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Guides

Guides are a good way of customers obtaining information from our fireplace website im a big believer in that NO question is stupid if you do not know the answer, whilst we always encourage our customers to contact us with questions by email or phone here we cover some basic topics.

Buying a fireplace or stove can seem quite a daunting process and here at Castfireplaces we want it to be simple without any fuss and ensure you have the perfect fire for your home. Advice contained here will explain fuel options, hearth choices and advice as to how ensure you get the correct person to fit your new fireplace or stove.

Granite Hearth for a Multi Fuel Stove

Quite often we get asked here at Castfireplaces if you can use a granite hearth when fitting it below a wood burning or multi fuel stove. I’m pleased to say the answer is yes but it’s not just any hearth the only way we will guarantee they will not crack is to section and slab

Backfilling a cast iron fireplace advice

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

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

Rebate Closure strips for use with Limestone Mantel

When using a Limestone Fireplace Mantel for fitting around a fireplace opening with a stove in normally you would use it with a set of slips or fireboard etc. to make it work correctly. But what if you wish to use the original opening in your fireplace you will need to buy some Limestone Closure

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

Sealing around a register plate is important

If you are fitting a stove to a class 1 chimney and are not using a flue liner as you are relying on the chimney breast to draw the fumes away its important you use a register plate. These are designed to seal the chimney breast to the flue pipe increasing the draw through the

Repairing a chip in a Limestone Fireplace

How to repair a chip in a limestone mantel is not as difficult as some would have you believe and is a job than can be simply done by anybody. Limestone is a soft natural stone and is machined to form our limestone fireplaces, it’s not a smooth stone so does have flaws and fossils

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