the story

our story

Fireaway has been in operation for 14 years proudly serving the Durham, Northumberland and surrounding areas. With a large array of fireplaces, outdoor products our team brings quality and a unique style to every customer we serve. Our team offer’s full furnace, air-conditioning and fireplace installations along with gas piping, WETT certifications and chimney sweeps. In addition to your fireplace needs, we also carry a large selection of BBQ’s and accessories. Carrying brand names like Napoleon, Jotul, Valcort, Valor, Decco, Harman and Big Green Egg we can provide quality for years of entertaining and enjoyment.

Fireaway opened its second location in March 2017 in Cobourg Ontario.

my story

Fireplaces started for me at a young age, growing up with family fully immersed within the hearth business.  I spent many late nights sitting up in the sugar shack with my dad tending to the wood stove along with tagging along for deliveries and sales calls, absorbing the industry first hand. My dad opened his first small shop in 1981 just a stones throw away in our family garage called the “Nestleton Stove Works” and that’s where it all began.

A few years later after leaving his factory job and taking on the hearth business full time my dad moved the garage store to a local shop in Port Perry. With the move to town came a new face for the company called Overridge Fireplace. My dad spend the next 10 years expanding his brand to include three retail locations and a large distribution network for the growing Napoleon brand.

For as long as I can remember my life has revolved around fireplaces. I started working around the shop at the age of 14 from cleaning old wood stoves to dealing with customers in the show rooms. From there installations began, working along side the crews learning the true “ins and outs” of the business hands on. Throughout my 6 years working along side my dad, I was given the opportunity to grow in many ways, learning from other store managers to opening the additional retail locations for my dad. This then gave me the confidence to venture out on my own and in 2004 Fire Away was born.

My siblings all followed in the similar path within the hearth industry, all with their own stories. Between the five us we have 12 stores and years of combined collaboration and experience shared amongst us to share with our customers.

With my passion and dedication to this industry, I want to invite you to help me continue our story.

Please visit our fully renovated showrooms today.

Warm Regards,

Nicholas Malcolm

our story

Fireaway has been in operation for 14 years proudly serving the Durham, Northumberland and surrounding areas. With a large array of fireplaces, outdoor products our team brings quality and a unique style to every customer we serve. Our team offer’s full furnace, air-conditioning and fireplace installations along with gas piping, WETT certifications and chimney sweeps. In addition to your fireplace needs, we also carry a large selection of BBQ’s and accessories. Carrying brand names like Napoleon, Jotul, Valcort, Valor, Decco, Harman and Big Green Egg we can provide quality for years of entertaining and enjoyment.

Fireaway opened its second location in March 2017 in Cobourg Ontario.

my story

Fireplaces started for me at a young age, growing up with family fully immersed within the hearth business.  I spent many late nights sitting up in the sugar shack with my dad tending to the wood stove along with tagging along for deliveries and sales calls, absorbing the industry first hand. My dad opened his first small shop in 1981 just a stones throw away in our family garage called the “Nestleton Stove Works” and that’s where it all began.

A few years later after leaving his factory job and taking on the hearth business full time my dad moved the garage store to a local shop in Port Perry. With the move to town came a new face for the company called Overridge Fireplace. My dad spend the next 10 years expanding his brand to include three retail locations and a large distribution network for the growing Napoleon brand.

For as long as I can remember my life has revolved around fireplaces. I started working around the shop at the age of 14 from cleaning old wood stoves to dealing with customers in the show rooms. From there installations began, working along side the crews learning the true “ins and outs” of the business hands on. Throughout my 6 years working along side my dad, I was given the opportunity to grow in many ways, learning from other store managers to opening the additional retail locations for my dad. This then gave me the confidence to venture out on my own and in 2004 Fire Away was born.

My siblings all followed in the similar path within the hearth industry, all with their own stories. Between the five us we have 12 stores and years of combined collaboration and experience shared amongst us to share with our customers.

With my passion and dedication to this industry, I want to invite you to help me continue our story.

Please visit our fully renovated showrooms today.

Warm Regards,

Nicholas Malcolm

Read the article about our family business here