A Room With A ‘Clear View’

Many homes, both renovations and new builds, are turning to alternative fuels, helping minimise their carbon footprint and reduce reliance on fossil fuels.

Stoves are significantly moreefficient than open fires and helpimprove SAP calculations. “Boxmovers” in the industry, who mayclaim they’re the biggest or best,often sell stoves with littleknowledge of current buildingregulations or SAFE installationpractices. If you feel you are beingwaffled to, then you more likely are.

Registered technicians within theNI Association of ChimneySweeps – the only recognisedbody in the province – are oftenplagued with systems not safelyinstalled, nor functioning aspromised. Remember – anyonecan sell a box. Do your homeworkfirst. Do you really need the boilerstove? Have you got copiousamounts of fuel? Do you needexternal air? What about fluerequirements?

County Down Stoves and Flueswas set up by David Campbell andhis wife Wendy, to help raise theindustry standard. David has beenregistered as a chimney technicianfor more than 20 years, and isChairman of the NIACS.

As an approved instructor, hetrains sweeps and installersthroughout Ireland and has givenpresentations for Building Control,NHBC and carbon monoxideawareness groups with regards toflue and chimney issues. Clientssay they learn more in five minutes

from talking to one of his team,than they have heard from anyother company. It is why CountyDown Stoves’ exhibition trailer,when it is on the road, especiallyat the self-build show, is swamped.

David and Wendy are the onlyapproved Clearview Stove agentsin Northern Ireland. TheseEnglish-manufactured stoveshave been, for over 26years, among the mostefficient, clean-burn stovesin the world.

Along with external airsystems, Smoke Controlstatus and boiler options,they’re renowned for crystalclear windows. Other brandsonly offer simple ‘airwash”

systems, which only work

when stoves are blazingrapidly, but during slumber burns,will blacken the window again.

County Down Stoves uniqueClearview showroom has TeaRooms as well as the range ofstoves with three live models soyou can see them burning -guaranteeing a WARM welcome isin store when you call in forinformation. This company’ssignificant experience in the solidfuel industry means they haveworked with all types of stoves, buta CLEARVIEW is in a class of itsown. County Down Stoves lookforward to sharing the benefits andtheir knowledge with you beforeyou part with your hard-earnedmoney.

Visit County Down Stoves at 8 Main Street Dundrum, CountyDown, BT33 0LU.

Call 028 43751555 or read more online at www.cdsf.co.uk