Polgate
Brighton
BELLFIRES VENTO CLASSIC
Mr & Mrs R from Maidstone came to us
looking for a feature fireplace in their new house. When they visited
the showroom they quickly found the item that was to become the
centrepiece of the house; our stunningly realistic & highly
efficient Vento Classic package. This fire has outputs up to 8kw and an
efficiency rating of 80% meaning it can be used to heat the living room
comfortably, while sending additional ambient heating to the rest of
the house. In this case the fire was installed with the simplest 'Up
& Out' Flue System but the fire can also be installed with a flue to
other outside walls, out through the roof or into a traditional chimney
stack.
BARBAS VENTO 70
Mr & Mrs C from Eastbourne came to us needing a
solution to their existing fire that was causing them a number of
problems. Their fan-flued inset gas fire was so noisy that it was
causing a nuisance to their adjoining neighbour and was so inefficient
that all the heat it did produce was sent straight upstairs. Our
clients were now looking for something more modern and with the boundary
behind being too close for current gas regulations it was decided that
the best option was to install a fire with a vertical balanced flue. Our Vento 70 fits the bill perfectly, solving all of the problems whilst
only taking up the floorspace of the previous fire surround. The new
false wall gives the room character and houses a very efficient, high
output gas fire that is stunningly realistic, silent and even works in a
power cut!
RIVA 2
Mr & Mrs K of St Leonards visited the showroom looking to
get a contemporary gas fire with a high enough output to heat a large
room, and the wow factor that does justice to their contemporary living
space. The biggest obstacle we faced was that many newer build
properties do not have a wide enough or high enough opening to
accommodate the type of fires our client required. Therefore, it was
decided that in order to fulfil all of our client’s requirements we
would install a balanced flue fire in front of the wall, sending the
flue gases out through the disused chimney. This stunning frameless
fire was then built around using fire-rated partitioning to create a
contemporary wall that even allowed for their television to be built in
beside the fire.
Yeoman Exe & CL5
Mr & Mrs W of Crowborough visited the showroom
looking to replace open fires in their living and dining rooms with
high output, high efficiency woodburning stoves. They were looking for
similar outputs that would allow any excess heat to disperse upstairs,
but give two completely different looks. The living room has been
finished in a traditional style with brick slip interior coupled with
our Yeoman Exe double door stove, while the render finish compliments
the more modern CL5 perfectly. Our experience in project management and
quality of workmanship means that we can carry out this type of job
from start to finish; as well as style any of our stoves with beam
fascias, floating shelves and complete marble or stone fireplaces.
Yeoman Exmoor Balanced Flue
Mr ** of Battle came to us looking for a
Woodburning stove to be installed into a brick false chimney that had
been built at his property. It soon became apparent that clearance
requirements from combustible materials would mean that the timber beam
installed at the top of the opening would prevent a woodburning stove
being installed here. Further questions established that our client’s
key requirements were an aesthetically pleasing stove that was highly
efficient, and has a high enough output to heat the room on its own for
most of the year. The Balanced Flue Yeoman gas stove that we installed
met our client’s requirements for a fire, as well as satisfying the
manufacturers clearance requirements to enable it to be installed below
the beam.
CHILGROVE & PRESENCE
Mr & Mrs C of Crowborough visited the
showroom looking for a new fireplace feature that would do justice to
their brand new house. The biggest problem with new houses is that
quite often the opening at the bottom of the chimney is not large enough
to install the types of fires that many of our customers are looking
for and is extremely difficult to adjust. In this instance, after a
site survey to check suitability we were able to specify the Faber
Presence; a high efficiency built in gas fire that gives the impression
of an open fire but with the benefit of remote control and an efficiency
rating up to 75%. When combined with our hand carved Chilgrove
fireplace, this package provided the stunning feature our client was
looking for that maximised all of the available opening at the bottom of
the chimney.
Custom Limestone Fireplaces, Stovax Studio, Gazco Studio
Mr & Mrs H
from Penshurst came to us because our comprehensive range of
fireplaces, fires and stoves represented a one stop shop they could rely
on for the range of products they needed to complete their house
refurbishment. We installed a range of products here that included
decorative fireplaces for the family room and bedrooms, a grand open
fire for the main living room, a contemporary woodburner for the dining
room and finally a stunning modern feature that greets visitors in the
main entrance hall.
UNLIUX-3 55
Mr & Mrs L in a period property near Lewes came to us
keen to change the inside of their beautiful natural marble fireplace to
something that reduced draughts and gave an output that would heat
their large, chilly living room. Although the occasions that we can
carry out this type of installation is limited, in cases where houses
have irreplaceable fireplaces such as this we carry out careful
adjustments to ensure the new high efficiency product compliments the
original surround. The granite hearth and slips subtly link the divide
between old and new and this high output Barbas insert will ensure that
even when the fire is not used, the big draughts that sweep up a chimney
with an open fire are all but eliminated.