What you send
One phone photo from where you usually sit. A wall, an old fireplace, a counter, a corner. Blinds open, lights on, nothing tidied.
Water-vapour fireplaces · Calgary
A fire wherever the renovation wants one.
Water and light, cool to the touch. No gas, no venting. We design and install Dimplex Optimyst water-vapour fires into old fireplaces, feature walls, half walls, kitchen islands and furniture, in Calgary.
- Dimplex Optimyst, every format Dimplex sells
- Unit at list price, the build is what we quote
- Cool to the touch, no gas, no venting
- Heat on five of the seven formats
- Calgary and the towns around it
What you get back
Your photo, with the fire in it.
An example pair. On the left, the kind of photo people send; on the right, what comes back: the fire placed where it would go, made from Dimplex's product photos of the unit, labelled as a concept, with a range for the build. The example room is itself a render, so nobody's living room is on this site.
What you get back
The same room with the unit that fits (here, a Linear in a new section of wall under the TV), a note on why that unit, and a range: the unit at list price, the build as a bracket, and what a site visit would confirm.
Where it goes
Start with the spot, not the product.
Six ways people say it. Find yours below; each one has its own page with what fits, what the job includes and what it costs.
01 of 06
We have an old fireplace we never use.
Optimyst Revive, a 25-inch insert with its own water drawer and a fan heater. Gas capped, chimney blocked, a circuit into the opening, set and trimmed.
Unit $2,699.99 + build $700–1,500
The old-fireplace page
02 of 06
We're doing a feature wall or media wall.
Optimyst Linear 46, 66 or 86 in, the glass-fronted Pro Box, or the plumbed e-MatriX. A framed chase, the air path, the circuit, and the wall itself.
Unit $6,400–10,500 + wall $5–15k
The media-wall page
03 of 06
We're adding a half wall or opening up the plan.
Optimyst Aura, one box that installs one-, two- or three-sided, with a pull-out water drawer and optional heat; or the e-MatriX bay.
Unit $5,299.99 + build $3–6k
The half-wall page
04 of 06
We're doing the kitchen, the island or a bar.
Optimyst RGB Cassette, plumbed and hardwired into the counter: the Islandfire package. Cutout, fire cabinet, water, power, air, install.
Typically $7,500–12,000 installed
The island and bar page
05 of 06
No wall work: a piece of furniture, a condo, a cabin.
A console or plinth built around the cassette with its own tank, delivered and set; or the Mapleton stove, which plugs in.
Console $6.5–8k · stove $2,599.99
The furniture page
06 of 06
It's a restaurant, hotel or bar.
Cassettes in a row on one water manifold, Pro Box or Linear runs, spec support for your designer, and a service plan.
Quoted per project
The commercial page
How it works
Mist, lit from below.
A tray of water, a fine mist, and light. It reads as fire from across the room and feels like nothing at all when you put your hand through it.
The flame is water
An ultrasonic disc turns water into a fine mist and light shapes it into flames that move the way real ones do, with a little smoke that drifts and dissolves. Nothing burns; the flame itself uses about 230 to 270 watts.
Water and power, nothing else
Either a drawer you refill or a line a plumber ties in, and a 120 V circuit. No gas, no venting, no chimney. Five of the seven formats add a fan heater you can run or ignore.
Cool to the touch
No open flame, no hot glass on the flame-only units, nothing to burn a child or a pet. It can sit in a counter with people leaning on it, in a half wall you brush past, in a room with no venting at all.
What it is
The fire is a Dimplex Optimyst, the water-vapour flame you have seen in hotel lobbies and restaurant bars. Dimplex makes it in seven formats, from a 20-inch cassette to an 86-inch linear. We did not invent the flame and we don't pretend to; what we make is everything around it: the opening, the water, the power, the air, the finish, the install. How it works, at length · which unit goes where.
Pricing
The unit costs the same everywhere. The build is the difference.
Dimplex sets one advertised price on every Optimyst unit, so we show it as its own line and never mark it up. What we quote is the work around it.
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The unit, at Dimplex's list price. Shown on every page in this site, in dollars, with the model number. It is the same number you would pay any dealer.
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The build, as a range. Framing, trades, finishes and our design and install work. Ranges until we have seen the room; the range on each page says what moves the number.
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Fixed before work starts. After the site visit you get one price, and nothing is ordered until you have agreed to it. The full pricing page has every line side by side.
Before you decide
What living with it is like.
The things we would want to know before spending this on a room. Each line page has its own list; these are true of all of them.
- It is mist, so it needs a regular clean.
You lift the top plate and wipe the tray and the small metal disc that makes the mist, with soap and water. A few minutes, every two to four weeks depending on the unit and your water. It is the one habit that keeps the flame full.
- Calgary water is hard.
Dimplex says to use softened or filtered water. Plumbed installs get a quick-change softening cartridge; drawer units get a jug of filtered water and a slightly more frequent clean.
- Not every unit heats.
The Linear, Aura, Revive, Mapleton and Pro Box have fan heaters. The 20-inch cassette and the e-MatriX are flame only. If warmth matters, it changes which unit we suggest.
- It breathes.
Every unit needs a stated fresh-air path, from 40 square inches under a cassette to 160 under the biggest Linear. We build it in; a wall or a cabinet that seals the unit off starves the flame and voids the warranty.
- Drafts flatten it.
Like a candle. Not under a range hood, not in the path of a register or a door that stays open. Where a spot is exposed we add a low glass guard, or choose the glass-fronted Pro Box.
- Nothing goes above the flame.
The vapour needs open air over it. A TV over a heated unit follows the TV maker's own over-heater rule; we plan the height at the design stage, not on install day.
- Water: refill or plumbed, decide early.
A drawer you fill is simple and needs no plumber. A plumbed line means never thinking about it, but it wants a cold line within reach and a shutoff you can get to. The form asks, because it decides the unit.
- Best planned, not squeezed in.
During a renovation or a new build, all of this is easy. Into a finished wall or a finished counter it is possible, but it is quoted case by case with the trades on site.
See it in my space
Send a photo of the spot.
You get it back with the fire in it, plus a rough price for the build that fits. Usually within a couple of days. No obligation and no sales calls unless you ask for one.
- 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 people ask.
Is a water-vapour fireplace safe?
Yes. The flame is water mist lit from below; there is no combustion, no hot glass on the flame-only units, and you can pass a hand through it. Every Dimplex Optimyst unit is a listed appliance (UL 2021 / CSA C22.2 No. 46) and we install it unmodified so its listing and warranty stay intact. The heated units have a fan heater with a front vent, like any electric fireplace.
Does it heat the room?
Five of the seven Optimyst formats have a fan heater you can run or leave off: the Linear, Aura, Revive, Mapleton and Pro Box. Two are flame only: the 20-inch cassette and the e-MatriX. The heaters are supplemental, roughly a space heater's worth (up to about 1,000 sq ft on the Aura and Revive per Dimplex, about 400 sq ft on the Mapleton), not a furnace.
What does it cost to run?
The flame itself draws about 230 to 270 watts, a few cents an hour at Alberta rates, plus a small amount of water. Running a heater adds what any 1,000 to 2,400 watt electric heater costs.
Where does the water come from?
Two ways. Drawer or reservoir units (Revive, Aura, Mapleton, and the Linear and cassette if you choose) are refilled by hand with softened or filtered water. Plumbed units (the e-MatriX always; the Linear, Pro Box and cassette with Dimplex's plumb kit) tie into a cold line and top themselves up. Calgary water is hard, so plumbed installs get a softening cartridge and drawer units get filtered water.
Do I need a gas line or a chimney?
No gas, no venting, no chimney. If you are replacing a gas fireplace, a licensed gas fitter caps the line and the old chimney is cleaned and blocked off, as Dimplex's Revive manual requires. Every unit needs a 120 V circuit; the Linear takes 240 V for full heat.
Can I have one in a condo?
Usually, yes. It is electric, needs no venting and burns nothing, which is why many towers only allow electric fireplaces. Check your board's rules on plumbing and electrical changes; the Mapleton stove and a console with its own tank need neither.
Can a TV go above it?
Often, with care. For the heated units Dimplex's rule is the television maker's own rule for mounting over a heater. On every unit the vapour rises a short way and dissolves, so we keep a clear zone above the flame and set the TV height with that in mind at the design stage. On a media wall the Linear is the usual choice under a TV.
Which one fits my old fireplace?
The Optimyst Revive, a 25-inch insert with its own refill drawer and a fan heater. It needs an opening at least 25-1/4 in wide, 25 in high and 12 in deep, and Dimplex sells two trim kits (36 by 32 and 40 by 35 in) to cover the old opening around it. Bigger openings get a facing, quoted.
Is it noisy?
There is a small fan that moves the mist; in a very quiet room you may hear it. Dimplex rates the Aura and Mapleton at 50 dB. The crackle sound effect is optional and can stay off. A heater fan sounds like any fan heater.
What is the warranty?
Every Optimyst unit carries Dimplex's two-year limited warranty, which we keep intact by installing exactly as the manual describes. Workmanship terms for the build are set out in your quote.