Firenzo, Napier

Firenzo founder, Peter Hewitson, doesn't like to feel even slightly cold. He started his life-long quest to build the perfect fireplace back in 1963. He replaced his inefficient open fire with a diesel burner and immediately started thinking about ways he could improve it. His curiosity became a hobby, and that hobby became a business. Out of a shed in rural Hawke's Bay, Peter developed a wood burning fire that would eventually become the Lady Kitchener. By the 1980s, Peter was working with secondary air research in his designs, developing technology for cleaner burning and more heat. So determined to build the best fireplace available, Peter even developed a prototype which could produce enough heat to melt carpet and make candles droop. Now all that invention and technological refinement is captured in every Firenzo fireplace. Even better, Peter insists that they look good too.