We think New Zealand is the proving ground for the best outdoor fireplaces on the planet. We’re a small country of rugged coastline, high mountains and long beaches. Salt spray, hard sun, and wind that comes straight off the Southern Ocean. Us Kiwis want to live outdoors — it’s just always a few degrees too cold.
That’s why Flare exists. To transform backyards into places people want to be. See how it’s worked for this family in Virginia, USA:
When you step off the plane at Queenstown Airport you step directly onto the tarmac and stand face-to-face with the Remarkables—a vast wall of rock rising directly ahead.
The air is crisp and clean. The view is impossibly clear. The rock face feels so close that you blink, trying to convince yourself that what you are seeing is real. It is, quite literally, remarkable.
Much of New Zealand is like this. Lakes, oceans, mountains, forests and fields, tightly gathered together in a landscape of extraordinary contrast. New Zealand is such a small country you can leave a snow-covered mountain in the morning and stand beside the ocean that afternoon. You can drive through a landscape that changes completely before you have had time to understand the one you just left.
To fit this place, our fires had to be pretty. It’s a good thing though, because nobody wants to sit around and ugly outdoor fireplace.
New Zealand’s beauty and its many volcanos are a result of the Pacific Ring of Fire. A volcanic fault line that is also responsible for frequent earthquakes that our buildings, roads and infrastructure are all designed to survive.
New Zealand’s engineers don’t design in case of an earthquake — they design for them, because they happen all the time.
The same is true for our outdoor fireplaces. They are engineered to survive the worst conditions the earth has to throw at them. High winds, rough terrain, lots of ground movement.
The first Flare outdoor fireplace was made over twenty years ago. It’s still standing today.
New Zealand has two islands, cleverly named the North and South Islands. Flare Outdoor Fireplaces is located in the Bay of Plenty, a coastal North Island region. As the name implies, there is plenty. Plenty of sun, plenty of rain and the perfect temperature to grow lots of everything. Trees, grass and kiwifruit — the reason our little town is also known as The Kiwifruit Capital of The World.
It’s also the perfect place to make concrete. Not too hot, so the concrete doesn’t go hard before we can pour it. Not too cold, so it doesn’t take ages to set. Almost all year round we have the perfect temperature to make fireplaces, and we’re able to pour and reset our concrete moulds several times a week.
Every one of our outdoor fireplaces is made in the beautiful Bay of Plenty, then shipped around the world. Whether you are in the South Island of New Zealand, the east coast of Australia or the very north of America — we have you covered.
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