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Hwam Stoves

HWAM Stoves

HWAM A/S is one of Denmark’s largest producer of architect designed wood-burning stoves.

Hwam 3110
Hwam 3110

For 40 years, HWAM has designed and produced modern, high-quality wood-burning stoves with several patented advantages – first under the name, ABC and today under the two brands, HWAM and WIKING.

Hwam-5530
Hwam 5530

 

The company was founded by Vagn Hvam Pedersen in 1973 and is owned and run 100% by the Hvam family. Sons Stefan and Torsten have followed in their father’s footsteps and are today in charge of the company, the former as the Managing Director, the latter as Head of Research and Development.

 

Hwam 3660
Hwam 3660

Collaboration with Known Designers
According to Vagn Hvam Pedersen, one of the reasons for HWAM’s great success is that the wood-burning stoves are both beautiful and functional. Today, a wood-burning stove is something more than just a heat source. For HWAM, design, aesthetics and function are three sides of the same coin, so to speak, and this is the reason behind the company’s 40 years of collaboration with visionary architects and designers.

On display in  the showroom:

2610 smart stove (live display)

3120 in white

4520

Made in Denmark
HWAM is based in Hørning, just south of Aarhus, where technology and solid craftsmanship unite. Around 80% of the stoves are exported to clients in all of Europe, with Germany as the principle market.

Dik Geurts

Dik Geurts Stoves

For wood stoves and wood fires for lovers of the real wood fire.
The name Dik Geurts has stood for craftsmanship and design ever since it was established more than 40 years ago. Dik Geurts stoves are now a respected household name in the fireplace world.

With a Dik Geurts fire or stove, fire comes to life. You have full control over the fire and the play of flames. Dik Guerts appliances show you how simplicity, experience and knowledge work perfectly together in the most beautiful wood fire.

Woodwarm Stoves

Woodwarm Stoves

Who are Woodwarm stoves?

Woodwarm stoves are handcrafted in the UK. Their passion for quality, design and the environment has helped them produce stoves that combine state of the art efficiency with reduced pollution to create really environmentally friendly appliances. Woodwarm Stoves are constructed with a steel body with cast iron and stainless-steel fittings so they are excellent quality. Each one is individually built by craftsmen and are rigorously tested to ensure consistent quality.  Woodwarms stove technology helps to keep the glass clean and get the maximum use from your fuel.  They have a wide range of fuel, colour, leg, handles, plinth, and pedestal options too. Because you buy a house for comfort and as an investment your choice in a stove should be the same.

Woodwarm stoves

Why buy a Woodwarm Stove?

Woodwarm are very proud of their production process and final product. They aim to provide a totally immersive experience from start to finish and their craftsmen pay attention to detail, creating innovative and contemporary products. They exhaustively adhere to manufacturing specifications to create beautiful quality checked appliances.

Woodwarm environmental focus.

Woodwarm are located in the heart of the beautiful Devon countryside. Environmental issues are always foremost in their minds and believe as we do you cannot afford to ignore the evidence of global warming. For this reason, Woodwarm design stoves to be able to be used as a dedicated wood burners.  They encourage anyone using a WoodBurner to plant a tree at least once a year. They choose to plant a tree for every Ecodesign Ready Stove they sell through “Trees for Cities”. Read more at www.treesforcities.org

Woodwarm stoves

Heat efficiency and less maintenance

Woodwarm like to encourage stove users to burn dry wood that has been properly sourced and seasoned to at least 20% moisture so the stove produces fewer particulates. This allows more heat efficiency and less maintenance so chimneys are less likely to block and will remain easier to sweep. Woodwarm continue to develop new and enhanced products to improve efficiency and clean burning. The critical issue of wood fuel that plays the biggest role in the air quality solution across existing and new appliances.

In the showroom

Fireview ECO contemporary 5

Phoenix Firewren ECO (live display)

Phoenix Firebright ECO inset

Phoenix 5 gas

Woodwarm are active members of the Stove Industry Alliance

 

Focus Fireplaces

Focus Fireplaces

Focus Fireplaces is a company driven by a passion for woodworking within the fireplace industry. All of the surrounds, electric suites, shelves and beams Focus produce are manufactured using the finest timbers and materials in a modern factory in York.

Their experienced and highly skilled craftsmen have been making  fireplace designs for over 27 years, which gives them a market leading reputation for quality and service.

Focus surrounds, electric suites, shelves and beams are individually made for each customer, so they have the capability to alter or amend them to suit your specific requirements; therefore offering a fully made-to-measure service.

Further to this, you may also wish to match your new fireplace
with your existing furniture or décor. They have a huge selection of different timbers and finishes that your chosen design can be
produced in.

Focus fireplaces

Optimise Your Fireplace With A Stove Surround

Regardless of whether your stove is a wood-burner, a multi-fuel or even fuelled by gas or electricity, a Focus Fireplaces Stove Surround will enhance its look and turn it into the focal point that it was always meant to be.

Focus Fireplaces have put a lot of thought into the design and range of their Stove Surrounds and have a surround to match most interior styles. They even offer a service which allows you to have one made to your specific sizes and requirements.

Whether Your Décor Leans Toward Rustic Charm Or The More Contemporary – Focus Have It Covered

The surrounds can generally be put into one of two categories: Rustic or Contemporary. The rustic designs include The Beamish, The Benson and The Bentley. These are manufactured in three separate pieces from solid oak beams which are then “aged” to your taste using Focus Fireplaces’ unique processes.

Also in the Rustic category are The Sutton, The Beckford, The Barkston, The Arch, The Woodstock and The Woodfield. These are supplied pre-assembled.

The Contemporary category includes the Stove Baltimore and The Stove Vyner. Again, these are supplied pre-assembled.

As mentioned above, any design may be tweaked or altered in size to suit your individual circumstances.

Need Something To Make Your Surround Look Less Lonely?

To compliment some of their Stove Surrounds, Focus Fireplaces also offer matching or complimentary furniture and accessories. These include occasional tables, bookcases and TV units. A matching mirror will always lighten a room and Focus also caters for the practical side of things with log holders. One even combines an entertainment centre with a generous log storing capacity.

Beams

Focus fireplaces

An Oak Beam – A Great Way To Enhance Your Stoves’ Look

So, you’ve chosen the stove you always wanted and now it’s time to update your décor. Possibly, one of the best adornments for your fireplace would be the addition of an oak beam to replicate an old-style lintel.

Historically, oak was the choice of builders when they needed a lintel to provide an opening for the fire and to support the chimney breast above.

Oak is extremely robust and has a high flash point. Additionally, it was more readily available and both easier & cheaper to work than the most common alternative, stone.

Why Choose A Stove Beam From Focus Fireplaces?

Focus Fireplaces’ oak beams come in a variety of styles, colours, depths and finishes/textures. Most are cut from solid oak and then distressed to suit the customer’s individual taste but they also provide some made from pine and even make hollow beams as a solution where weight is an issue or to encase structural metal beams and the like.

How Easy Are They To Fit?

Focus Fireplaces have come up with a variety of fixing systems, depending on which style of beam you choose. If you opt for a solid beam along with the Easy-fix system, your beam won’t require the services of a genius to install it. It only requires the wall to be drilled and the fixing bracket screwed to it.

The beam is then fastened to the bracket from its underside using 2 Allen screws. Nothing could be simpler. And when it’s time to redecorate, simply undo the Allen screws and slide the beam off.
The lighter fascia beams come complete with strong metal keyhole plates.

Non Combustible Beams and Surrounds

Focus non combustible beams and surrounds are made from a mineral composite. They are moulded from actual wooden beams and hand-finished in a choice of colours. We offer two profiles and several lengths to choose from ensuring you have the correct beam for you.

Each beam looks incredibly realistic and you won’t believe they are not wood. They are created for use where clearances from a stove don’t allow the use of timber beams. Actual clearances cannot be recommended or specified as the heat output varies from stove to stove. Focus suggest a minimum of 250mm above the stove and for the Beamish 150mm each side.

Complete Your Fireplace By Adding A Shelf

If your décor leans more toward a minimalist style or you feel that a stove surround or even a stove beam would be too much, Focus Fireplaces may have just the answer you’re looking for, a shelf

There are two design varieties to pick from. A shelf can be made from substantial beam timber for those who like a rustic look or a range of complete shelves that include fixed corbels. These are manufactured from prime timber for a more modern and refined appearance.

What Sets A Focus Fireplaces Stove Shelf Apart From The Rest?

Focus Fireplaces have been manufacturing and supplying the fireplace trade with fire surrounds since the 1980s. And when it comes to the manufacturing process, there’s not much they haven’t come across. So, when you order a complete shelf you benefit from all that experience, ensuring that your shelf ends up being exactly what you had in mind when you ordered it.

And if your choice of shelf is of the “made from beam timber” variety, Focus Fireplaces have come up with a 7-step ordering system, which means that any confusion is eliminated by ensuring that no detail is omitted from the order. Again, making sure that your shelf ends up being exactly what you had in mind when you ordered it. And the icing on the cake with this type of shelf is that it is available with Focus Fireplaces’ Easy-Fix system, meaning that the installation process has been made about as simple as it gets. Alternatively, your “made from beam timber” shelf can be supplied with their 10mm threaded-rod fixing method – the choice is yours.

Finding The Beam You Want In The Size That’s Right For You

With a Focus Fireplaces Stove Shelf, you can specify your precise requirements from the wide variety of options available and in a size that’s just right for you.

Keddy Stoves

Keddy Stoves

Keddy stoves

An Efficient and Reliable Heat Source

Keddy say that they love cast iron material.  Most manufacturers will tell you that their products are durable and resistant, which Keddy do too – but they genuinely seem besotted with cast iron. Keddy’s instagram page is literally aching with Scandi Hygge.

Referencing their Swedish Iron art heritage they applaud the materials ability to adapt to extreme changes in temperature and function as an efficient heat conductor with fast heating and long cooling times. This probably explains why Keddy make their stoves with a cast iron core.  With these highest quality materials they believe they create effective and reliable heat sources, and back that up with a 20 year warranty on all cast iron parts.

We have the 815 stove on live display in grey.

Keddy stoves

FORM AND FUNCTION IN A BEAUTIFUL INTERPLAY

For Keddy, design is more than a beautiful form. It is as much about getting the most heat out of each wooden log and to make it easy for you. Because stoves are a both practical and a decorative interior detail. All elements must interact for the results to be the best. By combining modern design, innovative technology and Swedish cast iron tradition Keddy create fireplaces unlike any other. A stove from Keddy warms “both your body and your mind”.

So, they build stoves that are built to last, and hold the wear and tear of time. What’s not to love?  Pop into the showroom to find out more.  If you can read Swedish, head over to their website.