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The hearth is the heart of the home.
Warmth, comfort and a living flame at the heart of the house. Few improvements change how a room feels quite like a woodburning stove. Not just the warmth, but the focus: a living flame where a cold gas fire or an empty chimney breast used to be. We handle the whole journey, and bring in registered specialists at exactly the moments the law and good sense require.
From tired gas fire to living flame
A recent job, told plainly, because it shows how the whole thing works:
- The old gas fire removed, with a Gas Safe registered engineer from our network capping and making safe the old feed
- The builder's opening opened up, revealing the chimney breast as it was meant to be
- A slate hearth cut and laid, level and generous
- The surround boarded and plastered, ready for decoration
- An oak beam sourced and fitted, the crown on the whole composition
- The stove itself installed and commissioned, with the certification the regulations require
- The room decorated, dust sheets up, and the first fire laid
You had one conversation and one written price. Behind it, the right registered hands touched the right parts of the job.
Honest about the rules, as always
What we do
The building work, hearths, openings, boarding, plastering, oak beams, surrounds and decorating: the craft that turns a stove into a fireplace worth looking at.
What the regulations require
Stove installation is controlled work under Building Regulations, and gas appliance removal belongs with Gas Safe registered engineers. These rules exist for good reason, and we never work around them.
How it comes together
HETAS registered installers and Gas Safe engineers from our trusted network handle the regulated steps and certification, coordinated by us, so you still have one conversation to manage.
Cared for, season after season
A stove is not a purchase; it is a small relationship. Flues need sweeping, rope seals wear, glass dulls, hinges loosen, and firebricks crack quietly at the back where nobody looks. None of it is dramatic, and all of it is simpler caught early, which is precisely what our care plans are for. An annual sweep and service before the first cold evening, and your stove is ready when you want it most.
Already have a stove that has seen better days? Refresh is a speciality: new seals, new glass, firebricks replaced, repainting, and the surround made good. Repair before replacement, here as everywhere.
One installation, start to finish
A chimney breast opened up, lined, hearthed and made good, then handed back as a room rather than a building site.
A survey and scope visit is £130, credited against the job if it proceeds. Building works and finishing for a full installation typically start around £2,600, excluding the stove itself and the registered specialist costs, which pass through at cost. An annual stove refresh is about £260.
The services on this site are starting points rather than a menu. They can be combined, taken apart, or reduced to the single job you actually want doing. If all you need is a curtain pole hung, a patch of damaged wall made good or a sticking door eased, ring and ask for exactly that.
Thinking about a stove?
Send us a photo of your fireplace or chimney breast as it stands. We will tell you honestly what is possible, what it involves, and what it costs, in writing.