Below are a couple of examples of projects of varying size that we have recently undertaken:
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Case Study 1 - Birstwith Harrogate
Wood Burning Stove & New Fireplace in converted barn

This job involved removal of an existing gas fire and fireplace in a large living room in a barn conversion near Harrogate and opening up an existing chimney breast and installing a wood burning stove - see images left.

The existing fire and fireplace were carefully removed and we opened up a large recess in what was a solid chimney breast. We lined the cavity with reclaimed bricks and used reclaimed Yorkshire stone to the face of the opening up to the underside of an oak beam with the hearth formed using reclaimed Yorkshire sandstone flags.

The existing gas fire flue was lined with a flexible stainless steel flue to maximise efficiency of the flue and a Euroheat Harmony 23 wood burning stove installed by our HETAS approved installer. A small air vent was also installed to the outer wall.

This Harmony stove also supports a remote control system which enables control of the fire from the comfort of a sofa or it can be set to automatically control fire output to maintain the specified room temperature - all you do is keep the fire adequately fuelled.

See this case study review on our Customer Testimonials page.
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Case Study 2 - How Hill Cottages - Fountains Abbey, Ripon
Multiple Wood Burning Stove and Fireplace Installation for the National Trust

Further to a recent commission via the main contractors (Wm Birch), we worked for the National Trust at a property near Fountains Abbey called How Hill Farm. This was a restoration/renovation project of the old farm with conversion into five individual holiday cottages.

The installation was interesting from the point of view that the main contractor built the brick fireplaces and it was left to ourselves to supply and install a prefabricated insulated flue system which tends to be a very efficient method of building a Class I chimney. One of the various advantages of this system is that an installation can usually be completed within a day. This particular installation involved the flue system being built into a dummy chimney breast but occasionally this very same flue system is made a feature of in the more contemporary installations we get involved in.

Each of the stoves in this installation had the latest in cleanburn technology which, of course, in this current climate is a very green issue. The particular stove used was a Farndale and provides an efficiency rating in excess of 83%
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Case Study 3 - Rockcliffe Hall, nr Darlington
Multiple Chimney Piece Installation

A recent instruction was given to us by an interior designer in the midlands for work to be completed at the prestigious golf and country club – Rockliffe Hall near Darlington. We were involved in the supply and installation of new chimney pieces in the old hall bedrooms throughout the top floor and also carried out the restoration of the original chimney pieces in the ground floor along with supplying various individual antique fire baskets. We also installed a bespoke hand carved stone chimney piece within the entrance hall of which is to work with a solid fuel fire giving all of the clients a warm welcome in the hotel.

The interesting point of this installation was that this particular new chimney piece backs onto the original chimney piece within the dining room and a new flue had to be installed. The problem with this procedure was that within the dining room there is a spectacular continued marble chimney piece which has leaded light windows and would have been the original gable end. However, the positioning of the new chimney piece is in the new build extending the old hall.

We were able to install specialist lighting behind the leaded lights so that the decorative glass can still be viewed within the dining room and the new flue system is diverted to either side of the windows so as not to compromise them and then joins together again at roof top level.
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