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Business Profile Warmstone Fireplaces and Designs By abbie digel
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LIVINGSTON—“It’s just better,” is the typical reasoning behind heating a house with a Tulikivi fireplace. The structures, made in Finland out of soapstone, are a very efficient and environmentally friendly way to heat any home or space. Ron Pihl, owner of Warmstone Fireplaces and Designs, opened his business in Livingston in 1981. A resident of Paradise Valley and a mason since 1979, Pihl has become the only distributor of Tulikivi fireplaces in the Rocky Mountain Region.
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Tulikivi fireplaces are the top-selling products out of Pihl’s showroom in Livingston. When these masonry heaters are burned three to four hours a day, they put out as many BTUs (a British thermal unit used to measure heat) as a wood stove would all day long, Pihl said. The soapstone stoves burn wood hot and fast, capturing the heat and slowly releasing it as radiant heat. It’s a more comfortable and safer kind of warmth, Pihl said, comparing it to radiant floor heating. “It’s like sunshine,” he added. Pihl’s business imports the Tulikivis from Finland, where they’re manufactured and tested. Having adapted to a radically cold climate, the manufacturers have found that using soapstone for the fireplaces is “genius. It captures heat and uses wood more efficiently,” says Pihl. Pihl visits Finland every other year to learn about the newest Tulikivi heating technologies.
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