About Us
Home and Hive are a HETAS Approved Stove Installer for Devon & Cornwall, over 25 years of business we have installed many different makes of stove be it woodburning or multifuel solutions. Getting advice before purchase is the essential key, before any installation. For a free no obligation quote, please call.
Installing A Woodburner
Why because there is nothing quite like coming home to a real fire. If your house seems cold and heartless, why not call home and hive to arrange a survey/estimate? Today you can not only experience the joy of a real fire in your home, but without the low efficiencies and mess associated with traditional open fires. Installing a wood burning stove will give you roughly 5 times the heat output of a traditional open fire and with the addition of our state of the art chimney liners and flues; heat loss through the chimney will be drastically reduced.
Why Sweep Your Chimney
Essentially when you sweep your chimney with chimney brushes, you are removing tar deposits that are dry and 'crispy', such as are found in the lower portion of the chimney. You won't take out tar that builds up higher in the chimney, where it is sticky and tar-like, and glued to the chimney wall. That is the stuff that causes chimney fires. When you burn fuel, especially wood, tar is deposited on cool surfaces on the inside of your chimney. This is why many people with stoves line and insulate their chimney - the warmer the flue gasses are, the less tar is deposited
Sweeping Your Chimney
Always sweep before the winter period when the stove or fireplace will be lit more often. You should sweep your chimney with chimney brushes at least once a year, we recommend sweeping twice a year.