After a moderate winter, just a couple of weeks under the
cold white stuff for us, we are through the worst, we hope…famous last
words!
We are looking forward to this year’s
holiday which we take in mid spring, which is our least busy time.
We’ll
be back at the end of April in time for some supply installations over in the
Lot et Garonne, Gironde and western Midi Pyrenees. The word is spreading ever westwards!
Most people leave their thoughts of heating behind now, it’s
warming up after all, why should we worry about it until later? Then later comes all too quickly … normally
September or October when the temperatures start falling rapidly in the evenings,
then all of sudden it’s November and brrrrr!
This happens everywhere, not just in France, and as a result
the wood burning stove manufacturers, whoever they may be are overrun with
orders and cannot keep up with demand.
This is true of our stoves too, simply because they are hand finished to
a high quality to the customer’s specifications, they are not just ‘off the peg’. They
are so popular in the UK that there is sometimes an 8 week waiting period in the
season.
So we advise that should you be thinking of a quality manufactured
wood burner, no matter who makes it, that you consider it earlier rather than
later.
You may not have heard of Woodwarm Stoves, this is because
they just don’t advertise: they don’t have to.
All their UK work is through word
of mouth and recommendations. As a
matter of fact, most of our supply and installation work is now this way too,
our customers are so happy that they are putting the word out to their friends
and those friends are also becoming our customers and so on, so we must be
doing something right.
Our stoves are completely controllable through a ‘car
accelerator style’ air control system.
Open it up and the flames instantly come up, close it up and the flames
die away to a wonderful dancing display, completely close the air off and you
have a situation where the fire will sit until the next morning when you open it
up and away you go again with no need
for kindling or firelighters. They use
less wood too, so less to order in or in our case, cut down and chop.
Our family in the UK and here have run Woodwarm Stoves for
over 20 years now, and it’s the only one that Steve will put his name to. With 35 years in the trade as a heating engineer
and plumber (C&G) he can help you decide what you need in the way of a
stove, or actually if you need a stove at all, (if for example you have a
holiday home it might be more economic to have electric heating) but he will help you with that decision, even
if we come away with no order. He can
advise on sizes and legal requirements for your chimney.
On the last point, please don’t forget that you are from
April legally obliged to fit a smoke detector in your properties.
So if you are thinking that you have plenty of time to think
about a wood burning stove for next winter, think again, September comes round
so very fast, and could be facing some chilly evenings before you can get a
burner installed.
We are still offering discounts on our stoves, so call now
for free, friendly non obligation advice.
04 68 47 05 44 / 06 04 14 51 57
