of the daily routine. A wood fire heats a room far more effectively than bioethanol and the lively flames and cosy embers can be used as a primary source of heat.

Aurora wood fires are designed to be both beautiful and functional. The firebox and lower flue are made from steel which is an excellent heat conductor. This produces both direct heat from the fire itself and radiant heat from the steel (and of course the perceived heat from the dancing flame and crackling logs).

Our fireplaces are approved for CE certification and have been rated as having the following heating capacities:

• The Aether: 8.2kW
• The Hearth: 7.2kW

Both of these ratings are very powerful for open fireplaces and they are certainly powerful sources of heat. The exact heating capacity depends on many variables: the ambient temperature outside, the height of the ceilings in the room the fire is located, if the room has insulation in the ceiling and walls, how many and the size of the windows in the room and perhaps the biggest factor of all is the quality and amount of fuel you are using.

As an example;we have an Aether in our living room which is 60m2. It is an open plan room with high raked ceilings and sliding doors across the length of the main wall. It is a new home with good insulation.

The Aether does a cracking job of heating this space for us!

Heating Area Volume & Climate Zone

If you fancy the idea of cooking in your Aurora fireplace, wood is the fuel for you. Our wood fire grates have been especially designed with a central closed ember bed grate which acts as a heat sink to control the burn and is perfectly designed to hold a pizza stone. Your wood fire works just like a mini pizza oven, anything that can be cooked in a pizza oven will cook beautifully in an Aurora wood fire. Explore our cooking page for more information on cooking in your Aurora wood fire:

Cooking in your fireplace.

Good quality wood is relatively cheap when compared to burning bioethanol, especially if you plan to burn your fire for long periods of time. You can even grow your own free fuel supply if you have the space and time or you can cut your own for free if you have access to timber. If these aren’t an option great wood is always available at decent hardware stores and even most service stations.

The combustion of bioethanol results in a clean emission: Heat, Steam and Carbon Dioxide. Carbon dioxide is absorbed by plants. It is then processed via photosynthesis to help the plant grow. This infinite cycle of creation and combustion of energy makes bioethanol a carbon neutral fuel source.

Bioethanol is a renewable energy source distilled from plant by-products. Bioethanol – or simply ‘ethanol’ is made by fermenting the sugar and starch components of plant by-products – mainly sugarcane and crops like grain, using yeast. It is also made from corn, potatoes, milk, rice, beetroot and recently grapes, banana and dates depending on the countries agricultural strength.

As bioethanol burns clean it does not require an external flue system. You will of course need your lower flue and suspension bracket, however the flue will terminate in your ceiling at the suspension bracket with no triple skin flue or cowl penetrating the roof. Your lower flue is capped just below the ceiling allowing the heat generated by the fire to heat the steel of our lower flue and firebox without losing any of the heat through an external flue.

This type of installation is typically much cheaper, and you are free to install the fire in any part of the room without the constraints of an external flue system to consider.

Our range of EcoSmart Fireplaces are fuelled by bioethanol, a renewable liquid fuel produced from agricultural by-products which burns clean – no smoke, no sparks, no soot, no fuss. The combustion of bioethanol produces nothing but Heat Steam and Carbon Dioxide.

Simply fill the burner with ethanol, and light. It’s that simple.

The EcoSmart burners feature a ‘flip lid’ shut-off system that fits perfectly across the ignition zone to extinguish the flame. They operate under all conditions, at all temperatures, every time.

The streamlined, stainless steel ethanol burner designs are easy to keep clean and maintain. Special burner fabrication eliminates unstable flame behaviour and because it’s 100% stainless steel, it can be washed out in hot water to remove any build-up of denaturing agents. Cleaning of the burner should be done only after you have used 50 litres of fuel or as soon as you notice a black residue forming around or on the burner.