Boston Best Construction – Acucraft Linear Custom Gas Fireplace
Tuesday, May 23rd, 2017
Eduardo Muniz, General Contractor for Boston Best Construction came to Acucraft looking for a custom gas linear fireplace for his single family home. He had planned a feature wall on the center of the kitchen, living room and dining room where they wanted a show-stopping see-through linear fireplace that was 7ft wide with a minimum height of 2ft that had to fit between two load bearing columns.
Mike, one of our Fireplace Advisors worked directly with Eduardo to further define his design and structural needs for this custom linear see through gas linear fireplace. Originally Eduardo was looking for a peninsula style fireplace for his space; however, given the columns he had to maintain due to structural support, he decided on a see through two-sided gas linear fireplace.
Eduardo selected the following features for his custom gas fireplace:
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Firebox dimensions: 112 3/4″ W x 51 1/16″ D x 24″H
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Viewing area: 100 3/4″ W x 20″H
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9″ tall glass panel
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95″ natural gas line of fire burner
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140,000 BTUs
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8″ combustion air intake
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12″ class A flue system
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Dark blue glass media
Upon placing his order, Eduardo worked hand-in-hand with one of our Fireplace Designers, Robin to ensure all of his fireplace design needs for aesthetic and functionality were met. Our team provided him with a full submittal for his project including: final fireplace drawings, component illustration, and a custom manual. Every Acucraft custom gas fireplace project receives a submittal capturing your project details in their entirety for review prior to hitting our production floor.
Eduardo recently finished his home and shared some amazing photos of his fireplace with us, and created this beautiful promotional video:
It was a pleasure working with Eduardo and Boston Best Construction; we look forward to future opportunities!
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Acucraft Gives Back – 10 Trees Planted for Every Fireplace Sold!
Friday, May 19th, 2017
Giving back is important to us not only as a company, but individually. For the past year our team has been planning on planting trees in Pillsbury State Forest as a team building exercise and giving back to our community.
Meet our Tree Planting Team:
From Left to Right: Chris Maxson, Owner + CEO; Emily Maxson, Owner; Jasmine Rognrud, Sales Support; Pat Heber, Standard Welder; Jill Kubitschek, Sales; Missy Ramberg, Marketing Director; Travis Theis, Finishing; Adam Vokaty, Custom Welder; Bryan Royle, Facilities Manager; Gabe Jungroth, Standard Welder; Riley Harry, Volunteer; Zach Christensen, Finishing; Tim Donnay, Director of Finance; Paul Harry, COO; Oliver Foschiatti, Volunteer.
Pillsbury State Forest was hit with terrible storms last summer which destroyed over 10,000 trees and left 40+ acres of land completely barren. At the time of the destruction Acucraft employees rallied together to propose a new way to give back – planting trees for every fireplace sold!
Acucraft’s owners, Emily + Chris Maxson fell in love with the idea and purchased 5,000 trees to be planted in Spring 2017.
As you can see in the photos above, the forest was completely devastated after the summer storms in 2016; so on Thursday, May 18th part of the Acucraft Team caravanned to Brainerd, MN to plant 10 trees for every fireplace sold. This year the team planted 5,000 maple, white spruce, and balsam trees.
As a wood burning fireplace manufacturer sustainable forest management is incredibly important to us. What is sustainable forest management? Sustainable forest management is “the stewardship and use of forests and forest lands in a way, and at a rate, that maintains their biodiversity, productivity, regeneration capacity, vitality and other potential to fulfill, now and in the future, relevant ecological, economic and social functions at local, national, and global levels, and that does not cause damage to other ecosystems.¹ ”
While gas fireplaces have grown in popularity, wood burning fireplaces are still a desirable amenity for many homes, and sometimes are the sole source of heat in certain areas. Learn more about maximizing wood burning fireplace performance by clicking here. Additionally, understanding the stages of wood burning is imperative when using an efficient wood burning fireplace or stove to maximize BTU’s per pound of wood. Learn more about the 4 Stages of Fire by clicking here.
We are so thankful to be able to give back as a company and to tackle problems head on with the support of our incredible team! Not only did the tree planting give us a chance to give back to our community, but it was an opportunity for our team to come together and build an even stronger bond.
Learn more about how Acucraft Gives Back.
¹The definition of SFM was developed by the Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe (FOREST EUROPE), and has since been adopted by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
Our fireplace is working wonderful and thanks for all your help in making this a reality for Jill and myself. This will be a focal point in our cabin in Northern Wisconsin for generations to come! "
