Preferably before ordering a new fireplace and certainly before fitting a new fireplace it is important to have your chimney swept and even tested to ensure it can be used. It is an important part of fireplace fitting to have it swept because if it has not been used for a while it can be
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New Oak Fireplace Mantels have arrived
Well months and months ago I ordered 50 oak mantels to come into stock in a unwaxed version of our Large Corbel Mantel and also and unwaxed version of the Edinburgh. This has been done because I have never been 100% happy with the waxed finish they previously had applied to them, I’m a big
How to store wood and season it for burning
We can’t chop down a tree every time we need some wood for our fireplace and nor would that work anyway. Trees are predominantly water and that is not the best ingredient when building a fire, so we have to store wood in order that it can dry out. In general, hardwoods are best. Oak,
Oiled oak fireplace mantels
The Oak mantels we sell on our website are finished how oak should be finished some of our competitors wax oak, now why the hell would you do this Oak is one of the finest woods around and to wax it should be a crime. Nothing shows the features better of an oak surround than
How do you get antique pine finish for your wooden fireplaces
Here at Castfireplaces we manufacture most of our timber or wooden fireplaces that we sell via our showroom and also via our website. The oak ones are oiled which I will explain more about tomorrow but the pine mantels we sell are stained and waxed with our secret recipe stain and Morrells Morewax. So a
How to fix our Concealed Fixing Brackets for Fireplace Surrounds
With all the wooden fireplace packages we sell on our website we supply a set of fixing brackets for these free of charge so our customers have all they need to fix the wooden mantel to the wall. We also sell these on our website for customers who have wooden fireplaces and require some
Castfireplaces Granite Cheaper than B&Q
Here at Castfireplaces we sell granite hearths and panels on our website these are made from Grade A Absolute black granite which is the best quality you can buy. At B&Q the granite they supply is more expensive than ours and the quality is nowhere near as good, I know this as I have been
Cast iron Fireplace for a flat wall
Good evening just a quick post before we have friends round this evening and I have just come off the phone to a customer asking if they can use the Pembroke Full Polished Fireplace Package for electric use on a flat wall. I’m afraid the answer is no but another online retailer has told her
Stove Glass Cleaner is best for cleaning stove door
On our website we have various care products most of which we have used in our showroom to test to see how they work and if they are any good. So this week we have tried the Stove Glass Cleaner on our Firefox 12 Multi Fuel Stove which we have on display in our showroom. As a