Tod Martin's
Propane fire table with
Black Magic, a
Stainless Steel H Burner,
custom pan and some
1/4 Cobalt Base Glass for color when the flames aren't on.
Check out the lighting system underneath the frosted glass. Keep in mind that we work with a variety of complex jobs that require rope lighting, LED systems that change colors, etc...
James Maze got creative with our products and set-up an interesting fire pit. A base of
Black
Magic a few
4" &
6" White
FireBalls and some
3/16" Clear Base Glass FireGlass.
"My name is James Maze. I am writing you from Columbus, Ohio. I am the owner of a Design/ Build firm specializing in high-end residential hardscapes. In September of 2007 I worked with your staff (possibly yourself-behind the scenes) on our first Outdoor Natural Gas Fire pit. AMAZING SUCCESS!!! Still my overall favorite project we have completed to date."
This fireplace belongs to Dr Bernstein, who got a whole lot of good stuff. Starting with a
double 24" steel fireplace burner, and reflective
Sterling Silver panels.
The Doctor filled her fireplace with several of our unique FireBalls, and a mixture of two sands, Black Magic and Green Sand.
The Sitko from Seattle. Converted there fireplace with some
Black Magic.
The pictures of the fireplace below were sent to us from our customer in Hope Ranch, Santa Barbara, California. We first installed an
H steel burner to get some awesome fire.
Now we pour the
Black Magic. Light, and poof,
BLUE FLAMES!
The customer had a green theme and so we topped it off with our
Green Sand.
A total of
32 = 8" FireBalls in natural color were added As the evening went on the ambient heat drew the flames higher trough the Fire Balls and the blue was just pure magic.
The End!
The fireplace below is a Malm Carousel Fireplace. We replaced the attempted dual burner which it was originally installed with with a simple 12" steel ring. This fireplace has a safety pilot light kit which was still left intact for local code reasons but we did get rid of the non functioning pan burners.
The fountain below was converted to a fire pit with Black Magic. We use a several hundred pounds of lava rock then topped it with crushed lava rock to keep the materials from falling through. After we placed the Black Magic on the lava rock Craig topped it with Clear Pyrite BAse Glass, Clear Diamonds, Black Base Glass, Black Reflective Base Glass and now he has one cool fire feature. We will show you from beginning to end.
Here you can see the lightly coated Black Magic with our glass for accents and sparkle.
Here you can see the Diamonds. When you see the Diamonds in the fire they appear to be melting but actually they are only reflecting inside which looks like they are melting. They are made from crystal. And with everything just right you have the Black Magic look!
Nice Flames!
This is one of our
propane pan burners with slight modifications so that it could burn our
Black Magic. The following photos are of the propane burner being tested at our warehouse and then sent to our client for approval.
And here are the pictures of our 30" FPPK propane burner with a 30" base plate and a double 24" stainless steel ring being placed inside Scott Spector outdoor fire pit.. And WOW what a nice backyard! The propane line was run/ installed under the pavers.
The colors that were used are, 1/2" Clear Base Glass, Black Magic in the center, Clear Diamonds, Cobalt Blue Topper, Clear Toppers, Cobalt Blue Light Topper and again our 30" FPPK propane burner.
And now for the Magic.
Comments & Testimonial:
Ed
Here are the other shots you requested. I tried many angles, lights, etc., yet could not get an accurate picture of the natural light setting. The silicone carbide is so reflective that it goes to light grey in all of the shots, and the smoke glass looks pale green/blue where in reality it looks almost black.
Another description that may be even more appropriate of the daytime look is that of a neatly piled burned out fire, except that all of the “ash” is reflective and sparkly.
Can not explain why in some of the shots the flame appears greenish. The blue colored flames are not exactly right either. The real color is closer to ultraviolet than anything else.
Several of the shots, including 01, 29, and 50, have been taken from the same location. You can tell the ones taken at full open valve by the increased amount of color in the shots.
Keary
I am very happy with my “new” gas fireplace. I thought I would share with you the enclosed photos taken with an ordinary digital camera with no ambient light except the fire itself. The camera was placed in various locations around the fire on the hearth proper. Unfortunately the stills cannot depict the fire action. What is amazing about the fire is the low spread out blue flame pattern instead of the conventional tall yellow flames in the middle.
The fireplace is open on three sides 30”x40”, The pit was filled with coarse bagged lava rock form Home Depot approximately 1” deep to the bottom of the U shaped burner gas pipe with the holes pointing down. It was then topped with Moderustic fine lava rock to fill in the voids on the top leaving the bottom of the burner only slightly submerged below the layer of the finer lava rock from Moderustic..
The next layer was black sand followed by S----- C-----. The sand was mounded in the center over the burners. A sprinkling of grey glass over the SC and a topper of Bronze ½” glass was sprinkled over the smaller sized matrix to finish. The final product is very dark and reflective with tiny reflections off of the s----- c------ and larger reflections off of the gradated glass during the day and in ambient light. It looks a little like a lava field that you might run across in the Mojave Desert near Barstow. Not at all showy, yet very subtle to the view in daylight.
The coarse lava rock on the bottom layer, with the finer layer on top to keep the gas in longer, acts as manifold carrying gas to all portion of the firebox floor covered with that material. I stopped the coarse rock short of the metal posts in a semi circular shape in plan and back filled with sand so that the flame would not reach the posts. The visual result around the posts is that the gas reaching the end of the coarse material immediately goes upward creating a flowing arc of fire around the posts. This is seen as a blur in the photos.
The underlying coarse rock distributes the gas pretty evenly across the firebox floor creating a even matrix of small flames on the surface as it works its way up through the media. The extreme perimeter appears more active. There are more constant more steady flames from the mound. Because there is less gas at the perimeter, the gas there burns in horizontal spurts and appears like lightning bolts licking the edges of the firebox.
There are small vortexes of fire that form and sometimes work there way around the base of the mound on the center but usually preferring a particular area to hang out.
The overall effect is one of a dispersed flame. As if the entire bed of the fireplace is afire with a low blue flame. With all the lights out in the room it is quite magical. Not at all anything like a conventional yellow flame in the center. Due to the dispersion of the flame across the large firebox area, there is a lot of heat generated and dispersed into the room instead of up the flue. This is not a design for summer time nights.
Everyone who witnesses this flame is impressed with the “light show” quality of the burn.
In the future I plan to change out the media and experiment with different ways to direct the gas and resultant flame to achieve different effects.
Next time I am thinking of laying a pattern of coarse rock and infilling between the “arms” of coarse rock with sand so that the gas will follow the “arms” and come up in more predictable places, perhaps creating little vortexes or pyres at the ends of the “arms”.
Regards,
Keary Gregg
