Smart Fire UK played a major part in the £1M renovation project at Hoar Cross Hall in Staffordshire.

The Hall, a Grade II listed building set in 50 acres of countryside, wanted to combine the period features of the grand building with 21stcentury design and luxury.

As part of the restoration project, the hotel wanted to restore the hall’s majestic fireplaces to create focal points for its stunning rooms. However, with the chimneys and flues blocked up, they had to turn to alternative methods to return the fires to their former glory. That’s when they decided to investigate the use of clean-burning fires, and came across Smart Fire UK, the country’s sole distributor of bio-ethanol EcoSmart fires.

These green fires are fuelled entirely by bio-ethanol, a clean burning liquid, sourced from agriculture, which means they need no chimney, flue or extraction system.

The EcoSmart burners were fitted into the existing fireplaces with additional brass and marble surrounds incorporated into the designs.

As well as restoring the fireplaces back to their former glory, it has also given the hotel an efficient heat source which can be easily regulated.

In addition to supplying six fires for the restoration project, Smart Fire UK also supplied the hotel with two freestanding fires which can be moved around to suit the hotels requirements.