Ortal Front Facing FR 68 Gas Fireplace

Nearly six feet of fire, built into the wall like it was always there. Quick Facts • Viewing Area: 68″ wide • Fuel: Natural gas; propane with a conversion kit. • Controls: Handheld remote with thermostat, timer, and programmable settings; wall switch and app control available. • Heat Barrier: Your choice of protective mesh screen or double glass. Who It’s For Most gas fireplaces announce themselves—a metal frame, louvers, a box set into the wall. You want the opposite: a wide ribbon of flame sitting flush in the wall, with the room’s finishes running right up to it. You need a fireplace that disappears into the architecture and lets the fire do the talking. If you’re planning a feature wall in a new build or remodel and want the fire to be the first thing people notice, the Ortal Front Facing FR 68 is the one. It builds into a framed wall, so every install ends with finish work—tile, stone, plaster—carried to the edge of the glass. Choose a framed unit instead and you’ll always see the appliance before you see the fire. What Makes It Special The FR 68 is frameless. There’s no louver and no metal border—your tile, stone, or plaster runs right to the edge of the fire , so the flame reads as part of the wall instead of an appliance mounted on it. Ortal calls it clean European design; what you see is a wall with fire in it . The wall above uses passive cool wall technology, which means it stays cool enough to hang a TV or artwork directly above the fireplace —no mantel, no awkward offset. And the fire answers to a thermostatic remote: set the temperature and it holds the room there on its own, drops to a low glow in eco mode, or follows a weekly schedule you set once. Possible Downsides • The double glass version requires household power and won’t operate during a power outage. • The black reflective interior and interior lighting are options, not included. • It ships set up for natural gas; propane takes a conversion kit installed by a qualified technician. If you want the fire built into the wall instead of framed on it, the FR 68 is the right decision. The wall you’re planning becomes the room everyone ends up in. The FR 68 comes with your pick of five included log sets—standard, weathered driftwood, refractory clay, and short or long English logs—with bonfire, campfire, aspen, charred branch, and single-branch media, a black reflective interior, and interior lighting available.

Manuals & Spec Sheets

Documentation for this model is available in the showroom.