Adding a living flame cast iron fireplace to a room can really add that ‘wow’ factor you might have been looking for. But with so many different designs available, how can you be sure what fireplace will work well in the room?

The size of your chimney breast

Perhaps the first thing to consider when choosing a cast iron fireplace is the size of the room in which it is going to be installed. The fireplace will be installed in your chimney breast, so it’s best to check the dimensions of this before you make your choice. Chimney breast dimensions can differ from home to home, so it’s always worth checking this before you buy a fireplace which is too large for the space you have.

Tiles or no tiles

This is purely down to personal preference, but the tiles in the fire can work well with the décor in your home if you choose appropriately. It’s worth noting that fireplaces that have tiles are usually wider that those that do not.

The cast iron fireplace finish

Not all cast iron fireplaces are finished with a matt black effect. On some, the detail can be of a high gloss polished effect and on others the whole fire can polished to provide a striking high gloss finish.

With so many different beautiful designs to choose from, we hope that these tips will be able to narrow down your options.

Hello back again from my delivery run to the Sunny south and again today it was nice and sunny. On my way home i delivered an Amsterdam Highlighted Fireplace for solid fuel use to a customer in Cannon Hill Coventry.
Whilst unloading the fireplace she started to tell me a little tale about the trouble she had with her local fireplace shop in ordeing this item.
First off he wanted her to order the Tulip Blue Ivory tiles which he had on display with this item and not the July Yellow tiles she wanted.
Anyway thats not the good part she ordered it from them and paid a deposit with him telling her it would take two weeks to come into stock.
Now we both order gallery fireplaces from the same company and our replacement for the stock item arrived to our suppliers last week a few days after we ordered it so there was no problem with delivery.
So eight weeks later still no fireplace she contacts said fireplace centre to find out when the Amsterdam is arriving to be told that they had been burgled and the Amsterdam has been broken in the burglary and that they cant order another for around 1 month etc.
Thinking on her feet she demanded a refund which was given promptly to be fair and after ordering it on our website last saturday i delivered it today.
Anyway the moral of the story is why lie to your customers there was no reason it could not be delivered the customer now thinks your going bankrupt as you have decreased showrooms from two to one and now can not supply fireplaces to people who want to pay you.
How strange is that you did all the difficult work but your loss is my gain thankyou very much and also our customer is very please saving over £150 and getting the item with no fuss

Last week we were asked if we can deliver to the Isle of Wight a Crown 40″ x 40″ cast iron arched fireplace complete with a granite hearth and an Electric Insert.
We do not delivery to the Isle of Wight its just to time consuming and expensive to travel by ferry there and as we dont sell many there its just not economical to do.
Anyway we do have a solution we have sent things before on pallets to Isle of Wight and have used a great shipping agent that will collect from us.
So we explained this to Mr Morgan and he has come back to us with his own collection and delivery company and asked us if we can wrap it up safe on a pallet for him.
So order placed and items are in stock now ready to be collected so tomorrow morning i will get wrapping and packing this up for collection.
I am becoming quite an expert at wrapping up items and the amount of bubble wrap we use on all our small items we send in the post has been commented on many timees
So if you live in the Isle of Wight, Man or any other island we dont deliver there by our own vehicles but can normally sort out a pallet delivery for you with the minimum of fuss