Focus presents the first suspended fireplace with a balanced-flue heat exchanger

SlimFocus

The Slimfocus, the latest addition to the Focus range, is a fireplace with exceptional efficiency that meets the strictest environmental standards without a single concession to style. With its innovative balanced-flue technology, Focus launches the first-ever central, suspended model compatible with low-energy buildings.

It has been almost 50 years since Focus created the world’s first suspended fireplace. This model, the Gyrofocus, has since become a design classic and an icon of Focus. Now for the autumn/winter season, Focus again breaks new ground with the Slimfocus with a balanced-flue heat exchanger – the first suspended closed fire to feature this innovation. This technology takes in outside air at the top of the flue, so the fireplace operates independently of the air in the room. This is made possible by a system with two concentric flues, one for incoming air and the other for evacuating smoke. As a result, this model can be installed in a low-energy building without disrupting its ventilation system.

This new technology was developed in collaboration with the French fluemaker Poujoulat, the European leader in metal chimney systems. This revolution paves the way to a green future for the Focus fireplace range, thanks to our Research & Design team and the expertise of another market leader ‘Made in France’.

In appearance, the closed Slimfocus is identical to the model launched at the beginning of 2015. This wood-burning fire embodies stylish minimalism. With an exterior diameter of 33 cm, it takes up little space while adding elegant refinement to a room. It is available in a fixed or pivoting version in order to meet different installation requirements: in a corner, near a wall, or in the centre of a room. There is also a version with a base, which will soon be available as a gas fire, enlarging Focus’s wide range of fireplaces and stoves.

This ‘periscope of flames’, to use Dominique Imbert’s metaphor to describe this particularly innovative model, is much more than a simple source of heat – its streamlined shape enhances the space around it. Its ultra-contemporary design earned it the Observeur du Design award in 2014.