Choosing your fireplace components:

View our Expert Pages for the different styles or parts needed to build your own individual design. We are happy to 'supply only' or 'supply and fit' if required. Remember: Fireplaces are a difficult DIY project, and purchases should only be made when you are completely sure about the appliance and the installation procedure. For more information visit Fit a Fire.com

Fireplace Interiors:

Decide what fuel you are going to burn, gas, coal, logs, or just decorative. Choose the interior accordingly. Make sure your flue is usable and safe for its intended use.

Fireplace Hearths:
Choose a specially made hearth according to the type of appliance and fuel chosen.
For Gas fires: slate, marble, tiled, or stone, are acceptable.
For Coal or Logs: Always have heat plates installed, and the rest of the hearth, cut and seamed to allow for expansion.
Never light a real fire on stone, marble, slate or tiles. These materials are prone to explode with heat, and may shower the area with dangerously hot particles.

Fireplace Surrounds:
A surround adds a visual frame to your fireplace, and turns it into a piece of furniture which becomes the focal point of your room. Make sure your surround conforms to regulations concerning distances from the fire face to combustible materials.

Fireplace Accessories
Decide if any extra items are needed to complete the design or package you have chosen.
eg: A fireplace hearth fitted flush with the floor will require a fender before it can be legally commissioned.

Antique Fireplaces and Spares
If you purchase an reclaimed fireplace from a reclamation yard, make sure you get a receipt stating it is fit for its intended purpose. We manufacture and supply all spare parts to restore period and antique fireplaces, but the process is involved and expensive. So take care when purchasing.

Gas or Solid Fuel?
The choice of fuel you want to burn, is likely to be determined by the type and condition of your chimney flue. This should be tested and certified by a qualified expert. (It will be a legal requirement from 2006 to produce these certificates when you want to sell your house).

Surveys and Inspections
We are happy to carry out a full site inspection and survey report, prior to you purchasing and installing a new fireplace.

We also provide a full restoration and spares service for period and antique fireplaces and chimneypieces.