The fireplaces we sell from the Gallery range are made from 100% natural stone and too some extent are porous so will need sealing to protect them.
Limestone is the worst and is extremely porous and anything will stain it simply brushing dirty hands over it will leave a mark and also with it being light marks can be seen very easily.
With marble its more of a polished smoother finish which closes the grain although it is still porous and can also be stained simply.
The Carrara marble we sell is a light marble with a grey vein that runs through it so would also show up any marks althougth it is a smoother stone it is more difficult to stain but if you were to spill say red wine on it it will soak into the marble.
So how do you protect your new fireplace surround i hear you ask we sell two types of Stone Sealer on our website.
The Gallery Stone Sealer and the Lithofin Stain Stop Sealer are ideal for protecting your new stone fireplace.
These products are simple to apply and will soak into the stone and from a protective barrier so nothing will soak into the stones, if liquids are spilt they still need to mopped away as soon as possible so do not allow anything to sit on the surface.
So if you do own a marble or limestone fireplace mantel be sure to seal it after or before installation to ensure it looks great for years to come.
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Marble Fireplaces do they need sealing too
Wednesday, June 15th, 2011A contemporary fireplace could improve the look of your room
Friday, May 6th, 2011Often when we are redesigning a room, we make our decisions about décor based on the appearance of the fireplace. This makes a lot of sense, but if you feel like you are going to be stuck with a design that you’re not really that happy with as a result of that fireplace, you can always change it. It is a fairly significant job, but this will allow you free rein to make the room look exactly how you want.
Home décor has generally become more minimalist in recent years. Extravagant decoration is a thing of the past for many people, which means that in an older home, the fireplace may look somewhat out of place if it dates back a few years.
Modern fireplace designs are generally a lot simpler, with the emphasis on the quality of the materials used, whether natural stone or manufactured. Clean, straight lines are common and there will generally be little or no decoration – perhaps just a slight refinement of edges and corners. If your home is generally decorated in a contemporary style, you should get a fireplace that complements that.
Take a look at our range of Modern Fireplaces and see what we have to offer you.
How to repair a chip on limestone fireplace shelf
Friday, September 24th, 2010A customer of ours has contacted us today to ask us some advice on how to repair a very small chip on the edge of the Brompton Agean Limestone Mantel shelf as they had caught it whilst fitting it.
I asked them to send me a photo to see how bad the damage was and when it came through luckily it had the samllest chip along the front edge of the shelf.
I quickly rang them back telling them it could be simply be solved with some sandpaper and to sand the three face edges adding a new flat edge to them with a block of wood.
Ten minutes later Mr R rang back to say how pleased he was with his handiwork and that it even passed the visual inspection from his wife.
I reminded him to reseal the shelf with the lithofin limestones sealer and he proudly told me it had already been done.
So all has ended well and the limestone mantel i presume has been fitted with no further damage and again we have another very happy customer.
So please be careful when fitting your new limestone fireplace as they can be damaged easily and simple repairs are not always possible to make an invisible repair.
We are here to give you free advice and help so contact us any time
Crates of Fireplaces and Wooden Surrounds Arrive
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010It was like a scene of devastation at our factory today when 1st thing this morning we had some cast iron fireplaces delivered which were promptly unloaded by the forklift and john was back on his way to our suppliers to relaod his van with all the other things we need to dispatch this week.
After that little job had been done we had a load of Oak Mantels some made to measure that have been done whilst i have been on holiday arrive that were also unloaded and stacked away with customers names on to be despatched this week.
Friday we have all the Pine Bedfords and Worcester mantels arriving that have been made too and this is really just in time as i have let stocks drop a little low whilst i have been away.
Just to top it off all the extra Stoves we have ordered to increase our stock levels are arriving too this week and will be stacked in new Factory awaiting dispatch.
Luckily for us we have use of this building till the sale is completed otherwise i have no idea where i would have put it all.
Along with the Limestone Mantels that are due any day now we are really full of stock ready in time for the “Heating Season”.
All office work is now up to date with all the weeks routes planned and it is a very busy week so i only have Sundays customers to ring tomorrow regarding the Souths 3 delivery runs and then all is complete.
Thats not bad at all two days to catch up im pleased with that but i did cheat again and come in early this morning before the phone starts ringing it does give me a chance to get things sorted.
Im out delivering Fireplaces and Stoves around Birmingham tomorrow as there are too many for Stuarts Friday Run to the South west and South Wales.
So im back around lunchtime so untill thenm you will get the Lovely Rhian answering phone.
All the hard work for new fireplaces is done
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010After beavering away for most of the day apart from meeting customers at the workshop i have today completed all the hard work for our new fireplace packages from altering all our current limestone listings with the new mantel sizes and doing all the dimension drawings.
All this work is hidden unfortunately so im now sat in my office thinking what exactly have i done today ive added a couple of brand new products but thats all our customers can see im afraid.
If i look a little closer all the new items are in our admin section they just need options adding and photograpahs attaching to the text so im sure all the hard work is done.
Anyone who has anything to do with websites will know how tedious and time consuming it is if its just a couple of things its great and really quick but when adding over 50 now packages (with mantel size changes) it makes for quite a few days work.
Still it will be worth it i have added our New Monarch Arched insert cast with the Brompton surround which is due into stock around October and added this to the item so customers can view it but orders will be refused untill it is in stock.
This gives our customers a chance to view new products and it will be changed once we have shipping arrival date so they can be pre-ordered online.
Speaking of pre-ordering i have today ordered some new thing related to our website and i will explain more when it is confirmed they are arriving cant wait for that.
So expect to see many new items being listed Thursday and Friday and hopefully come the weekend it will all be online.
Oh forgot to say within 30 minutes yesterday of adding 48″ Brompton package to our website we sold one to
Mrs S of Windsor who will be the first to take delivery of new mantel even before mine arrives at home to replace our pembroke.
Introducing the New 42″ and 48″ Agean Brompton Limestone Mantel
Monday, July 19th, 2010So at last the new brompton mantel arrives in the 42″ and 48″ versions we have been waiting for and im sure you will agree it has well worth been waiting for.
It opens up a whole new option of limestone surrounds that have previously only been available in 48″ versions and larger to customers with smaller chimneys.
So now if you do have a small chimney breast and you want to use a limestone surround we do have an option for you not only in the brompton mantel but also the Ripley and our new plain corbel design.
Im the same at home i have a 48″ pembroke fireplace on my 50″ chimney breast and Rhian already tells me this is being removed and new 48″ Brompton limestone going in its place with the Henley arched insert.
So we do have them in stock ready to go with more arriving shortly and today i will be adding pictures and size options to our website so they will be available to buy from later today.
Im 100% sure these will become a great fast seller of ours and at the price we sell them for they are an absolute bargian.
Just one more thing they are 100% solid agean limestone which is a natural product so rest assured we do not compromise on quality to deliver our outstanding prices.
Take a look at the preview photo below as to what is heading into our front room
Brompton Limestone Fireplace Completes the Job
Monday, June 7th, 2010Here at Cast Fireplaces we do supply individual surrounds in limestone and timber and also Cast iron all these are to be found in our Mantels and Surrounds section where you can choose whichever mantel you require in numerous finishes and sizes.
The reason we sell these seperately is because a few of our customers just decide to change the mantel or have other bits they wish to use.
Today’s little article is exactly what this is about we had a website order a couple of weeks ago for just a 51″ Brompton limestone mantel which was delivered to Benson to a Mrs McCulloch.
When i rang to confirm order she told me she had a granite panel and hearth set from elsewhere and an electric fire and asked if 51″ Brompton would fit.
As she had ordered hearth elsewhere it was a 48″ one which was not 100% right (should have been 51″) but as i explained it will fit on physically but may look a little strange.
Anyway she was happy with this and surround was delivered by me and she was showing me photos on a website with shelves and storage units around it with this limestone fireplace as the centrepiece and this is what she wanted to create.
On delivering she asked me if i knew any fireplace fitters which i do and could i let her have some details, so numbers exchanged i went on my way to next calls and then i have phonecall from Tony thanking me for another job and then email today of fitted fireplace with the following comments
Dear Mark,
“We are thrilled and delighted with the fireplace, Tony fitted it and did a brilliant job.see pix.”
Regards, Emma.
So have a look at the photo i was sent and im looking forward to seeing it with all storage units fitted round it and im gald another customer has found shopping at Castfireplaces a great experience
Granite Slips for a Limestone Mantel
Friday, May 21st, 2010Can you supply a set of made to measure granite slips for a limestone mantel you have supplied me was the first question asked me this morning at 8.45 am just before we set off to Blackpool.
The answer of course is yes we can make slip sets to suit and mantel we supply and can also manufacture them to any size.
As the Brompton Limestone Mantel we have supplied has a 3″ rebate they will need to be made in an L Section with the return leg being 75mm to fit flush with his wall.
This is pretty standard and a normal thing to do and if mentioned when ordering they could have arrived with the surround.
It seems recently a few of our customers have been ordering Limestone and Timber mantlels on there own and as we are not always aware how you intend to use them we are going to start asking a few questions when we ring to confirm order to make sure its suitable for what you intend to use it for.
This of course should stop any confusion regarding rebates etc.
We can also offer a set of Agean Limestone Returns which can be gripfilled or marble glued onto existing surround if customers intend to use limestone mantel and do not require granite slips or wish to have matching material.
This basically forms a near invisible rebate which will then fit flush to the wall.
I have done this many times before and will take some photos next time so our customers can see exactly what i mean.
Right off to Blackpool now bags are packed and im just waiting to be picked up.
New Limestone Fireplace Mantel Sizes Approved
Wednesday, May 19th, 2010Today we have had a good afternoon with our fantastic suppliers sorting out and approving the new sizes for the new range of Limestone Mantels we have now ordered for delivery in around 12 Weeks just in time for the start of Heating Season.
Im not going to go in to too much detail until they arrive as it always nice to keep a few surprises for our competitors as to exactly what we are planning.
I know they read our blog everyday to see what we are up to as they seem to be so short of ideas for themselves you know who you are.
Anyway there are some new mantels and a few alterations to some existing ones and also some size additions to some already popular sellers.
This will then make our range of Limestone Mantels the biggest and most diverse on the market and offer our customers the largest choice in both sizes and style.
There is also a new range of White Marble arriving too but up to now we are going to try them in the Flat Victorian “Brompton Style” mantel and see how they go.
Some of these mantels have been designed to fit with our New Coronet Highlighted Fireplace which has also been ordered and will be with us quite quickly and will feature very heavily on our website and in our showroom.
I am pretty sure this new fireplace is going to be a really big seller so i have ordered plenty of them as with all our items we do like to keep them in stock for collections and quick delivery.
So i will let you know more when i have some images to show you and until then im afraid its a secret.
Busy day Delivering Limestone Fireplaces
Sunday, May 16th, 2010Hello got back form London at 12.45 pm today after doing my 5 drops in Oxford, Gerrards Cross, New Malden, Sandy and Great Oakley.
As is normal we had full vans going out again this week and every fireplace delivery myself and Stuart has done seemed to have a Limestone or Jura-stone Surround.
Now i dont mind the size and weight of the them but it is impossible to deliver 10 limestone sets on 1 van due to weight of around 1.2 tonnes for those alone.
So we split it into two delivery runs with me on the left side and Stu on the Right coming up the right hand side.
Of course being the boss i had the easy run (well quickest) but im sure the heaviest as my van was groaning this morning going up hills on my way to Oxford.
I was out the door at 5.15 am as i had an early 7am delivery theres nothing like a limestone package to wake you up at 7am when it needs to be delivered.
So all dropped off and back home for 12.45 pm i wish it was the same each week but it never is ask Stu he has an 11 hour day via Lancing, Leigh on Sea and Cambrdige etc with quite a few others in between.
He never moans just gets on with and i can honestly say he will be as happy at his last drop of the day as he was on his first thats the way he is.
So if you wish to meet any of our friendly Fireplace delivery team just order online and we will soon be heading your way.