Determine Proper Chimney Height Using The 10-2 Rule

The 10-2 Rule is the guideline for determining the amount of chimney required for proper operation and draw of your wood burning fireplace or stove. This guideline is the same for exposed “naked” chimney’s as it is for enclosed chimney’s in a chase. This guideline has 3 main components: 1. Is your chimney within 10′ of…

5 key decisions for designing a Linear Gas Fireplace

Linear Gas Fireplaces have a wide 4′ to 16′ viewing area and normally are not very tall 18″ to 36″. Although, some of our clients want a taller viewing area of up to 48″. There are five key decisions in designing your custom linear gas fireplace. Drawing of a Custom See Through Gas Linear Fireplace  …

Test Fire – Custom Linear Gas Fireplace

Acucraft just finished test firing a large custom linear gas fireplace. Prior to shipping all custom gas fireplaces, we burn and test every fireplace. The below fireplace has a huge 120″ wide x 24″ high viewing area. The customer wanted a large 12″ -18″ flame and has propane as the fuel source. The pictures do not do…

4 Stages of a Fire

In response to many requests from my last post, the purpose of this post is to discuss the 4 different wood burning stages of fire. We at Acucraft have adopted these standards and this post will differ from the chemical breakdown of wood. These stages are very important to understand when using an efficient wood burning fireplace…

Custom Outdoor Linear Gas Fireplace by Acucraft

Concept Drawing for Custom Gas Outside Fireplace - drawn by Good Fulton and Farrell Architects Fireplace being manufactured Custom Decorative Flue and Cap Enclosure Completed Outside Fireplace Welcome to Acucraft Fireplaces' First Blog Post. We love working on unique one of a kind fireplace projects. An Architect, Good Fulton and Farrell Architects, asked if we…