Lobby plinth
Two cassettes on one tank in a stone bench with a glass guard along the seating side. Nothing to vent, nothing hot; the lobby stays a lobby.
Quoted per project
Restaurant · hotel · bar · Calgary
Fire your guests can lean on.
Cassettes in a row on one water manifold along a bar top. Pro Box or Linear runs in a wall. Plinths in a lobby. Water-vapour fire goes where gas can't, runs all day on a cold line, and doesn't burn anyone. We give your designer the spec, coordinate with your millwork and trades, commission the run, and look after it.
Concept render
Three cassettes along a hotel bar. A concept render made from Dimplex's product photos of the cassette, not a photograph of an install.
What goes in
The modular one, the boxed one, the long one.
The cassette links into runs of any length in millwork. The Pro Box is a finished glass-fronted box, single-sided or see-through, in 40 and 60 in. The Linear reaches 86 in in one unit with a heater. All three take a continuous water connection.
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Optimyst RGB Cassette
RGB Cassette 20 in
CDFI500-PRO-RGB- Size
- 20-1/8 × 9-7/8 × 12 in
- Needs
- cutout 20-3/8 × 12-1/4 in with the media plate; 20-3/8 × 14-1/4 in with the log set (unit plus 1/4 in clearance all round)
- Water
- refill container as standard; built-in inlet for a plumbed 1/4 in line (CDFIPLUMB-KIT or a plumber's tee), supply under 58 psi
- Heat
- No. Flame only
- Air
- 40 in² fresh air, with an open path to the unit
- Power
- 120 V, 230 W, hardwired to a 15 A circuit; CDFI-PLUGKIT makes it plug-in
$2,324.99MSRP, CAD, June 2026 listNot yet on file: run time per refill container; product weight. We confirm these from the manual at the site visit.
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Optimyst RGB Pro Box
RGB Pro Box 60 in
CBX1500-AM- Size
- 64-7/8 × 31-3/4 × 16-1/4 in
- Needs
- the 2026 CBX box's own manual is not yet on file; do not size framing from the overall dimensions
- Water
- optional plumbing connection for continuous supply (CDFIPLUMB-KIT) or refill
- Heat
- To confirm. Dimplex's Pro Box page describes a discreet fan-forced heater; confirm the 2026 box's rating before counting on it
- Air
- fresh-air requirement to confirm from the CBX manual
- Power
- 120 V, hardwired; CDFI-PLUGKIT for plug-in
$10,289.99MSRP, CAD, June 2026 listNot yet on file: framing dimensions; electrical rating; heater output; air inlet; clearances; run time. We confirm these from the manual at the site visit.
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Optimyst Linear
Linear 86 in
OLF86-AM- Size
- 87-1/2 × 31-1/2 × 11-7/8 in
- Needs
- 88 × 32-1/2 × 12 in structural framing (manual); drywall opening 86-3/16 × 17-1/2 in
- Water
- manual-fill reservoir, or a plumbed 1/4 in line with CDFIPLUMB-KIT
- Heat
- Yes. proportional fan-forced Comfort$aver heater with Eco, Boost and fan modes; the 86 in unit gives no heat on 120 V; wire it 240 V if you want heat
- Air
- 160 in² fresh air, with an open path to the unit
- Power
- 120/240 V, 1,020 W at 120 V (flame only, no heat output); 2,400 W at 240 V, hardwired; OLFPLUG plug kit for 120 V
$10,499.99MSRP, CAD, June 2026 listNot yet on file: reservoir capacity and run time; weight; explicit clearance figures (manual, not yet transcribed). We confirm these from the manual at the site visit.
How it's built
How a run is plumbed and wired.
Plan of a bar run: one tie-in, a manifold with a shutoff at each unit, the units in parallel, the guard along the guest side. Cassette figures are Dimplex's.
Two more looks
A lobby, and the bar again.
Bar run, another angle
Three cassettes in a row, each in its own low glass guard, on one manifold. The guard is for the flame, not the guests.
How a project runs
Spec, drawings, build, commissioning, service.
A hospitality run has a longer cycle than a house, and most of the work is before anyone picks up a tool.
- Spec supportThe planning sheet for each unit, Dimplex's manuals and three-part specs, and answers for your designer's drawings: cutouts, framing, air, water, power, clearances, guards.
- Shop drawing reviewWe check the millwork and framing drawings against the manuals before anything is cut: air paths, sills, service access, shutoff locations, receiver placement.
- The water designOne tie-in, leak detection, regulation under 58 psi, a softener sized for the number of units and the hours, a manifold with a shutoff at each unit, all reachable for service.
- Supply and commissioningUnits at Dimplex's list price, delivered to site when the millwork is ready; set, plumbed, wired, paired, scheduled, tested with your electrician and plumber, guards fitted.
- Staff routineA one-page routine for the daily wipe, the shutoffs, and what the lights mean, plus a walkthrough with whoever opens in the morning.
- Service planCleaning visits at the interval the run needs, softener cartridge changes, spare transducers on the shelf, Dimplex's warranty handled through us. Priced per year.
Before you decide
What a run asks of an operator.
- Cleaning is on the schedule.
A domestic unit gets wiped every two weeks; a run that burns twelve hours a day gets it more often, and the service plan says how often. Softened water is what makes it light.
- Water quality is the whole game.
Calgary's hard water scales the transducers and thins the flame. The softener is sized for the units and the hours, and the cartridges are on the plan.
- Air paths in millwork.
Each cassette needs 40 in² of fresh air with an open path; a bar die that seals them in starves the run. It is in the shop drawing review for a reason.
- Drafts.
Doors, HVAC diffusers, service corridors. The guard along the guest side is for the flame, not the guests, and the drawing shows where it goes.
- Only some of them heat.
The cassette and e-MatriX are flame only. The Linear and Pro Box have fan heaters. In a bar top, flame only is the point.
- The Pro Box is new for 2026.
Price and overall size are on Dimplex's list; the box's own manual is not on file yet, so framing and ratings are confirmed with Dimplex before we spec around it.
- Shutoffs stay reachable.
A shutoff at the tie-in and one at each unit, behind a door your staff can open. It is the difference between a mop and a plumber at 6 pm on a Friday.
- The cycle is longer.
Spec, drawings, millwork lead time, then install. Bring us in when the designer starts, not when the bar is built.
See it in my space
Send the drawings, or a photo and the idea.
A plan, an elevation, or a phone photo of the bar and a sentence about what you want. We come back with which units, what the millwork needs, and a scope with a number. A few days for a first pass.
- Take one photo of the wall, opening, counter or corner from where you usually sit. Phone is fine.
- We place the right unit for your depth, water and heat answers and send the picture back, labelled as a concept.
- You get a rough price: the unit at list price, the build as a range, and what a site visit would confirm.
Your photo is used only to make your render and is not shared. Prefer email? hello@mistfire.ca
Questions
Questions operators ask.
Can it run all day?
Plumbed, yes: the cassette, Linear, Pro Box and e-MatriX all take a continuous water connection with an overflow sensor, so a run along a bar tops itself up from a cold line and is switched by a schedule in the app or a wall switch. What all-day running changes is the cleaning interval and the softener capacity, which is what the service plan is for.
Can guests touch it?
The flame is water mist and light; there is no combustion and the flame-only units produce no heat, which is why the cassette can sit in a bar top with people leaning on it. Dimplex describes its surfaces as cool-touch. Where drinks and hands are close, a low glass guard keeps the flame steady, and it is drafts, not safety, that decide where the guard goes.
How many in a row?
Dimplex's cassette manual describes multiple cassettes side by side in a linear configuration, plumbed on a manifold and wired in parallel, with the air inlet scaled to the number of units. Long bar runs are exactly what the cassette is for; the Linear reaches 86 inches in one unit and the Pro Box 60.
Do we need a gas permit or venting?
No gas and no venting; that is the reason hospitality uses water-vapour fire where gas is not allowed or not wanted. The electrical and plumbing work is permitted and done by licensed trades like any other tenant improvement.
Who services it?
We do, on a plan: cleaning visits at the interval the run needs, softener cartridge changes, spare transducers on hand, and Dimplex's warranty handled through us. Staff get a one-page routine for the daily wipe and the shutoffs.