Chesney’s Wood Burner With Oak Mantle, Farnham, Surrey

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Chesney’s Salisbury 4 wood burner with floating oak mantle piece. This Victorian townhouse in Farnham had a cast iron fireplace and wooden surround. This was probably fitted the last ten years and wasn’t to the customer’s taste.

The chimney required sweeping and lining and some minor repairs. We also capped the other four disused chimney pots to keep the nesting birds and water ingress at bay. This was a particularly inaccessible chimney which needed scaffolding to do the required work.

After removing the surround and cast fireback we lime rendered the inside of the fireplace and plastered the front and sides of the chimney breast. It is at this point that we measure up for the hearth and get it cut by our stone mason. The customer requested a floating oak mantlepiece with a square planed finish to match the other woodwork in the room.

Once made we laid the hearth and fitted the mantle piece. The final stage is to install and test the wood burner. This has given the customer the much cleaner look that they wanted whilst giving them an efficient and clean way to heat their living room.

Chesney’s Salisbury 4 Log Burner in Sage Green, Alton, Hampshire

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This beautiful log burner is by Chesney’s – they offer a range of alternative colours including Atlantic blue & sage green. The subtlety of the colour is what makes it so appealing to the eye. This installation involved opening the fireplace up to the original width, heatproof render on the inside and plaster on the chimney breast front. The mantle piece is especially deep with a rustic look and a natural danish oil finish. The hearth is a textured grey granite & the stove is a Chesney’s Salisbury 4 in sage green finish. Combined with the final decoration of the room this installation looks amazing.

Cast Iron Multi Fuel Stove, Puttenham, Guildford, Surrey

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Here we have a large cast iron stove from ACR, needed to heat a very large room. The customer went for a multi fuel so they would have the option of burning either wood or smoke less coal. There was an old wooden fireplace surround which was too small to accommodate the appliance. We removed this & opened the fireplace up to the original opening size. The inside of the fireplace is finished in a lime render, whilst the chimney breast is finished in plaster to match the surrounding walls. Luckily there was an existing brick hearth which looked great.

Log Burner with brick slip lined fireplace, Farnham, Surrey

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This fireplace had been used as an open, but with very poor heat output. The customer didn’t like the fireplace surround, which was installed when the house was build and was quite dated. We advised on fitting a Chesney’s Salisbury 4 log burner with a new hearth to cover the footprint of the old hearth. We agreed on lining the fireplace with a rustic brick slip to introduce as nice feature to the very modern room. After fitting the brick slips & plastering the chimney breast we fitted the hearth. The customer chose a river wash granite hearth, floating oak mantle piece in a slightly rustic style with danish oak finish. The finishing touch was the log burner – probably our favourite stove, the Salisbury 4 by Chesney. Another happy customer & installed just in time for Christmas.

Brickwork Fireplace with Salisbury 4 Wood Burner, Bordon, Hampshire

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The challenge here was to make a very small fireplace opening look a little more in proportion with the room it was in. We kept the inside of the fireplace as the original bare brickwork to keep the opening as wide as possible. The choice of bricks were a rural cottage blend – not too dissimilar from the interior of the fireplace but a much more aesthetically appealing brick & with the rustic look the customer wanted. The mantlepiece was made from a piece of beech which we danish oiled & the hearth was a lovely riven slate. The wood burner is a Chesney’s Salisbury 4 in black finish. A very nice job with another happy customer.

brick fireplace with Chesneys wood burner

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brickwork fireplace with oiled mantlepiece

rustic brick fireplace with slate hearth and wood burner

Chesney’s Apline Wood Burner Guildford, Surrey

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Chesney’s Apline Wood Burner with Lime Washed Oak Mantle Piece Guildford, Surrey

A clean modern look with squared up edges and riven granite hearth. The Chesney’s Alpine 4 is a beautiful unique stove. The Lime washing of the mantlepiece helps to keep oak looking neutral and in keeping withe the clients colour scheme. Let us know your ideas & we’ll bring them to life for you. Take a look at our wood burning stove services for more information.

Small Wood Burning Stove Installation Farnham, Surrey

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Small Wood Burning Stove Installation in Shepherds Hut in Farnham, Surrey

This small Salamander Hobbit wood burning stove is perfect for a small space like a custom built shepherd hut. The clipped corner hearth in river slate is perfect to keeping things compact and out of the way whilst still protecting the building from fire. If you have a small space, garden room, shepherds hut or art studio that needs an independent heat source get in touch with FireBug to fit you a wood burning stove.

Free Standing Stove Installation, Godalming, Surrey

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Free Standing Stove Installation, Godalming, Surrey

This stove is installed with a rear exiting flue to give a nice clean look in this newly built extension. If your planning on building an extension and fitting a stove please get in touch before work starts. We are always happy to look at plans & guide you on your options. It is often easier to make allowance for the flue when building say the roof structure than to retro fit the flue through a freshly plastered ceiling. We are very flexible in our approach and happy to work with your builders and around your schedule to make the project run smoothly. Please get in touch to discuss your installation requirements.

Brick Fireplace Surround Alton, Hampshire

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Brick Fireplace Surround with ACR Wood Burner Alton, Hampshire

This customer wanted a traditional brick build fireplace built along with an ACR Wood Burning Stove fitted. We were able to skin the interior of the fireplace with brick slips to get the desired finish. A fireplace like this always looks best topped off with an oak mantle piece. Let us know what you would like to achieve and we will assess what is the best approach to get there. Have a look at our wood stove services page for more ideas.

Chimney Rebuild Aldershot, Hampshire

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Victorian Chimney Rebuild in Aldershot, Hampshire

Often the chimney on a victorian property has had very little care and attention over the years. Usually simply repointing and repair is all that is required but sometimes the condition of the chimney stack needs to be rebuilt. One of these chimneys was in a dreadful state, the other had been almost completely removed at sometime in the past. Luckily the neighbours worked together to share the scaffolding costs. We rebuilt both chimneys to match the others in the street but with the correct lead trays and flashing that most of the chimneys of that period lacked. Just one flue remained in active use on each house. The others were capped off to allow them to reduce water ingress but to allow them to breath. If you think your chimney needs maintenance please get in touch on 07849 336 711.