Quite often here at Castfireplaces we get asked questions regarding installation and how to do things, we are fireplace retailers and know about the products we sell so can often give good advice. Today by email we were contacted about back filling a fireplace, “We bought a couple gallery cast iron gas fires from you
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Good Advice from customer regarding limestone fireplace fitting
We have had an email from one of our customers regarding a Lytton and Brompton Fireplace package we have sold them and they got conflicting advice from different fireplace installers and Building controls cleared it up for them. They go on to say Very reasonably priced against local suppliers. The delivery was excellent and came
Do we Paint Wooden Fireplaces to Customers Colours?
A customer rang me today at the workshop enquiring whether we could paint one of our our wooden fireplace mantels the same colour as the doors and skirting in her room. It is not something we undertake here at Castfirepaces there are so many shades of paint avaialble these days its impossible to match up
Eco Logs are they really worth buying
A massive market for solid fuel has opened up again over the last few years which has also seen a large increase in the sales of Eco Logs they seem to be sold at every corner shop and garage you visit. Now I love fire and I’m even happy splitting logs for our winter fuel
Can We Paint a Wooden Fireplace
A wooden fireplace is something that makes us all think of a Victorian fireplace and something that looks very traditional. The Victorians would have laughed at the way we have our timber and wooden mantels finished in a polished wax or oil to show the natural beauty of the wood. In larger Victorian homes marble
Cast Backs or Fibre Backs for Gas Fires
Good afternoon and I’m back sat in the office after loading our vans this morning at our warehouse in Langley Mill and I was catching up with a few emails and a customer’s enquiry made me stop and think. They were asking why we used a fibre back for gas use on our tiled fireplaces
Dont buy cheap flue liner online
With all things the internet has bargains galore to be found but recently we have come across a few customers having problems with cheap Chimney Lining Kits. It’s ok getting a bargain but make sure the products you are buying are good quality and in the case of flue it’s essential to get it right.
