From the traditional to the contemporary, a minimalist design or a specially designed roomset, a stone fireplace fits in perfectly with almost any setting. All you need to find is the best stone whether that’s marble or limestone, and the right shade to suit your interior – put them together and you have got a
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Cast Iron & Victorian Fireplace Ideas
Nothing gives that wow factor more than a property that is complete with its original period features, from cornishes to the woodwork and picture rails to the fireplaces, however not everyone is so lucky to have this luxury, but there’s ways around it. We offer a range of Victorian and Edwardian Fireplaces as well as
Stove Fireplace Ideas
Add charm and character to your living space with a stove fireplace – the perfect blend of traditional old world charm and efficient heating, whilst also providing a full view of the fire. Whether it’s a country cottage look you’re after with a stone hearth, log basket and traditional fireplace surround or a sleek ultra
Modern & Contemporary Fireplace Ideas
There is nothing more inviting than a fireplace, no other piece of furniture in the house can make you feel so warm, cosy and relaxed. However having a fireplace doesn’t mean you have to keep it traditional, today there are many different styles of fireplaces, from the modern, with simple geometric lines to stylish contemporary
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