Gas Safe Register ...

The envelope arrived! This is it - we're registered! We are officially on the Gas Safe Register - feels like that was cut a little tight, but we're on in time for the 1 April (2009) change from CORGI to Gas Safe Register ...

New look for Fabulous Fireplaces ...

Our online retail outlet Fabulous Fireplaces has undergone a transformation!

It's gained a bright, smart new colour scheme and a couple of new tricks - take a look http://www.fabulousfireplaces.co.uk/ - for top quality stove, fire and fireplace products delivered to your door.

Gas Safe Register

Learn about the new body - Gas Safe Register: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7947509.stm
From 1 April 2009 the Gas Safe Register will take over the role that, to date, has been taken by CORGI.
Click here - https://www.gassaferegister.co.uk/ - to visit their new website.

Stove reviews

If you're thinking of buying/installing a wood burning stove take a look at this site http://www.whatstove.co.uk - there are tons of stoves reviewed by people actually using them ...
Then you can pop into our showroom and talk to us, possibly even see the real thing - see http://www.hwoods.co.uk.
Alternatively, you can buy online from http://www.fabulousfireplaces.co.uk but be careful to get a HETAS installer to commission the stove, obviously for safety, but also because at some point you might need a HIP to see your house.

What d'you think?

We love to hear from customers - especially at the moment when things are tough out there it's nice to know that we're still getting it right ... this was in my Inbox today ...

"Hello Phil ..... just a quick note following the installation of the Parkray Stove (Parkray Slimline 5).
Its early days yet to make an objective view of the stove, but first impressions are all positive, cosmetically it looks good, it certainly throws out some heat and importantly its easy to light and control, all of which are good.
However, that is not the point of this email. The reason I write is to praise both Paul and Zac for the manner in which the installation was carried out.
You are no doubt aware that the installation was not without snags, and whilst at times I was quite concerned, they were both completely unfazed, and always seemed to have a solution or a fallback plan. They grafted all day to get a result, and they were very easy to talk to [though Zac's singing/humming could do with working on]. They are a credit to your company, and I hope you will pass on my appreciation.
Thanks
Bryan Burgoyne"

Isn't that "nice" - sorry bad word!!
http://www.hwood.co.uk/

Our wood burning stoves ...

Click to view ...

How “green” is your woodburning stove?

Very, I here you cry, we’re using a renewable fuel comes another cry, did you order it from the internet?

Why yes, of course, is the response.

How many tens if not hundreds of miles did a HGV have to travel to deliver your stove?

How many shops did you trawl round, buring fossil fuels to look at stoves, before buying it online?

How far did your installer travel before getting to you? Next street? No? Next village? No? Next COUNTY? No?

So, I ask you again, how green is your woodburning stove?

Think green. Think local. Support local businesses and the environment.

HETAS Registered

What does it mean when we say we are HETAS installers? This is what HETAS themselves say:

Registering with HETAS provides real benefits for installers and their customers.

Registering with HETAS demonstrates to your customers that you are competent and provides them with tangible benefits and peace of mind.


As a HETAS registered installer you provide your customers with a certificate at the end of each job indication that the work has been carried out to the relevant standards.


In England & Wales a HETAS certificate of compliance is given to your customer and a copy sent to HETAS, we then undertake the notification process to the relevant Local Authority.This provides evidence of the necessary certification, avoiding the need for your customer to seek expensive and time-consuming building notices from the Local Authority, saving up to £300 on each-and-every installation.

For this legal requirement, HETAS registered installers can charge a reasonable fee for certification to the consumer, in order to cover the administration charges; whilst saving your customers a considerable additional Local Authority building notice fee.


Installation work relating to heating appliances burning solid fuel, wood biomass and the associated systems for heating, controls, hot water etc are subject to the requirements of Building Regulations. In England & Wales the Approved Documents J, L, G, P are applicable and most work is notifiable by law to the Local Authority where you live. In other parts of UK there are variations in legislation and processes.

Please remember that details of installations carried out by installers may be required by conveyancing organisations and Solicitors as part of the house selling process and may in future be made available for the proposed Home Information Pack.

Non-registered installers cannot self-certificate so may be putting themselves and their customers at a commercial disadvantage.

The HETAS website and official guide to products and services actively promotes the use of HETAS registered installers and approved products. For a full list of current HETAS registered installers go to the find an installer pages. HETAS registered installers are encouraged to use HETAS approved appliances and products to ensure that they comply with Building Regulations and standards of safe installation.