Hall St Firepit
Important Safety
NEVER pour liquid fuel over an open flame. NEVER fill an appliance/burner directly from the fuel bottle, risk of explosion, always use a spout or jerry can.
Usage Steps
Booking Process
- The Fire Pit must be booked within the allocated times via Building Link > Amenities Reservations.
- There is No Deposit for the use of the Fire Pit however there is a cost for fuel.
- The Fire Pit may only be started by a staff member and must be extinguished by the close of Level 4, currently to 10pm Mon-Sun. Users must extinguish the fire as per instructions, by placing the lid over flu to extinguish the flame. BM to manage unspent fuel. If weekend, residents must fill and light, so extra caution to be noted.
- Only fuel to be provided by Building Management should be used; residents must purchase the fuel from BM.
- The booking will be accepted on completion of Jot form and that the resident has read the safety information and watch the videos.
- BM to remind about safety at the time of lighting or fuel pickup if weekend.
Filling the firepit with fuel
Decanting must be performed in a well-ventilated area to ensure that any spillage is easily contained and away from any ignition source.
NOTE: Never fill the burner using a vessel that does not have the Spill Proof Safety Spout attached. The burner should ONLY be filled following one of the two methods outlined below.
Video below shows how to fill the firepit.
Option A. Using a Jerry Can:
- Remove the nozzle from your Jerry Can.
- Carefully decant the fuel from the bottle into the Jerry Can through its opening, avoiding spillage (you may need to decant multiple bottles depending on the packaging volume purchased). If spillage occurs, clean thoroughly before proceeding.
- Re-screw the cap tightly back onto the Jerry Can to contain fuel and avoid accidental spillage.
- Test that it is closed securely before moving away from your decanting area.
- You are ready to approach the Burner
Option B: Using the e-NRG fuel bottle:
- Remove the cap from the fuel bottle.
- Attach the adapter to the fuel bottle. WARNING: Fuel containers without flame arresters, if used improperly, can result in the inflammation of the fuel within the container, which may cause personal injury or property damage. Never fill the burner directly from the fuel bottle, risk of explosion.
- Attach the Spill Proof Safety Spout to the adapter. Test that it is closed securely before moving away from your decanting area.
- You are ready to approach the Burner.
Lighting the firepit
See video below on lighting the flame.
- Dip the lighting rod tip into the chamber opening “Burner zone” to wet the end.
- Lift the lighting rod away from the Burner (do not drip fuel on the floor).
- Ignite the lighter and make contact with the lighting rod as if lighting a candle.
- Dip the ignited lighting rod back into the Burner zone to ignite the contained fuel.
- Allow residual flame on lighting rod to burn out.
Safety & Guidelines
Safety Information
- Keep children away from open flames. Communicate to children if present the dangers of fires and the heat generated from them. Parents are solely responsible for their children.
- Do not insert of fill firepit with anything other than fuel provided by BM.
- Do not drop black rocks into the burner
- Do not touch metal surfaces during use or immediately after use - surfaces can be hot to touch.
- Be aware of where the nearest fire extinguisher is located.
- Be aware of loose-fitting clothes around naked flames.
- Never leave a fire in the firepit unattended. Make sure it is completely out before leaving the area.
- The firepit is not for cooking food.
- Be aware that ethanol fires do produce CO2 (carbon dioxide), the amount spent is very low levels from an open firepit, and represents little harm.
- Using the firepit is at your own risk.
How much burn time and capacity?
The burner installed at Hall St Level 4 Entertainment Deck is an EcoSmart AB8, using 5L of fuel will give you approx. 5hrs of burn time.
EcoSmart would recommend at least 5L to get the full flame effect. Note the burner will start with a lower blue flame initially until the ethanol is heated. After around 5-10min will start to produce a nice big vibrate orange flame.
What type of fuel should be used?
EcoSmart recommends the e-NRG Bioethanol fuel, this can be purchased direct from BM at time of making booking request. Fuel Costs: 5L - $25 + transaction fee via BuildingLink Payment button.
Bioethanol vs. Ethanol
There are common misconceptions about the differences between Bioethanol and Ethanol. We get asked all the time if Bioethanol is more environmentally friendly than Ethanol, and the answer isn’t that straightforward.
In essence, Ethanol is grain alcohol. Chemically speaking, Bioethanol and Ethanol are the exact same compound as the chemical formula is identical. The difference between the two lies with the method in which they have been made.